There was a misunderstanding between the developer and the temple management, said Zhang Ninggang, deputy head of the Shaanxi Provincial Administration for Religious Affairs.
"The developer of the park and the temple management have reached an understanding," said Zhang. "The tourism service runs as normal now."
However, the monk said the government wished to boost local tourism and did not care about local residents and honest pilgrims.
Construction of the park started about a year ago and the temple supported it at first as they had no knowledge of the wall or ticket details, the monk said.
The Famen Temple tourism administrative office said there had been no decision on ticket prices.
Archaeologists found the finger bone with 2,000 other relics in a 1,000-year-old underground hall in Famen Temple in 1987.
The Sarira, or remains, were confirmed to be the finger bones of Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism.
-- (Shanghai daily, Mar.26, 2009)
