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Red Snail Temple (unknown age)

Red Snail temple is about ten miles northwest of Huairou in a mountainous region near the Great Wall. It consists of a few small pagodas connected to each other by narrow mountain pathways and enormous staircases. If you're physically fit it's definitely worth the visit. A renovation was underway at the time of our visit in 1998. Workers were busy building pathways, drainage systems, and replanting forests.