Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.50

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that there are three great relics of the Buddha in China. The first is the finger relic in the Famen Temple in Shaanxi, China. The second is the tooth relic in the Lingguang Temple in Beijing. The third is skull bone relic in Nanjing. In the world there presently are few famous tooth relics of the Buddha. Southern Buddhism worships Buddha's tooth relic in the Temple of Buddha's Tooth in old Kandy, Sri Lanka. Northern Buddhism has Buddha's tooth relic in the Lingguang Temple in Beijing, Buddha's tooth relic in the Taizi Ling Zong (Divine Footprint of the Crown Prince) Pagoda of the Baoxiang Temple in Wenshang, and Buddha's tooth relic in the wooden pagoda in the district of Ying, Datong, Shanxi etc. Historical records mention a total of more than 70 such places of worship in China. Now there still are more than 30 places left.