Buddha bone relics are in which temples in China

At that time, Emperor Ashoka sent 19 relics to our country, and now they are appearing one after another. At present, there are only six monasteries in the country that store Buddha relics.

1.Buddha tooth - stored in the Buddha tooth pagoda of Lingguang Temple in the east of Cuiwei Mountain, Shijingshan District, the capital.

2.The middle finger bone of the Buddha is stored in Famen Temple in Fufeng County, Shaanxi Province in the northwest.

3.One of the Buddha's relics - stored in the Leiyin Cave of Yunju Temple in the Yunju Temple Scenic Area of Fangshan District, the capital.

4.One of the Buddha relics - stored in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province.

The iron tower underground palace of Ganlu Temple on Beigu Mountain.

5.One of the Buddha relics - stored in Ashoka Mountain, Yinzhou District, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province.

6.Buddha conch hair relics - stored in the Leifeng Pagoda on the south bank of the West Lake Scenic Area in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.

Famen Temple is a famous temple in ancient China that houses the bone relics of Shakyamuni Buddha. Famen Temple was founded in the Eastern Han Dynasty, according to Buddhist scriptures: Ashoka (the king of the Peacock Dynasty of Tianzhu) after the death of Shakyamuni, in order to promote Buddhism, distributed Buddha bones (relics) to all over the world.

Those who get the bones of the Buddha are buried in the tower. According to the inscription: "There are five in China, and one of them can help the wind."

Famen Temple "because of the tower and the temple, the temple because of the tower and famous". Famen Pagoda was formerly known as Fufeng Pagoda, because the Buddha bones are buried in the inner palace of the tower, and it is also called "the real body pagoda". Famen Pagoda and Famen Temple have been repaired in successive dynasties, and the Tang Dynasty was its heyday.

According to the historical records: the emperors of the Tang Dynasty worship Buddhism, open the tower every 30 years to welcome the Buddha's bones once, every time to welcome and send off, the grand occasion is unprecedented, the emperor personally drove out to welcome, the ladies and monks and nuns are like a tide, the path covers the road, the sound of wind music singing and dancing and chanting is noisy. The princes and magnates all went to the Famen Temple to worship the Buddha.

The grand Buddha worship activities made Famen Temple the most famous temple at that time. Subsequent generations declined, and the relics of Buddha bones and a large number of treasures were also missing.

At present, the locations of the relics of Shakyamuni Buddha that can be examined in China are as follows:

One. Shaanxi Fufeng Famen Temple Shakyamuni Buddha finger bone relics.

Two. Liaoning Chaoyang North Pagoda Shakyamuni Buddha blood relics.

3. There are two Buddha tooth relics in Ying County.

Four. Beijing Lingguang Temple Zhaoxian Pagoda Sakyamuni Buddha tooth relic.

Five. Beijing Fangshan Yunju Temple Leiyin Cave Shakyamuni Buddha relics.

6. Buddha skull relics in Asoka Temple.

Seven. Zhenjiang Ganlusi Iron Tower Shakyamuni Buddha relics.

Eight. Hangzhou Leifeng Pagoda Shakyamuni Buddha hair relics.

Nine. Shandong Wenshang Baoxiang Temple Shakyamuni Buddha tooth relic.

10. Guanyin Temple of Tianmen Mountain Temple. Buddha relics invited from Nepal.

1. Lingguang Temple Buddha Tooth Pagoda.

2. The underground palace under the base of Famen Temple is located in Fufeng County, Shaanxi Province, northwest of China.

3. Leiyin Cave of Yunju Temple, Leiyin Cave is located in the scenic area of Yunju Temple in Fangshan District.

4. Ganlu Temple Iron Tower Underground Palace, located in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, Beigu Mountain.

5. The Qingdry Potato Relic Hall of Ashoka Temple is located in Ashoka Mountain, Yinzhou District, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province.

6. The Buddha snail hair relics of Leifeng Pagoda.

There are a total of 7 temples (or pagodas) dedicated to the relics of the Buddha Buddha in China

1. The Buddha Tooth Pagoda of Lingguang Temple is located in the eight places of Xishan Mountain, east of Cuiwei Mountain, Shijingshan District, Beijing. The relics were discovered in 1900 and there are only two in existence, one in China and one in Sri Lanka.

2. The underground palace under the tower base of Famen Temple is located in Fufeng County, Shaanxi Province, northwest China. The relics were discovered in 1987, and one piece survived, which is the only one in the world, and three shadow bones were enshrined at the same time, which were substitutes made in the Tang Dynasty.

3. Leiyin Cave of Yunju Temple, Leiyin Cave is located in the scenic area of Yunju Temple in Fangshan District, there are two "Buddha relics the size of millet grains, and there are two pearls next to them". It proves that the Buddha relics have been treasured here for more than 1,300 years. This is the only relic in the world that is treasured in a cave and not enshrined in a tower.

4. Ganlu Temple Iron Tower Underground Palace, located in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, on Beigu Mountain. According to the Zhenjiang City Museum, the total number is 772. There are two ways to count under the Tang Dynasty:

There are 11 relics in the small gold coffin of Changgan Temple and 156 in the gold coffin of the relics of Zen Temple. In the Song Dynasty, there were three counts: 56 grains in the silver letter, 177 grains in the silver dollar box, and 372 grains in the wooden box, all of which were transparent or translucent grains, as small as mustard seeds.

5. The relics hall of Asoka Temple (the relics stupa dedicated to the Buddha's body in the hall is the only one of the 19 stupas in our country that has survived after the Buddha's death), located in Ashoka Mountain, Yinzhou District, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province.

6. The Buddha conch hair relics of Leifeng Pagoda (the first Shakya hair relics discovered in the world) are located on the Leifeng of Xizhao Mountain on the south bank of the West Lake Scenic Area in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province.

7. In addition to the above six relics of the Buddha Buddha, in 1957, the relics of the Buddha of the Buddha, one of the seven Buddhas in the past, were found in the Tiger Hill Pagoda, which is located at No. 8, the mountain gate of Huqiu Mountain, Shantang Street, Changmenwai, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province.

Some of the surviving Buddha's true body relics are offered at the following places: Famen Temple, Fufeng County, Shaanxi, China – Buddha Finger Relic Lingguang Temple, Xishan, Beijing, China – Buddha Tooth Relic Yunju Temple, Fangshan, Beijing, China – Meat Relic Leifeng Pagoda, Hangzhou, China – Fa Relic Qingshan Temple, Lintong, Xi'an, China – Broken Body Relic Thailand – Buddha Bone Relic Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, Kandy City, Sri Lanka – Buddha Tooth Relic Mount Juehuang, Nagoya, Japan – Buddha Bone Relic.