Wangfujing pedestrian street is a famous commercial district with a long history of hundreds of years. It enjoys the reputation of golden street in Beijing, with a passenger flow of about 600000 people / day and more than 1.2 million people on holidays. It is located in the north of East Chang'an Street in the center of the city and has a long history. First formed in the Yuan Dynasty, 700 years ago. In the middle of Ming Dynasty, the earliest commercial activities appeared on this street. In the Qing Dynasty, there were eight Prince's and princess's houses on this street. Later, a sweet well was made for the prince's house to drink. This street was called Wangfujing. In the 29th year of Guangxu, Dong'an Market was formed and Wangfujing began to develop into a commercial street, becoming one of the four major commercial districts in Beijing.
Wangfujing Pedestrian Street
Wangfujing pedestrian street is located in Dongcheng District of Beijing. It starts from dongdansantiao in the South and ends at Dengshikou street in the north
It is one of the four sections of Wangfujing Street, with a total length of 892 meters
It is about 40 meters wide
On September 11, 1999
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The main street of Wangfujing pedestrian street is spacious and flat. The ground is paved with red granite. All the wires are underground. There are independent seats on the street and a garbage can every 40 meters
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Wangfujing pedestrian street is a famous commercial pedestrian street with a long history of hundreds of years. It enjoys the reputation of "Golden Street" in Beijing
. In 2019, the Ministry of Commerce issued the notice on carrying out the pilot work of pedestrian street transformation and upgrading, and decided to carry out the pilot work of pedestrian street transformation and upgrading in Wangfujing pedestrian street
.
Historical evolution
In 1285, the capital of Dadu was completed. Wangfujing Street is an important north-south passage in the south of Dadu. The name of this street is "HADAMEN T-shaped Street".
Ming Yongle eighteen years (1420), Wangfujing Street East, north of Shuaifuyuan Hutong, south of Jinyu Hutong, west of Xiaowei Hutong built "ten kings mansion (mansion)". Therefore, it is called "shiwangfu" or "shiwangfu Street".
In 1905, the Qing government "carried out police administration" and "reorganized the ground". It redefined the names of some streets and alleys in the capital and changed "Wangfu Street" to "Wangfujing Street".
In 1912, Yuan Shikai changed the name of Wangfujing Street to Morrison Street.
In the fourth year of the Republic of China (1915), the detailed drawing of the four suburbs of Beijing divided the Wangfujing Street into three sections: the south of donganmen street is called Wangfujing Street, the East anmen street to Dengshikou is called bamiancao, and the north of Dengshikou is called Wangfu street.
In 1935, Wangfujing Street was built into the first asphalt road in Beijing.
In 1965, the place names were reorganized. Wangfujing Street has been changed from three sections to two sections. Wangfujing Street is still the same, and the eight side trough is merged into Wangfu street.
In 1966, the "Red Guards" made a big noise in Wangfujing Street, merging "Wangfujing Street" and "Wangfu Street" and naming them "Renmin Road".
In 1975, the name of "Wangfujing Street" was restored. At this time, Wangfujing Street started from East Chang'an Street in the south to Dongsi West Street in the north.
In 1996, during the construction of Dongfang Square, a cultural site of 25000 years ago in the late Paleolithic period was discovered. It is 12 meters away from the earth's surface and has two layers of grayish brown culture. It shows that ancient humans lived and inhabited in Wangfujing area, and more than 2000 cultural relics were found in an area of about 2000 square meters.
In 1998, a well was found in the municipal reconstruction of Wangfujing Street. The wall of the well was connected with the sewage pipe. The depth of the well was eight meters, and there were two meters of miscellaneous bricks in the well. The lower part of the shaft wall is made of small blue bricks, so it can be seen that it was built in the Ming Dynasty.
