The Xá Lợi Pagoda Temple in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly called Saigon, was the site of intense Buddhist persecution by the South Vietnamese government in 1963. This led a monk to burn himself to death in protest and the subsequent vicious attack on the pagoda. Eventually, hundreds died or vanished and a thousand monks were imprisoned. Outside is this Chinese shrine of Quan Âm, where these men are kneeling in prayer.