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{{Short description|Urban park in Beijing, China}}
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| photo_caption = A pavilion in Badachu
| type = [[Urban park]]
| location = [[Beijing]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]
| area = 332 hectares
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| created = 7th century
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| status = Open all year
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The '''Badachu''' ({{zh|s=八大处|t=八大處|p=bādàchǔ}}; also known as "Badachu Park") is a complex of [[monasteries]] located on the outskirts of urban [[Beijing]], which means "Eight Great Sites" that refers to the eight [[Buddhist]] [[temples]] and [[nunneries]] scattered across the Cuiwei, Pingpo, and Lushi hills in [[Shijingshan District]], at the foot of Beijing's [[Western Hills]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Magnificent China: a guide to its cultural treasures|author=Petra Häring-Kuan, Yu-Chien Kuan|publisher=[[Joint Publishing]]|year=1987|isbn=962-04-0566-8|page=149}}</ref>

== Three Mountains ==
The north one is Hutou Mountain (虎头山); the south one is Qinglong Mountain (青龙山), and the middle one is Cuiwei Mountain (翠微山).

'''Cuiwei Mountain''' is also called Pingpo Mountain. It is the highest of the three mountains. It is the burial place of Princess Cuiwei.{{who|date=March 2025}} The mountain contains five temples: Sanshanan Nunnery, Dabei Temple, Longquan Nunnery, Xiangjie Temple, and Baozhu cave.<ref name="hole">{{Cite web|title=三山 - 西山八大处官方网站|url=http://www.badachu.com.cn/ss.jhtml|access-date=2021-04-28|website=www.badachu.com.cn}}</ref>

'''Hutou Mountain''' means the head of a tiger. In the historical record, Hutou Mountain is also called Mingjue Mountain (名觉山). The mountain has two temples, Changan Temple and Lingguang Temple.<ref name="hole"/>

'''Qinglong Mountain''' means green dragon. The east part of it is also called Lushi Mountain. According to legend, at the end of the Sui dynasty a monk named Lu Shi tamed two dragons and buried them in the mountain. The mountain also has the ruins of four more temples and a yard. The mountain has one of the Eight Temples, Zhengguo Temple.<ref name="hole"/>

== Gallery ==
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Image:Baoqieshita.JPG|Treasure trunk pagoda at Lingguang Temple
File:Badachu dabeisishanmen.JPG|Entrance to the Dabei Temple
File:Badachu xiangjiesishanmen.JPG|Entrance to the Xiangjie Temple
File:Badachu baozhudongpaifang.JPG|Paifang at the Baozhu Cave
File:Lingguangsi.JPG|Lingguang Temple

</gallery>

== Notes ==
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== References ==

== External links ==
{{Beijing Parks}}
{{Commons}}
{{Coord|39.9537|N|116.18|E|display=title|dim:3500}} 
* [http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/beijing/31172.htm The Eight Great Temples in the Western Hills (Badachu)]
{{Buddhist temples in Beijing}}

[[Category:Buddhist temples in Beijing]]
[[Category:Parks in Beijing]]
[[Category:Shijingshan District]]


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