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The ten relic pagodas of Famen Temple

synonym

Heshi relic pagoda generally refers to the Heshi relic pagoda of Famen Temple

Located in Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, the ten relic pagoda of Famen Temple is one of the national AAAAA scenic spots of Famen Temple.

Basic introduction

"Famen Temple ten relic pagoda" was designed by Li Zuyuan, a famous architect in Taiwan. The pagoda is 148 meters high, equivalent to five meters

Ten stories high, in the middle of which there is a pagoda type building for the Buddha finger relic. In front of the relic tower, there is a 1500 meter long "Foguang Avenue", with huge Buddha statues carved on both sides with granite. The total investment of Sarita is more than 5 billion yuan. According to Buddhist scriptures, during Sakyamuni's nirvana, the disciples picked out one parietal bone, two scapulae, four teeth, one middle finger and many bead shaped relics from the ashes of his body. In the Tang Dynasty, this phalanx relic was invited to the imperial palace for six times. In 874, after the last invitation, the relic was sealed and stored in the underground palace under the pagoda of Famen Temple in Shaanxi Province, until it was rediscovered by cultural workers in 1987 when they were cleaning up the ruins of the pagoda.

The ten relic pagoda of Famen Temple is a Buddhist building with perfect functions and facilities. The total construction area is 76690 square meters, including 60225 square meters above ground and 16465 square meters underground. The project at all times and in all countries is 147 meters high and 54 meters wide (253 meters wide of the podium and the width of the skirt). The magnificent momentum of the whole pavilion not only inherits the characteristics of Buddhist architecture, but also integrates modern and modern architecture with modern technology, such as glass curtain as the crystallization of modern technology, and mani Zhu and lotus flower table also contain the style and spirit of India's traditional Buddhist architecture, and so on, and add new materials to Buddhist architecture. To show the vitality of the new style. It has become the center for offering and worshiping Buddhist relics and the world Buddhist culture center in the 21st century. The design reference period of the project is 50 years, the design service life (durability) of the structure is 100 years, the structural safety level is grade I, and the seismic fortification is class B. Design strength grade of concrete: C35 for foundation slab, C60 for basement exterior wall, C60 for wall and column of main tower (54mx54m), C35 for 6.050 sandwich floor and beam. 1.5-thick elastic cement base and 2-2.5-mm-thick polyurethane waterproof layer are adopted for external wall waterproof. The consumption of steel bars below ± 0.00 in the main building is 4580 tons, steel structure 1850 tons and concrete 25600 cubic meters.

Construction process

On August 24, 1981, half of the pagoda collapsed. In 1986, the government decided to rebuild the pagoda. At the end of February, 1987, the pagoda was rebuilt. On the birthday of the eighth Buddha in April, "many treasure niches gush out from the earth, and there is no harmony between the past and the present". After 1113 years of silence, more than 2499 pieces of national treasures of the Tang Dynasty, surrounded by Buddha's real phalanx relics, return to the world! The rare treasures unearthed in the underground palace are of great value in the study of Chinese social and political history, cultural history, science and technology history, Sino foreign exchange history, art history and so on. In 1988, Famen Temple was officially opened and held an International Buddhist dharma meeting. More than 300 elders and representatives from all walks of life at home and abroad attended the meeting. For more than ten years, under the abbot of Chengguan and master Jingyi, Famen Temple has successively built Tang style buildings such as Daxiong hall, jade Buddha Hall, Zen hall, ancestral hall, Zhaitang, Liaofang and Buddhist Academy.

In July 2002, the people's Government of Shaanxi Province, after many investigations and studies, believed that the completion of Famen temple cultural scenic spot would play a strategic role in promoting the construction of our province and even the western region. On October 1, 2006, Shaanxi Provincial People's government decided to establish Shaanxi Famen Temple Cultural Scenic Spot Construction Co., Ltd. under the guidance of the board of directors, the management and construction team sent by Qujiang New District of Xi'an will be fully responsible for the construction of Famen temple cultural scenic spot. In March 2007, the construction team of Famen temple cultural scenic spot was set up in Qujiang New Area and went to Baoji. The project of Famen temple cultural scenic spot was officially launched.

On May 9, 2009, the first phase of the Buddhist culture scenic spot, 148 meters plus ten relic tower, 1230 meters Foguang Avenue, two pilgrimage squares for 100000 people and related hotel, entertainment, shopping and other supporting facilities will be completed and opened.

On March 29, 2009, a press conference was held at the Buddhist palace in Lingshan, Jiangsu Province. It is reported that with the approval of China's Bureau of religion, the Heshi relic pagoda, which aims to protect and worship the Buddha finger relic more safely and effectively, was completed in Famen Temple, Fufeng County, Shaanxi Province on May 9, 2009. At that time, a grand ceremony will be held to mark the completion of the ten relic pagodas of Famen Temple, the holy land of Buddhism, and the Buddhist finger relic worship ceremony.

