Wangfujing
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Beijing's Wangfujing street (Simplified Chinese 王府井, Hanyu Pinyin: Wángfǔjǐng Dàjiē) is the Chinese capital's first street for shopping. Much of the road is sealed off-limits to cars and other motor vehicles, and it is not rare to see the entire street full of people, turned into one of China´s most attractive and updated boulevards. The street has its origins in the Wang Family's estate, whose well was deemed to be a national landmark and can still be seen while traversing the shop-lined streets.
It starts from Wangfujing Nankou, where the Oriental Plaza and the Beijing Hotel are located. It then heads north, passing the Wangfujing Xinhua Bookstore, the Beijing Department Store as well as the Beijing Foreign Languages Bookstore before coming to an end at the Sun Dong An Plaza.
In the early 1990s trolleybuses and buses ran through the street, making it very cramped. Modifications in 1999 and 2000 made much of Wangfujing Street car-free (aside from the occasional tour trolley).
Wangfujing is linked by the Beijing subway network. Line 1 has a stop near it, which aptly bears the selfsame name.ja:王府井
External links
- Pictures of Wangfujing (http://www.socialcapitalgateway.org/beijing.htm)