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EXTRA: Famen Temple, Xi'an, Shaanxi

(This article was published in the Shenzhen Daily on November 19, 2012.)

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.