Famen Fufeng County, Shaanxi Province, 10 km north Famennian town. Hundreds of kilometers away from Xi'an, is the true body of Buddha relics placed inside the famous monastery, founded in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Large-scale original temple, the temple covers an area of 100 acres, with 24 courtyards, Tang has more than 500 monks. There is a micromalus thirteen temple pagoda, high 47 meters, 1 to 12 layers total of 89 shrines, for the wood structure, built form, each with a canopy brackets, work fine, ornate decoration. Also questions the amount of bottom, are "Mami pagoda", "city of the United States Yang", "relic fly open", "Budo Yao Day" and other words. Tower because of disrepair, in August 1981. Banbishan tower collapsed. In 1987, the State shall re-Famen tower, tower in the clearing and found the Shihan closed its underground palace. To intrauterine treasures as much as dazzling. Famen Temple is the largest ever found in China's underground palace pagoda, stepping from the brick, tunnel, front room, in room after room, etc., all with stone masonry, a total of four Shimen, magnificent building construction, as the Tang Dynasty built. To palace treasures, the most precious treasures are hidden in the eight letter of the body within the true relic of the Buddha. According to experts, research, inspection, determined that indeed the Emperor Tang Ying Feng many times the true body of Sakyamuni Buddha relic, is also known to the world's only remaining relic of the Buddha.
To Famen visit, you can go to Xi'an by car, taxi companies about 3 hours. Such as car rental to be about half-way around to the Qianling tour. Total day-length. Qianling is the Tang Emperor Li Zhi and Emperor Wu of the joint burial of the momentum is very majestic. Ground construction has not kept, but left the tomb stone: Chinese table, Pegasus, Suzaku, Shima, Shiren, lions, and two large monument, worth a visit. Next to the tomb of Princess Yong Tai has been excavated into the underground palace can be visited.
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