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The paper recorded the diagram of the Main Sanctuary or Upper Sanctuary of The Four Dharmas temples at Thuan Thanh (Ha Bac province). The author states that the main Sanctuary of the Four Dharmas temples in the 17th-18th centuries mainly contained statues of Buddhism and of native deities such as Four Dharmas Goddesses, Thach Cuong, Kim Dong, Ngoc Nu, Duc Thanh Tai, Ba Giu Cho. The author supposes that this sanctuary might appear earlier. That is the unique Sanctuary reflecting Vietnamese cultures at the time when Indian Buddhism began to spread into Vietnam under the influences of traditional popular beliefs.
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