Famen Temple is one of the most important Buddhist pilgrimage sites in China, located about 100 kilometres east of Baoji city in Fufeng County. The temple is famous for holding a finger bone relic (sarira) of the historical Buddha — one of only a small number of such relics believed to exist — which was rediscovered in an underground crypt in 1987 when the temple's Tang dynasty pagoda collapsed.
The relic is housed in a purpose-built museum alongside the treasure hoard found with it: Tang dynasty gold and silver vessels with intricate repousse decoration, silk vestments of extraordinary quality, and glass objects unknown from any other Chinese site. The original underground crypt is preserved in situ and can be visited as part of the museum circuit. A vast modern approach road leads to the site — the scale of development around the relic is somewhat overwhelming, but the crypt and its contents justify the journey. Admission is around 120 yuan.