Badachu ParkⅠ

The Badachu, meaning 'Eight Great Sites', refers to the eight Buddhist temples and monasteries scattered across the Cuiwei, Pingpo and Lushi hills in the Shijingshan District, at the foot of Beijing's Western Hills Scenic Area. The Badachu Park is notable for its eight ancient temples, nunneries and a cave set amidst beautiful scenery on the southern slopes of the Western Hills.

With an area of 250 hectares, the ancient temples and nunneries were built at the end of the Sui Dynasty (581 - 618) and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907), and were renovated during the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The early 1990s saw the Badachu cable car and one of China's first chute slides brought into operation. The eight ancient Buddhist temples and monasteries are: