The Hidden treasure of Famensi was last exhibited at the Hongkong Convention and Exhibition in 2004 . They were among thousands who greeted the arrival of the leading national treasure to mark Buddha's birthday today. The relic and 20 other national Buddhist treasures dating back to the Tang dynasty were borrowed on loan from the Famen Buddhist Monastery near Xian , China specially for this occasion .
The next Foreign exhibtion for the the same treasures was held in Singapore at the Asean Civilizations Museum in 2014.
This exhibition was co-organised with Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau and Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Centre, People's Republic of China.
In 2004 after visiting the exhibition in Hongkong , the author was impressed with the finding and decided to write a book on Famensi , as she felt there weren't much information about the origin of these treasure ,expecially on the Buddha's relic and was determined to visit the Famen museum in Shaanxi since she is based in Hongkong and travels in China frequently , she feel that Chinese Nation is rich in history . While trying to research more about this major cradle of Chinese Civilization , she found that in both Hongkong and Taiwan there was a craze for a China Mystic , similar to the Japanese Wealth Ushering Cat . Her research took her from Nanjing , Chang an to Chengdu and back to Xian , Shaanxi.
Ancient Mystic |
In the progress, last year she came out with the new ebook on Ancient mystic ushering Wealth : "Ancient Mystic Bestows Wealth with Abundance " with some pretty good success
Ancient Wealth Mystic |
and therefore decide to release the New title ;
with the Book review as follows ; -
It was an unusual night but the night sky was very bright as lightning glazed across with strong wind and brightened up the sky that brought on the heavy rainstom . This happened at 1:57am on 4 August 1981 which led to the dramatic collapse of the Famen Temple, a 13-storey pagoda in Shaanxi province, China.
As if it was an indication from an unknown divine power , the Pagoda starts to crack with one of its side slides down with half of the pagoda standing , the pagoda was in vain trying to highlight to the world of its refusal to fall, with its clear intention to protect its underground crypt below .This incident caught and drew universal attention around the world when news broke out the following day.
Like a tale straight out from a fantasy story , a sealed and forgotten underground palace was discovered after the pagoda on top of it finally totally collapsed.
Inside the crypt , one chamber led to another, revealing hidden treasures that had not been seen for more than 1,000 years.it resulted in the discovery of forgotten treasure dating from the Tang dynasty and beyond .
Over the centuries, the idea of such a palace existing within the temple grounds turned into myth. Many had beleived buddhist veneration ritual did took place at the temple before ,but subject of hidden treasure has been common folk's rumours, and templeperforming rituals were common in those days especially before the suppressive political movements, but since no one could find it, the story was discounted.
Even when it was rebuilt during the Ming Dynasty at the same location, it was never found then , as archaeologist found a differentbase foundation has been built over the original base . Therefore there was No record of the Underground palace mentioned or ever
written in any historical document thereafter.