TonThanh Pagoda is situated in Thanh Ba Hamlet, My Loc Commune, Can GiuocDistrict, Long An Province. The pagoda is founded by Buddhist Monk VienNgo with the orginal name of Lan Nha. Built in 1808 by northernemigrants, Ton Thanh Pagoda is the oldest pagoda in Long An. Vietnamesefamous poet Nguyen Dinh Chieu lived in this pagoda from 1859 to 1861.In the tranquil scenery, he wrote many immortal novels.

In the pagoda, there remains a number of ancient statues which are valuable and characterized for the 19^th centuryart style. Especially, the bronze statue of Bo Tat Dia Tang was castedright in the pagoda. In the Ton Thanh Pagoda’s campus, there are amemorial stele for Poet Nguyen Dinh Chieu built in 1973 and a tower forreminding Buddhist Monk Thien Ngo.

Sixteen years after the death of BuddhistMonk Vien Ngo, Ton Thanh Pagoda has become the historical vestige withthe famous novel of “Funeral rration for Can Giuoc righteous soldiers”by the blind poet Nguyen Dinh Chieu...