Famen Temple is located in Famen Town 120 kilometers northwest of
Xi'an.It's the famous temple as dagoba for the bones of Sakyamuni
in the ancient times.
Famen
Temple Famen
means the initial approach to become a Buddhist believer. The Famen
Temple was first built during East Han Dynasty. In 147 AD King Asoka
of India traveled throughout Asia, distributing Buddhist relics as
atonement for his sins and war-like attitude. In China, he built this
Temple and left the fingers of Buddha to be enshrined here, so the
The Famen Temple pagoda, also named "the Real Spirit Pagoda"
(zhen shen bao ta). The Famen Temple Pagoda was originally a wooden
four-storey structure, which fell down due to an earthquake in 1569.
The rebuilt one is a thirteen-storey brick building. It took 30 years
to complete the whole project. Most of the body of the Pagoda collapsed
in 1981 due to constantly rainy season.
Underground
Palace
During the course of rebuilding the pagoda in 1987,an underground
vault was discovered beneath the foundation of the pagoda. The palace
is 21.2 meters long with an area of 31.84 square meters.A large amount
of Buddhist relics were found including four finger sarira relics,121
gold and silver articles,17 glass articles,16 pieces of olive green
porcelain,more than 700 pieces of silk fabrics,104 Buddhist figurines,hundreds
of volumes of Buddhist scripture and many stone carvings and steles.
They are national treasures. More
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Famen
means the initial approach to become a Buddhist believer. The Famen
Temple was first built during East Han Dynasty. In 147 AD King Asoka
of India traveled throughout Asia, distributing Buddhist relics as
atonement for his sins and war-like attitude. In China, he built this
Temple and left the fingers of Buddha to be enshrined here, so the
The Famen Temple pagoda, also named "the Real Spirit Pagoda"
(zhen shen bao ta). The Famen Temple Pagoda was originally a wooden
four-storey structure, which fell down due to an earthquake in 1569.
The rebuilt one is a thirteen-storey brick building. It took 30 years
to complete the whole project. Most of the body of the Pagoda collapsed
in 1981 due to constantly rainy season.