It is the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Inner Mongolia,[1] and was designated a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in 1996.

The formal quadrilingual name, granted in 1756 by the Qianlong emperor,[1] but rarely used, is The Qing government was a major patron of Tibetan Buddhism in Hohhot and Inner Mongolia more broadly.

[3] Badekar Monastery was built sometime after the Kangxi era as part of the rapid construction of Tibetan Buddhist structures.

[3] The monastery was expanded on a massive scale under the Qianlong emperor, reportedly to pacify the local Mongolian population after the Qing massacred a rebellious group from the Dzungar Basin.

[5] The area in front of the monastery has been urbanised and, in 2009, it was noted that very few willow trees could be found in its vicinity, despite them once having been plentiful.