Famen Temple --The only finger bone of Sakyamuni in the world is located in China temple They collect many treasures. However, the number and value of the treasures collected in Famen Temple are rare in other temples. Famen Temple is also a rare treasure house of cultural relics. The temple where the true Sakyamuni relics are placed
Famen Temple is located in Famen Town, 10 kilometers north of Fufeng County, Shaanxi Province. distance Xi'an More than one hundred kilometers away, it is a famous temple in China for the placement of Sakyamuni's true Buddhist relics, which was founded in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The original temple has a large scale. It covers an area of more than 100 mu and has 24 courtyards. There were more than 500 monks in the Tang Dynasty. There is a pagoda with eight ridges and 13 storeys in the temple. It is 47 meters high. There are 89 Buddhist niches on the first to the twelfth floors. It is a wood like structure. Each floor has cornices and brackets, which are exquisite and ornate. At the bottom of the tower, there are also inscriptions, which are respectively "real pagoda", "Meiyang important town", "Buddhist relics flying dew", "floating picture shining sun" and other words. Tain was in disrepair for a long time, in August 1981. Half of the tower wall collapsed. In 1987, the state allocated funds to rebuild the Famen Temple Pagoda, and found the underground palace closed by the stone letter when clearing the tower base. There are so many treasures in the underground palace that it is dazzling.
The underground palace of Famen Temple is the most Bodhnath The underground palace is composed of brick steps, tunnels, front rooms, middle rooms, and back rooms, all of which are made of stone Shimen Four roads, with magnificent architectural structure, were built in the Tang Dynasty. Among the treasures in the underground palace, the most valuable one is the real Sakyamuni relic hidden in the eight fold treasure letter. According to the experts' research and inspection, it is believed that this is the real body relic of Sakyamuni Buddha, which was worshipped by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty many times, and it is also the only known Buddha finger relic in the world. There are ten rarest treasures in the world. There are 121 pieces of gold and silver ware, 17 pieces of glassware, 16 pieces of secret color porcelain, 12 pieces of stone ware, 16 pieces of iron ware, 19 pieces of lacquer wood and miscellaneous ware, about 400 pieces of pearls, jade and gems, and a large number of textile articles in the most underground palace. These articles were all collected in the Tang Dynasty. They are of various kinds, exquisite workmanship, priceless, and rare in the world.
The experts identified that there were 10 "world's most" of these rare treasures. The four Buddhist finger relics unearthed from the underground palace are the highest sacred objects in the Buddhist world today; The underground palace is the oldest, largest and highest level underground palace of pagoda in the world; The display mode of underground palace cultural relics is the earliest ritual of Mancha Romeo found in archaeological excavations in the world; 13 tortoise shell coins have been found, which are the most precious ancient coins in the world; A gold and silver tea set is the earliest and highest level tea set for palace relocation in the world; The 1.96 meter long gold plated four wheel 12 ring gold foil stick is the earliest, largest, highest grade and most exquisite Buddhist artifact found in the world, and 13 pieces of palace specific porcelain - secret color porcelain. It is the earliest and most exquisite palace porcelain found in the world with inscription records; An archaeological discovery with the largest number of ancient silk products and crafts in the world; The eight treasure letters of the Buddhist finger relics are the most exquisite and the largest number of layers found in the world; The map of Daman Chaluo Tanchang in the Diamond World carved on the treasure letter. Now, most of these treasures have been placed in the newly built Famen Temple Museum near the temple for tourists to enjoy. The museum is built in the shape of a treasure letter for placing Buddhist relics. Why are there so many treasures in Famen Temple? Famen Temple was originally a royal temple of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The emperor of the Tang Dynasty came here eight times to welcome the relics. After each time, the emperor returned a large number of treasures. These treasures are hidden in the underground palace.
