Badachu Park

Badachu Park is located outside the Fifth Ring Road in the western suburb of Beijing, next to the Xishan Forest Park. Badachu refers to the Eight Buddhist temples in the park. Most of the eight temples have a long history and are full of incense. Many of them have been places of worship and blessing in the suburb of Beijing since ancient times. Several temples are built on the hills in the park. There are dense trees in the mountains. It is very quiet and beautiful with the ancient and solemn temple gardens. There are many gingko and maple trees on the mountain. The red and yellow leaves are very beautiful every autumn. It's very good to take a walk and visit Buddha here.

The mountain in Badachu Park is not high, and there are steps. It takes about four or five kilometers to climb from the entrance of the scenic spot to the top of the mountain, which is suitable for mountain climbing. It takes 2-3 hours to climb a mountain. It takes 4-6 hours or more to visit Buddha all the way. Generally, you have to prepare for a whole day to visit from downtown Beijing. If you have poor physical strength or old people and children, you can also choose the cableway and slide in the scenic area, especially the slide from the top of the mountain, which is very exciting, especially suitable for children.

The eight places in the park refer to one Chang'an temple, two Lingguang temples, three Sanshan nunneries, four Dabei temples, five Longquan nunneries, six Xiangjie temples, seven Baozhu caves and eight Zhengguo temples. Except one Chang'an temple, the other seven are open to tourists. Among them, two Lingguang temples were built in the Tang Dynasty. There is a Buddha's Tooth Relic in the temple. There are only two relic left in the world, so it is very famous in Buddhist temples, and the legend is also very effective. Therefore, Lingguang temple is also the most concentrated place to pray for Buddha in Badachu Park. Four to seven temples are mainly scenic, six of which are the emperor's palaces, so the scenery is as beautiful as a garden, and the surrounding mountains are also very beautiful, so the sightseeing is mainly sightseeing. There are lush ancient ginkgo trees in four places, clear and beautiful Longquan in five places, exquisite architectural momentum in six places, and good places for panoramic view and sunrise in seven places.

In addition to Badachu, the recently discovered cliff Valley is known as "the ninth place". On the cliff of the valley, there are many statues of Buddha and Bodhisattva carved in the Ming Dynasty. They have been hidden in the mountains for hundreds of years and can be seen. In addition, there are scenic spots such as glaciers and boulders, which you can take a simple look at when you walk by. In addition to many scenic spots, it's also a good choice to just come here to watch the mountain scenery and mountaineering exercise.

Badachu Park

Badachu Park is located at the south foot of the famous Xishan Scenic Spot in Beijing. It is a national AAAA scenic spot. It is one of the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in Beijing after the founding of the people's Republic of China. It is a Mountain Buddhist temple garden with a long history, famous reputation and pleasant geomantic omen.

Badachu Park is surrounded by Cuiwei mountain, pingpo mountain and Lushi mountain. The three mountains are like seats, and eight ancient temples are scattered among the three mountains. The natural "Twelve landscapes" are even more famous. The ancients praised that "three mountains are like Huawu, eight temples are like the ancient Dong in the house, and twelve landscapes are like the garden outside the house". They also said that "the beauty of Xiangshan lies in man-made, and the beauty of Badachu lies in man-made" In nature, its natural beauty is better than that of the western mountains.

Badachu Park is famous at home and abroad for its two Lingguang temples dedicated to the rare Sakyamuni relic. In recent years, the wall of "panopolomita Sutra" built in Lingguang temple, 500 Arhats relief and Buddha relic form a complete integration of Buddhism, Buddhism and monks. Among the eight ancient temples, the oldest one is Zhengguo temple, which was built in the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties. It was built in the song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The largest temple is Xiangjie temple, the imperial palace of Kangxi and Qianlong. Although Badachu Park is named after eight ancient temples, it was discovered in 2000 that the cliff carvings of Ming Dynasty made a sensation in the capital with Badachu as the ninth place, attracting stone carving lovers and many Buddhist believers.

Park composition

Badachu Park is warm in winter and cool in summer. The soil is fertile and the vegetation is rich.

The eight ancient temples in the garden were first built in the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties, and were built in the song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Lingguang, Chang'an, Dabei, Xiangjie and Zhengguo temples were all built by the emperor. The Buddha's Tooth Relic of Sakyamuni was once worshipped in the Liao Zhaoxian pagoda of Lingguang temple. It was destroyed by the gunfire of the Eight Power Allied forces in 1900. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, the new Buddha's Tooth Relic pagoda was approved by Premier Zhou Enlai. At the end of 1980s, Yingcui lake, a water scenic spot in the park, was built. After ten years of reform and development, Badachu has become a first-class Park in Beijing. With the advent of the new century, the park will build a new space capsule, a conference center, etc., introducing a new concept of integrated services of food, housing, transportation, leisure, entertainment and health. In order to meet the needs of tourists of different consumption levels, Badachu Park has become one of the most recent leisure and entertainment places in Beijing.

