The 法们寺 ground is huge due to the new display building housing the genuine 舍利子。However, the entrance fee has no option to select for visit only to the old temple and pagoda area. The pagoda as seen now was rebuilt much earlier due to destruction by a flood leaving half of it standing. The sub-level chamber is amazing, it has displays of the Buddhism relics and inscription on the ceiling. The 3 舍利子 are the look alike of the genuine that were found in the underground chamber inside a beautifully made box. （以假乱真） The temple museum is worth the time as it displays the relics found during the restoration work of the half standing pagoda The new building is too commercialized and signs of aging are showing.

Before 8am, we took a metro to HaiChengLu station to buy bus tickets to Famen temple. Bus ticket was CNY37.5. This time they didn’t query for our visa. Journey time was 1.5 - 2 hours. Cool day with temperature throughout at 17•C. We paid CNY35 for vegetable meals (free helpings). The meals were simple but delicious. It was not oily like most Chinese meals in China. Our family enjoyed the meal very much. The crowd was manageable and comfortable for us. The entertainment act was extraordinary. They presented a story as we walked through different stage rooms. In each room, the actors appeared in front or behind or beside us. With this crowd size, we can comfortably move around to get closer to the scenes and actors, to take our pictures or videos. The story ended with how the pagoda was rebuilt. The temple had other stories to offer too. For example, they tell us how tea was an important part of the religious participants. The prices of drinks and food are reasonable in the temple grounds. Clearly, they don’t encourage profiteering attitude on its premises. But as tourists, we don’t have WeChat options to purchase those drinks. We took the 3.30pm bus back into Xian. At the bus stop, we learnt others had waited for 45mins. The time schedule on the notice board was for 2.40pm slot was not correct. We recall the company verbally told us it should be 2.30pm.