[2025 Beijing Attraction] Travel Guide for Ling-guang Monastery (Updated Mar)

Badachu Park, also known as Badachu in the Western Hills, is located at No. 3 Badachu Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, surrounded by the Taihang Mountains' offshoots: Cuiwei Mountain, Hutou Mountain, and Qinglong Mountain, covering an area of 284.68 hectares with the highest peak at 464 meters. Badachu Park is a Buddhist temple garden with a long history and profound cultural heritage, and it is also a comprehensive tourist attraction integrating culture, leisure, fitness, and entertainment. Badachu Park is named after its eight ancient temples: Chang'an Temple, Lingguang Temple, Sanshan Nunnery, Dabeisi Temple, Longquan Nunnery, Xiangjie Temple, Baozhu Cave, and Zhengguo Temple. Its history can be traced back to the Zhengguo Temple established during the Renshou era of the Sui Dynasty (601-604 AD). During the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, the number of temples in the area increased continuously, gradually becoming a place for Buddhists to worship and having an important influence in the world Buddhist community. In 2001, Badachu Park was selected as a national AAAA-level tourist attraction. In 2015, Badachu Park was announced by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Landscape and Forestry as one of the first historical and cultural famous gardens in Beijing. In 2017, Badachu in the Western Hills was selected as one of the first batch of municipal cultural relics protection units in Beijing. Badachu has 'Three Mountains, Eight Temples, and Twelve Sceneries,' including attractions such as Chang'an Temple, Lingguang Temple, Sanshan Nunnery; as well as the 'Twelve Sceneries of the Western Hills' like Spring Mountain Apricot Grove, Deep Autumn Red Leaves, Layered Ridges Clear Snow, etc. There are also themed cultural events such as the 'Badachu Chinese Garden Tea Culture Festival,' 'Badachu Chongyang Mountain Climbing Festival,' and 'New Year Blessing Temple Fair.' 🌈Transportation: 🚇Subway: Take a taxi from Xihuangcun Station on Line 6 to the scenic area 🚇Subway: Transfer to bus route 215 at Bajiao Amusement Park Station on Line 1

Lingguang Temple|May all hopes come true. |May all hopes come true. Today, my sisters and I went to the Lingguang Temple in Badachu to ask for new amulets, and I also came with her to pray for myself and my family. 🙏May all her difficulties turn into opportunities, and everything goes well. 🙏May myself and my family have a better new year than the old one, and all hopes come true.

After more than 1200 years of wind and rain, the ancient Lingguang Temple still stands in the Xishan of Beijing. Lingguang Temple houses a Buddha tooth relic left after the Nirvana of Sakyamuni, which has been preserved for over a thousand years since the Five Dynasties. Lingguang Temple was built in the Tang Dynasty, expanded in the Liao Dynasty, renamed Jueshan Temple in the Jin Dynasty, and renamed Lingguang Temple during the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty. Especially in autumn, this season is just right, the most beautiful ginkgo, red leaves are only a few days. In late October, yellow leaves fall and the ground is covered with broken gold. More than 100,000 trees of yellow, torch, and Yuanbao maple and other various red leaf species are very beautiful after the autumn frost. It is said that 'the beauty of Fragrant Hills lies in artificiality, the beauty of Badachu lies in nature, and the natural beauty is even better than that of Xishan'. Address: No. 3 Badachu Road, Shijingshan District Ticket: 10 yuan/person Time: 06:00~18:30 Transportation: Bus No. 347, 389, 598, 972, 958 to Badachu Park Station. There is a parking lot at the entrance for self-driving, with ample parking spaces