Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c12.s1.t2.14

v2.c12.s1.t2.14

In Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties period (late 6th century to mid-10th century CE), celebration activities were held on eighth day of the fourth lunar month. In the spring of 14th year of Xiantong (873 CE), the emperor sent out an imperial decree to order eminent monks to meet bones of the Buddha in Famen Temple of Fengxiang, and they were buried in Chang’an on April 8 in the lunar calendar. Common people lined the streets to hail. Transformation from bathing and parading the Buddha to meeting with the Buddha was a great event in the late Tang Dynasty.