When the Dalai Lama came to Taiwan for his first-ever visit in 1996, and then again when the Fokuangshan Temple received the Buddha's tooth from Thailand in 1988, politicians appeared in droves, and tens of thousands of people gathered in celebration.
民國八十六年達賴喇嘛首次來台弘法、民國八十七年佛光山迎泰國佛牙舍利，都是朝野轟動、萬人披靡的盛事。