Pui To

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Pui To (Chinese: 杯渡) was a Buddhist monk living at the time of the Liu Song dynasty in the Northern and Southern dynasties.

The legend has it that he once went to Tuen Mun in the New Territories of Hong Kong to construct roads, and he lived at a big cave at the present-day Castle Peak.{{cite web|url=http://www.gohk.gov.hk/chi/welcome/tm/tm_info_tm5.html|script-title=zh:青山禪院|publisher=Home Affairs Department|language=Chinese|accessdate=17 August 2014|location=Hong Kong}} It is believed that the Tsing Shan Monastery, the Pui To stop of the MTR light rail and the {{ill|Pui To Road|lt=Pui To Road|yue|%E6%9D%AF%E6%B8%A1%E8%B7%AF}} of Hong Kong are named after him.{{Cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1764940/karma-and-art-cooling-political-tensions-hong-kong|title=Karma and the art of cooling political tensions in Hong Kong|author=Tammy Tam|date=12 April 2015|newspaper=South China Morning Post|access-date=24 June 2021}}

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Category:Liu Song Buddhists

Category:Northern and Southern dynasties Buddhist monks