Famen Town is located about 10 km north of Fufeng County, Baoji City, and about 120 km away from Xi. It is a famous Buddhist temple with a long history. Famen Temple was built in the Eastern Han Dynasty. According to legend, Asoka of India distributed Buddhist relics to various places in order to promote Buddhism. Where Buddhist relics were found, stupas were built for worship. Famen Temple is one of them, and it is the largest one.

Famen Temple, a stupa built for relics, and a temple built for stupa. Originally known as Asoka Temple, it was renamed Shidaochang in Sui Dynasty and Famen Temple in early Tang Dynasty. The temples were expanded in Yuan Wei and early Tang Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Tang Gaozong, it was built as the 24th courtyard of Guilin Palace, and the building was very spectacular. The original tower is commonly known as Sanzang. During the Zhenguan period of Tang Dynasty, it was rebuilt as a four-level wooden tower, which collapsed in the third year of Ming Dynasty (1569), and in the seventh year of Wanli, a thirteen-level octagonal brick tower was built, with a height of 47 meters. In the 11th year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (1654), due to oblique cracks in the tower, General Zhu donated money to repair it at the end of the 28th Republic of China (1939).

Famen Temple is a famous temple in ancient China, where the Buddhist relics of Sakyamuni were placed. Famen Temple was built in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the temple was built because of the tower. Famen Temple Tower is named after a phalanx of Sakyamuni, so Famen Temple Tower and Temple are called "the ancestor of Guanzhong Pagoda Temple".

The temple tower now restored is completely built according to the original appearance of the brick tower in the Ming Dynasty. In the underground palace of Famen Temple, besides the relics such as Buddha's phalanx, there are gold and silver utensils 12 1 pieces, glassware 20 pieces, porcelain 16 pieces, stone tools 12 pieces, ironware 16 pieces and lacquered wood/kloc-0 pieces.