Wa Sau Toi

Wa Sau Toi

Wa Sau Toi (zh-cp |c=華首台 |p=huāshǒutái; Yale Cantonese: wa⁴ sau² toi⁴) was a monastery on the sacred mountain Luofushan.It was destroyed in 1949.

The Chan (Zen) teacher and Dragon Kung Fu master Tai Yuk was a monk at Wa Sau Toi.

Lai Chi, the founder of the Wu Jo An nunnery in Guangzhou, was 35th generation in the Caodong (Japanese: Soto) school of Chan Buddhism from Wa Sau Toi.


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