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Badachu Park
Badachu park is notable for its eight ancient temples. With an area of 250 hectares, this "flashback in time" is 464 meters above sea level at its highest point. 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.
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. Located on the outskirts of Beijing, the sites were restored during the 1980"s and have since become a popular destination, both for pilgrims and tourists.
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