Famen Temple is famous for its discovery of Sakyamuni's real phalanx relic. Famen Town, Fufeng County, in the west of Shaanxi Province, is about 100 kilometers away from Xi'an. On April 3, 1987, when cleaning up the collapsed tower foundation, the mysterious underground palace of the Tang Dynasty was discovered. Sakyamuni's real phalanx relic, which had been sleeping underground for 1113 years, and thousands of rare Buddhist treasures of the Tang Dynasty were discovered.

Completion ceremony

On the morning of May 9, 2009, the ceremony of "the completion of the ten relic pagodas of Famen Temple, a Buddhist holy land, and the offering of Buddhist finger relic" was held. The ceremony is jointly sponsored by the Chinese Association for religious and cultural exchanges, the Chinese Buddhist Association and the Shaanxi Provincial Organizing Committee of Famen Temple, a holy place of Buddhism. In accordance with the Buddhist regulations, through a series of grand and solemn activities of greeting, offering and worshipping, Sakyamuni's real phalanx relic will be permanently offered to the underground palace of Heshi relic tower. More than 20000 eminent monks, sages, entrepreneurs and believers from all over the world will witness this historic moment.

According to reports, the newly completed Hemen Temple relic tower is 148 meters high, and its shape is like hands. The hollow out part in the middle is a traditional form of Tang tower. The whole building has a unique shape and magnificent momentum. A 1230 meter long and 108 meter wide Foguang Avenue is laid in front of the Hexi relic tower. Some landscape sketches and golden Bodhisattvas from Buddhist classics are dotted on both sides of the avenue. At both ends of Foguang Avenue are pilgrimage square and Shanmen square, which can accommodate 100000 people.

Top ten

The Buddha finger relic unearthed from the underground palace is the relic of Sakyamuni Buddha's real body, which has been found in the world and confirmed by documents and inscriptions. It is the highest sacred object in the Buddhist world. The underground palace of Famen Temple is the oldest, largest and highest level pagoda underground palace in the world.

The display method of underground palace cultural relics is the earliest golden embryo heteman Mandala discovered in the Tang Dynasty.

Among more than 27000 coins in the underground palace, 13 tortoiseshell Kaiyuan Tongbao coins are the earliest and unique tortoiseshell coins found in the world.

A complete set of palace tea sets unearthed from the underground palace is the earliest, the highest grade and the most complete set of palace tea sets found in the world. Break the origin of Japanese tea culture

The 1.96-meter-long two wheel twelve ring big stick unearthed from the underground palace is the earliest, the largest, the highest grade and the most exquisite Buddhist weapon found in the world.

The 13 pieces of palace secret color porcelain found in the underground palace are the earliest in the world, which are confirmed by inscriptions.

More than 700 pieces of silk fabrics found in the underground palace include almost all the silk categories and crafts of the Tang Dynasty, which can be called the treasure house of Tang Dynasty silk and is an unprecedented discovery of Tang Dynasty silk archaeology.

It is the most exquisitely made, layered and of the highest level ever found in the world.

The third gilded gold and silver letter of the Buddha's real body relic, carved with 45 Mandala statues in the golden and rigid world, is the earliest Mandala altar of Tantric Buddhism found in the world.

On May 25, 2006, as an ancient site from the northern and Southern Dynasties to the Qing Dynasty, famensi site was approved by the State Council to be listed in the Sixth Batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Related news

On May 9, the grand "Heshi relic pagoda" of Famen Temple in Fufeng County, Shaanxi Province was completed and put into use. It is said that Sakyamuni's "Buddha finger relic" was ceremoniously worshipped in the pagoda, and tens of thousands of people went to pay their respects in the rain. In the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, the scenes of "jade coffins reveal the finger bones of Buddhas, which once made the emperor of the Tang Dynasty fill his eyes with tears" and "the whole country vied for worship and held fragrant flowers everywhere". The local people happily said that the scene here and now is "once in a thousand years, once in a thousand years", carrying the Buddhist holy land for thousands of years

Zhao Puchu has a touching "hymn of Buddha finger relic unearthed in Fufeng Famen Temple", which repeatedly sings and murmurs for the Buddha finger relic hidden for thousands of years: "reappear solemnity, fight for Cunyin, protect Dharma objects, attach great importance to dust; always focus on the near and far, and do not forget to look back on the present..." And let's open our eyes from here, from near to far: the place, the humanistic classics of all ages "is entrusted by" the pride of the Qin people, the pride of the Chinese people, and the joy of all. ".

——Three thousand years ago, it was the birthplace of the Zhou Dynasty and the source of the humanistic spirit of Chinese culture. Chinese civilization ferments, accumulates, gathers and spreads here;

——Two thousand years ago, Sakyamuni, the Buddha, chose this magical land. The only Buddha finger relic in the world came to Qishan from India. Today's Baoji is rooted here for a long time and has an indissoluble bond with Chinese culture;

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