The Badachu is a complex of monasteries located on the outskirts of urban Beijing, which means "Eight Great Sites" that refers to the eight Buddhist temples and nunneries scattered across the Cuiwei, Pingpo, and Lushi hills in Shijingshan District, at the foot of Beijing's Western Hills. Badachu is also famous for its twelve naturally-formed landscapes. As the old …The Badachu is a complex of monasteries located on the outskirts of urban Beijing, which means "Eight Great Sites" that refers to the eight Buddhist temples and nunneries scattered across the Cuiwei, Pingpo, and Lushi hills in Shijingshan District, at the foot of Beijing's Western Hills. Badachu is also famous for its twelve naturally-formed landscapes. As the old saying goes: three mountains are like a beautiful house, eight temples are like an antique in the house, and twelve scenes are like a garden outside the house.