Badachu, the Eight Great Sites, refers to the eight Buddhist temples and monasteries scattered across the Cuiwei, Pingpo and Lushi hills at the foot of Beijing's Western Hills. A national class-AAAA scenic tourism area, the Badachu Park is one of the first groups of major historic sites under provincial protection and a modern metropolitan mountain park rich in Buddhist temple atmosphere.  With the highest peak 464 meters above the sea level, the park occupies 253 hectares. The coverage rate of vegetation reaches 97.4%.

Badachu consists of Changan Temple (Temple of Eternal Peace), Lingguang Temple (Temple of Divine Light), Sanshan Nunnery (Three-hill Nunnery), Dabei Temple (Temple of Great Mercy), Dragon Spring Nunnery (Dragon Spring Nunnery), Xiangjie Temple (The Temple of the Fragrant World), Pearl Cave (The Cave of Precious Pearl), Zhengguo Temple. The eight ancient temples were constructed respectively in the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, and after repairs and reconstructions throughout the history, the ancient architectures of these temples are still well-preserved today.

There are three places including the Temple of Divine Light, the Temple of Great Compassion and the Temple of Fragrant World most worth visiting in Badachu Park. At the Temple of Divine Light, there are the towering pagoda with the tooth relics of Buddha hidden in it, the time-honored base of the Thousand-Buddhist-Statues Pagoda from the Liao Dynasty, golden fish pond, the huge "Arhat wall" and the "Heart Sutra wall." The highlight of the second temple is the vivid statues of the 18 Arhats carved by Liu Yuan, a renowned sculptor in the Yuan Dynasty in the Mahavira Hall. The third temple with complete sets of Buddhist statues and offering devices is well-known for the two steles with dragon heads and tortoise bases, which bear the inscriptions by three emperors of the Qing Dynasty -- Kangxi, Qianlong and Jiaqing.

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Admission: 10 Yuan, 5 Yuan for students

Bus: No.389, 958, 709, 972, 622, and 347