The Famen Temple was situated in the Famen Town 10 kilometers north of the Fufeng County, 120 kilometers west of the Xi'an City, 96 kilometers east of Baoji City. It's the famous temple as dagoba for the bones of Shijiamoni in the ancient times in our country. Famen means the door one must enter once he wants to cultivate himself according to Buddhism. The Famen Temple was first built during East Han Dynasty. The Famen Temple Tower, also named "The Tower of the Real Body" (zhen shen bao ta), gained its name from burying one section of Shijiamoni's finger bone. In 1985, Shijiamoni's finger bone "Sheli" and a lot of precious cultural relic which has been stored deeply up to 1000 years was found in Digong (the earth palace). This finger bone is the only existent "sheli" of the real body of Shijiamoni.
