On February 23, the relic was flown to Taiwan. The prestige of the relic has prompted parties typically at loggerheads to cooperate on this special occasion. One wag quipped that "the Buddha has traveled directly across the Taiwan Strait before a policy was in place."
二十三日，大陸方面也指派八十四人的恭送團，隨行將佛指舍利護送至台灣。