Famen Temple

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Located in Fufeng County, Famen Temple is about 110km (68.35mi) from Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. With a history of over 1700 years, Famen Temple is regarded as the ancestor of pagoda temples in Guanzhong area (Central Shaanxi Plain). Famen Temple was first built in late Eastern Han Dynasty (A.D. 25-220), and reached its zenith in Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618-907), when it was honored as "The Imperial Temple".

Main Building of Famen Temple.	Big Plaza in Famen Temple.

Famen Temple stands out especially for its storing of Buddhist relics, including a true finger bone of the Sakyamuni Buddha. It is one of the true Buddhist relics in the world that have literature and tablet inscription records, top relic of Buddhist world. With the true relics of Buddha, Famen Temple has beccome a Holy Land of Buddhist pilgrimage.

Scriptures are painted on the columns.	Buddha sculpture in Famen Temple.

Buddhist Relics in Underground Palace

The , where the Buddhist finger bone was discovered, has now turned to a museum and contains some other relics. One of the best preserved is a gilt silver tea set, which was said to be one of the earliest royal tea sets ever discovered.

Gilded gold container in Underground Palace Museum.	The True Treasure Pavilion reserves Buddhist relics of the Sakyamuni Buddha.

A treasure trove was discovered in Famen Temple in 1987, including four Buddhist relics, 121 pieces of gold and silver articles which were once used for Buddhist worship in the temple, 400 pieces of colored glaze and other relics.

	Ancient City Wall		Bell Tower
	Big Wild Goose Pagoda		Calligraphy Learning
	Cycling on the City Wall		Defu Lane
	Drum Tower		Dumpling Dinner
	Famen Temple		Gao's Courtyard
	Great Mosque		Hanyangling Museum
	Martial Arts		Morning Execrise
	Muslim Quarter		Shaanxi History Museum
	Shadow Play		Small Wild Goose Pagoda
	Stele Forest		Tang Dynasty Show
	Terracotta Warriors		Xian Banpo Museum
	Mt. Huashan		Qianling Mausoleum
	Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River