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The Kiến Sơ Temple (Vietnamese: chùa Kiến Sơ) is a Buddhist temple in Gia Lâm District of Hanoi, Vietnam. The Chinese monk Vô Ngôn Thông came to reside in the temple around 820 and it became an important base for propagation of Buddhism in Vietnam.[1]
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edit- ^ The Confucian Scholars in Vietnamese History 1979 - Page 32 "In 820, Vo Ngon Thong, a Chinese bonze from Guiyang came to Giao Chau where he settled at Kien So pagoda (also in Ha Bac province), establishing his own sect which lasted twelve generations till the beginning of the 12th century."