Natural scenery

Badachu Park is located in the west of Taihang, between Cuiwei mountain, pingpo mountain and Lushi mountain (also known as Hutou mountain in the west, Qinglong mountain in the East and Cuiwei mountain in the North). It has a radius of 332 hectares and the highest peak is 464.8 meters above sea level. The three mountains are surrounded like a giant chair, forming the unique microclimate of Badachu, which is warm in winter and cool in summer. Thanks to this unique microclimate, Badachu has beautiful natural scenery and picturesque scenery in four seasons: in spring, apricot flowers, peach flowers, spring greeting, forsythia, etc. all over the mountains are in full bloom, which is beautiful; in summer, the peaks are emerald, green and elegant, In autumn, more than 100000 trees with red leaves, such as Cotinus coggygria, torchlight, Acer truncatum, will be covered with snow after the autumn frost. The park is rich in soil and vegetation, with a forest coverage rate of 97.2%.

Badachu Park is surrounded by three mountains. It is named after eight well preserved ancient temples. It is also famous for its natural "Twelve sceneries". The ancients praised it as "three mountains are like Huawu, eight temples are like antiques in the house, twelve sceneries are like garden outside the house". They also said that "the beauty of Xiangshan lies in human work, the beauty of Badachu lies in nature, and its natural beauty is more than that of Xishan".

Garden Plants

Badachu Park is warm in winter and cool in summer. The soil is fertile and the vegetation is rich. Among them, there are more than 80 kinds of trees, more than 400000 trees, 18 kinds of precious ancient trees, 590 trees, Pinus bungeana in Chang'an temple, Aesculus chinensis in Lingguang temple, Ginkgo biloba in Dabei temple, Pistacia chinensis in Zhengguo temple, and so on. All of them are more than 600 years old, and they are still full and beautiful. There are nearly 140000 red leaf trees, such as Cotinus coggygria, torchlight, Acer truncatum, etc. after the autumn frost, the layers of forest are completely stained, and the mountains are full of elixirs.

Park attractions

A Chang'an Temple

Chang'an temple is located more than one mile south of the gate of the park. Founded in the 17th year of Hongzhi of Ming Dynasty (1504), formerly known as "Shanying Temple". Later, it was rebuilt twice during the reign of emperor Shunzhi (1659) and Emperor Kangxi (1671). Chang'an temple is located on Cuiwei mountain, facing east and West, surrounded by red walls. The entrance is a brick wall with the four characters of "denghuanxidi". Along the west to Yong Road, climbing dozens of steps for the temple gate hall. Hall for Guan Yu statue, also known as "Guan Gong Dian.". The two white bark trees in front of the hall are particularly eye-catching. Although they have experienced hundreds of years of vicissitudes, they are still luxuriant and take a place in the famous ancient trees in the capital. Chang'an temple was once a famous temple in Xishan. The original 500 arhat statues in Chang'an temple have disappeared. According to the historical data of Wanli period in Ming Dynasty, there are still some statues in Chang'an Temple: "four pines in the temple" is the most strange. There are ten Heavenly soldiers in the gate, and the shape is very strange. There are records of "five hundred Arhats" under the veranda, from which we can see the status and style of Chang'an temple at that time. Chang'an temple was destroyed during the "Cultural Revolution", but it has not been restored. Now it is not open to the outside world.

Two Lingguang temples

Lingguang temple is the most important temple in Badachu. Built in the Dali Period of Tang Dynasty (766-779), it was originally called "Longquan Temple". It was renamed "Jueshan Temple" in the Jin Shizong period (1162). The old name of Longquan Temple was restored in the Xuande period of Ming Dynasty (1428). It was expanded and changed into "Lingguang Temple" in the Zhengtong period of Ming Dynasty (1436-1449).

The gate Hall of Lingguang Temple faces southeast. In the gate hall, there is a bronze statue of Sakyamuni Buddha, weighing 3300 kg. A gift for the monk king of Thailand. In Lingguang temple, there were five temples, but now there are only three courtyards: Dabei temple, Yuchi temple and Tayuan. In the Dabei courtyard, there are Guanyin hall in the south, Buddha worship hall in the north, and 14 rooms in the East and West. There is a goldfish pond in the southwest of the temple. It was built during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty and expanded during the reign of emperor Xianfeng. Beside the pool, there is a "Zhaoxian pagoda" in Liao Dynasty, also known as "portrait thousand Buddha pagoda",

The tower was destroyed in 1900 by the "Eight Power Allied forces" fire. When the monks in the temple cleaned up the old tower foundation, they found a stone letter for Sakyamuni's relic. Northbound through a cloister for the original woyouxuan, jushiyuan and Abbot's courtyard. Now in the Abbot's courtyard, there is a Buddhist relic tower built from 1958 to 1964, which is 51 meters high and has seven floors. In the relic Pavilion on the second floor of the pagoda, there is a pure gold seven pagoda dedicated to the Buddha Sakyamuni Lingya (according to the records, it is a famous monk in the Southern Dynasty who offered to travel to the west to pray for Dharma, and it was first dedicated to Jiankang, the capital of the Southern Qi Dynasty, in the Sui Dynasty to Daxing, which is today's Xi'an, in the late Tang Dynasty to Nanjing, which is today's Beijing, and in the period of emperor daozong of the Liao Dynasty to the "Zhaoxian pagoda". In 2000, the Chinese Buddhist Association built a new jade Buddha Hall and a screen wall of Prajna paramita Sutra written by Zhao Puchu, the late president of the Buddhist Association. Because there are only two relic teeth in the world, Lingguang temple has become a place where Buddhist monks all over the world worship.

Zhaoxian pagoda and flower monk

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