20091023 Badachu Park
Badachu Park is at the foot of the west hill of Beijing. Normally people come here for visiting the 8 temples scatter around the hill. In autumn days, it is also good for seeing the leaves of the trees that are coming to be coloured.
The eight ancient Buddhist temples and monasterie: 1, 长安寺 Changan Temple (Temple of Eternal Peace); 2, 灵光寺 Lingguang Temple (Temple of Divine Light); 3, 三山庵 Sanshan Nunnery (Three-hill Nunnery); 4, 大悲寺 Dabei Temple (Temple of Great Mercy); 5, 龙泉庵 Dragon Spring Nunnery (Dragon Spring Nunnery); 6, 香界寺 Xiangjie Temple (The Temple of the Fragrant World); 7, 宝珠洞 Pearl Cave (The Cave of Precious Pearl); 8, 证果寺 Zhengguo Temple. Except the 1st is not opened to public, others can be visited, but as the 8th one is in another direction, not many people would visit it.
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