Jiuwan Hutong narrows down.

The New World Shopping Center, its grandeur obscured by fruit vendors and adult shops.

Xiangchang Lu: it's lost its fame, but not its vitality.

Who could possibly have such a visceral grudge against the Eight Trigrams?

Look closely: Several hundred years of history are piled together in this one scene.

The area north of Fahua Temple is littered with these millstones.

The only view I could get of the tucked-away Chongwen Cathedral.

Fahua Temple (法华寺): It ain't pretty.