Best Time to View
When you walk into the Luohong Temple in autumn, the romantic colors and beautiful silence make this thousand-year-old temple picturesque and full of the transcendent beauty of autumn scenery. The two thousand-year-old ginkgo garden trees in front of the Daxiongbao Hall gradually faded their verdant luster and unknowingly changed into golden gowns. The sunlight makes the leaves of the ginkgo trees more energetic. They try their best to get more sunlight, and their yellow color is getting brighter and brighter.
In November, the autumn leaves at the foot of Mount Snail have entered the best viewing period. more than 600 hectares of picturesque red leaves show off their autumn colors. The colorful colors spread all the way up from the foot of the mountain, as if the whole mountain is covered with colorful clouds.
Introduction of Hongluo Temple
Hongluo Temple was built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the fourth year of Xiankang (338 AD), originally known as the "Daming Temple" (renamed in the Ming Dynasty during the Zhengtong period as the "Protectorate of the State Zifu Temple"), and was commonly known as the "Red Snail Temple" because of the wonderful legend of the Red Snail Fairy. "Hongluo Temple").
Hongluo Temple, the permanent temple of Shifang, is the birthplace of Buddhism and the largest Buddhist jungle in northern China. For more than a thousand years, it has enjoyed a high status in the Buddhist community. The ancestors of the last two generations of Pure Land Buddhism in China are associated with this temple. There is a saying in the world that there is Putuo in the south and Luohong in the north.
The thousand-year-old temple is built on a mountain, with the majestic Luohong in the north and the beautiful Luohong Lake in the south. The temple is surrounded by forests and valleys with ancient trees, hiding the wind and gathering Qi, which is a feng shui treasure.
Traffic Tips
Autumn color dyeing red snail, whether you come or not, the beauty of the Red Snail Temple in autumn is irresistible.
Self-driving:
(1)Beijing-Chengdu Expressway - Beitai Road Exit (No. 13) - Huairou District - Youth Road northbound for 3 kilometers;
(2)Beijing-Chengdu Expressway - Huairou City Exit (No. 14) - Viaduct - Fanqi Road (left at the intersection of the Convention and Exhibition Center) - Hongyan Road - Bridge Hole, the army, turn right and go straight to the Red Snail Temple. (Signposted)
(3) Huairou city Jingshun Road (National Highway 101), Youth Road -, northbound 3 kilometers.
Bus: Take bus 916 from Dongzhimen to Huairou bus station, then change to bus H57 Hongluosi line (the interval between departures is about 40 minutes) to reach the scenic spot.