Subway Sunday: The "Grim" Gate on Lines 2/4, Located Just Near a Church

In today’s Subway Sunday, we travel to Xuānwǔmén (宣武门), one of Beijing’s ancient imperial gates southwest of the Forbidden City. Today, Xuanwumen is a transfer station for both Line 2 (the Second Ring Road loop) and Line 4 (Daxing Line).  Its namesake, Xuānwǔmén or literally the “Gate of Military Proclamation” was informally referred to as the …