Badachu, Buddhist temple park in Pingguoyuan, China.

Badachu is a Buddhist temple park at the southern foot of the Western Hills covering 253 hectares with eight ancient temples scattered across forested slopes. The grounds feature numerous walking paths that connect the various temple complexes throughout the wooded terrain.

The temples were founded in different eras, from the Sui and Tang through the Ming and Qing. In 1900 troops of the Eight-Nation Alliance damaged the monasteries. After 1949 they were repaired and turned into Badachu Park, listed in 1957 among Beijing's first protected cultural sites. The Cultural Revolution damaged statues and ritual objects; Lingguang Temple resumed religious activity in the 1980s under the Chinese Buddhist Association.

The temples display traditional Buddhist architecture with religious sculptures and sacred objects that visitors encounter while walking through the grounds. These buildings and their decorations reflect the spiritual importance these sites have held for believers over many generations.

Wear comfortable shoes as the terrain is hilly with pathways to navigate between the scattered temples. It helps to arrive early in the day when the paths are less crowded and temperatures are cooler.

The name Badachu means "Eight Great Sites", yet the hills once held 42 monasteries; only 39 names survive, among them Qingliang Temple, also called Lushi Temple, Zhenying Temple and Datianyuan Yansheng Temple. Two Republican-era villas remain, the Sun family garden and the Yuan family villa, out of more than 30 built there.