Wangfujing Street [ Related Itinerary ]

Located in the center of Beijing, starting with East Chang'an Avenue in the south and ends with China Art Gallery in the north, with the total length of 810 meters, Wangfujing is the largest pedestrian street in Beijing.

From the past, this area always crowded with visitors. In Ming Dynasty, this street had often used for trade function among many local people. The goods were being trade such as, ceramics, vases, clothes, fruits, foods, etc. Today Wangfujing is actually a modern shopping place, including various famous brands from home and abroad, especially the Burberry, Gucci, LV, Tissot, Rado, Wuyutai, Sheng Xi Fu, etc. Every shop is crowded, especially the typical Chinese famous and old shops. In old China, the people wore the hat made by Shengxifu, clothing made by Ruifuxiang and shoes made by Neiliansheng. Here, we found all these shops. No matter famous Chinese old shops or foreign brands, Wangfujing collects most of them.

Another point of Wangfujing is the sculptures stand on sides of street, and most the sculptures are the vivid shapes of ancient Chinese people, and they are pulling rickshaw, having one's head shaved, singing, etc. Beautiful goods and lively sculptures recall the youth of Wangfujing Street with over 700 years of history.

Wangfujing Street gathers not only the famous brands imported from home and abroad, but also a flavor branch street - Wangfujing Snack Street. Wangfujing Snack Street is well known as a "Street in a Street". Covering an area of 2,000 square meters, in the street you will find famous time-honored restaurants like Donglaishun Hot Pot Restaurant and Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant. Also you can taste of the special local food such as, scorpions, sea horse, centipedes, and many more. In the street, there are not only the local Beijing snacks but also delicious food from all over China. Besides the flavor snacks, there has many old booths for selling or making folk artware. Gathered with the traditional architecture characteristic and marketplace culture, Wangfujing Snack Street always attracts large number of tourists every day.

During the modern Beijing tour or Beijing shopping tour, Wangfujing Street is always listed into the top things to do in the itinerary.


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