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| Badachu in the Western Hills |
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About 20km (12 miles) south of the Fragrant Hills (xiangshan) is Badachu
or Eight Great Sites. Eight former temples and monasteries lie on
the slope of a hill and visitors can stroll from one temple to another
and enjoy the beautiful scenery amid old pine, cypress, willow and
gingko trees. In the pagoda of the second temple, the Temple of the
Sacred Light, is a holy relic reputed to be a tooth of the Buddha.
A recent addition to the area which provides quite a contrast to the
traditional sites is the amusement ride known as Landsled. Visitors
can pay to ride down aluminum tubes carved into the side of the mountain. |
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