Divine Discovery of Famensi Thousand Years Long Lost Treasure

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Divine Discovery of the legendary Famen
TemplesUnderground Palace

• Li Jin Xin

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Present Famen Scenic Park in Shaanxi ,Xian
China
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Pilgrimage from India brought the Buddha s
Relic to China
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Historical records relates that finger bones of
the Buddha had been sent from India to China by
the great emperor Ashoka. He encouraged the new
faith throughout his lands as well as the wide
distribution of Buddha's relics. Relics, sarira
in the form of bones were usually enshrined
beneath a stupa carried by monks from India to
China through thousand miles
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Records state that here, during the reign of
Emperors of the Eastern Han r.149 - 189 CE ,
that a stupa with a crypt was built to shelter
the relics of Lord Buddha. The temple of Famen
was one of only four in all China which were
supposed to contain actual relics of the
historical Buddha and it is the only one where
the actual structure and the relics have survived
to the present day. However, it was during the
Tang dynasty (618 - 907 CE) that Famen Si reached
its height of importance. Because of its relics
and because of its proximity to the royal capital
at Chang-an Xian). In 625 it was formally
renamed Famen Si
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After a massive rainstorm, the temples ancient
True Relic Pagoda, which had been rebuilt in
1579, cracked down the middle and half of it came
sliding down in a mass of bricks.
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It happened during the night in 1987 , the
pagoda was battered but refused to fall . It is
as if a Divine Power is ask it to Hold On
,so that the World will pay attention to it
again . The Major Government decide to re-built
Famensi again
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Renovations were started in 1987 and, quite by
chance, a three-chambered underground palace was
discovered directly beneath the pagoda.
Acheological investigation confirmed a Tang
construction with its treasures and relics, all
of which had been undisturbed and forgotten for
1,113 years
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The descending steps were scattered with Tang
dynasty coins along the long sloping
underground approach corridor at the bottom of
which is placed an tablet covering a door . Then
follows a level corridor and series of doors
leading to three chambers. 
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Access after removing the boulder blocking to the
front door , the first door was locked with a
rusted old Tang dynasty old lock
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The structure of the underground palace reflected
the form of Tang royal tombs. The corridor and
chambers cut through the foundations of the
co-existing original Tang square wooden pagoda.
When the Ming constructed their octagonal pagoda
they cut into the Tang foundations but did not
disturb the underlying older structures as they
were probably unaware of their presence
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The second door access to a full room of tang
artifacts .Picture shown below were taken at
site during the excavation .Even under poor
lightning , the Gold masterpeices artifacts
stood out , and many various religious tomb
guardian Stood on guard at various corner of the
room with religious buddhist relics and
carvings fabrics and potterries laid in boxes
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Significance of the treasures discovered in
the underground palace with more then 2,499
artefacts including the utmost Buddhist Relic
were found
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Special Artefact Owned by Empress Wu was also
found in the Underground palace as she
possibly sponsored or donated most of the
masterpieces to the temple
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Fabrics were put in boxes but most has
disintegrated over thousand years , with 1 set
specially recovered Fabric possibly owned by
the Empress Wu in almost good condition due to
the material used and the knitting process
with special packaging is in almost good
condition
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There are many other masterpieces , and here
we show a distinct piece of artwork from Tang
dynasty showing a Tortoise Tea Container
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The re-discovered Tang chambers at Famen
contained a wealth of previously unknown
artefacts together with extensive documentary
records. Most were contained in the farthest,
northern chamber and most were probably placed
there during the final closure in 874,
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Four separate groups of sarira were found. Each
was enclosed within a series of small nested
caskets. Among the Four , There is only One
Original Sarira . Find out which is the
original gthttp//goo.gl/OY3n9a
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The majority of artefacts discovered were
offerings to the sarira. As these were imperial
gifts they include the finest quality gold,
silver, porcelain, glass, lacquer and stone
wares, as well as textiles, jewellery and coins.
A stone tablet in the ante-chamber detailed most
items' A list of Offerings, Gold and Silver
Treasures and Costumes Accompanying the Genuine
Sarira. The following will provide more
information ..
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