Xian, China

Famen Temple

Famen Temple, Xian

An ancient Buddhist temple west of Xi'an, founded in the Eastern Han era and revered by Tang emperors. Its collapsed pagoda revealed in 1987 a sealed crypt holding a finger-bone relic of the Buddha and a hoard of Tang gold, silver, glass, and silk.

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Location

Coordinates: 34.4399, 107.90455

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