In Story of the 'Jing, we look at the history and tales of our fair city and how they inform the capital as we know it today.
Ever walked (or stumbled) down Gui Jie and wondered why there is a red doorway and a stone tablet right in the middle of the sidewalk? The doorway doesn't go anywhere, and the stone stele is almost completely faded. Still, there they are, blocking your journey to 24-hour spicy crayfish/stewed bullfrog/Chongqing hotpot Nirvana.
These architectural relics of an earlier time in the city's religious history are all that remains of the Eastern Temple to the Medicine King, built over four centuries ago when Beijing was the capital of the Ming Dynasty.