(This article was published in the Shenzhen Daily on November 19, 2012.)
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The "True Relic Pagoda" (圣真身宝塔) at Famen Temple (法门寺) in Xi'an, Shaanxi (陕西,
西安市), collapsed in 1981, and relics (舍利子), including a finger bone of the Buddha
(佛), were found there in 1987. The relic is now on display in a modern "pagoda" nearby. |
October 17, 2010 - On August 4, 1981, disaster struck Famen Temple.