红螺寺位于怀柔县城北５公里的红螺山南麓,距京城５４公里。红螺寺始建于东晋,扩建于盛唐,原名“大明寺”,明正统年间御封为“护国资福禅寺”,传说玉皇大帝两位公主化作一对巨大的红螺,居于寺前泉水中,保护寺庙及当地百姓安居乐业,后玉皇大帝把她们召回天宫,人们为感谢红螺仙子 Hongluo Temple is located in Huairou County, 5 kilometers north of Hongluoshan south, 54 kilometers away from the capital. Hongluo Temple was built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was expanded in the Tang Dynasty, formerly known as “Daming Temple”, the Ming Orthodox years as the “guarding the Fu Fu Temple,” the legendary Jade Emperor two princess into a huge pair of red snails, living in Temple before spring In the protection of temples and local people live and work in peace, after the Jade Emperor recalled them to heaven Temple, people are grateful for the red spiral fairy