In 1999, Wangfujing Street and the Champs Elysees in Paris became sister streets
. In the same year, it was transformed into Wangfujing pedestrian street
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In 2017, Wangfujing pedestrian street started the demolition of 16 large-scale advertising plaques on the top of buildings and their ancillary buildings of nearly 10000 square meters, gradually restored the skyline of the main street, and removed all the water bars that have existed for 17 years
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In 2018, Wangfujing pedestrian street carried out green landscape improvement, window upgrading, management and control of Hawking, regulation of motor vehicle parking and other measures to eliminate low-end formats and accelerate environmental upgrading
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On December 20, 2019, the North Yankai street of Wangfujing pedestrian street, which originally stopped at Jinyu Hutong, continues to extend 344 meters northward; the whole pedestrian street extends to Dengshikou street, reaching 892 meters; the Lisheng sports commercial building, Yintai in88 and other shopping malls in the north section also enter the pedestrian street.
Street pattern
Wangfujing pedestrian street starts from Dongdan three in the South and ends at Dengshikou street in the north
It is one of the four sections of Wangfujing Street, with a total length of 892 meters
It is about 40 meters wide
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Wangfujing pedestrian street, the main street is spacious and flat, the ground is paved with red granite, all the wires are underground, there are independent seats on the street, and there is a garbage can every 40 meters. Wangfujing pedestrian street is defined as "the first commercial street in Beijing". The style of commercial Wangfujing Street is mainly "modern" and "trendy". After renovation, Wangfujing pedestrian street is slightly wavy from Jinyu Hutong to Dongdan santiao, with a number of large shopping malls distributed on both sides
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Wangfujing Department Store is located in the west of Wangfujing pedestrian street, and Beijing APM is located in the east of Wangfujing pedestrian street. There are many large-scale professional shops, such as arts and crafts shops, Xinhua Bookstore, foreign language bookstore, etc., which have been built after liberation. There are also Quanjude, wufangzhai, quansuzhai, puwufang, DongLaiShun, Shengxifu, Tongshenghe, Silian hairdressing, Wu Yutai, China photo Time honored brands
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Main attractions
The main attractions of Wangfujing pedestrian street are Beijing APM shopping center, Wangfujing Department store, Wangfujing snack street, new China children's products store, danyao building and Gongmei building. Beijing APM, Wangfujing Department store and new China children's products store mainly focus on shopping and entertainment, facing different groups of people; Wangfujing snack street gathers special snacks and handicrafts from all over the country; danyao building is the main attraction of Wangfujing pedestrian street The building and Gongmei building are mainly for business office and conference.
Cultural Activity
On April 18, 2002, the "2002 Beijing Wangfujing International Automobile Exhibition" was held in Wangfujing pedestrian street by China International Business Exchange Center of Ministry of foreign trade and economic cooperation and Beijing Wangfujing regional construction management office
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On August 18, 2002, the Chinese Artists Association held the traveling exhibition of wind sculpture in Western China in Wangfujing pedestrian street
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On March 15, 2005, the "March 15, 2005 consumer rights and interests protection consultation service activity" sponsored by the General Administration of quality supervision, inspection and Quarantine of the people's Republic of China was held in Wangfujing pedestrian street
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On April 21, 2005, the fourth French food festival was held in Wangfujing pedestrian street
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On March 16, 2008, Beijing "Irish week" opened in Wangfujing pedestrian street
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On October 11, 2008, China Social Work Association and children's Social Assistance Committee held a large-scale charity fund-raising activity with the theme of "hand in hand with helpless children to win a better tomorrow" in Wangfujing pedestrian street
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On June 17, 2009, "Indonesia Culture Week 2009" opened in Wangfujing pedestrian street
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On October 10, 2009, "2009 French Cultural Festival" was held in Wangfujing pedestrian street
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On December 30, 2009, McDonald's launched the first stop of the National Exhibition of "knocking on the door of happiness" in Wangfujing pedestrian street
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On March 15, 2010, the "March 15 Consumer Protection Day" sponsored by AQSIQ was held in Wangfujing pedestrian street
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On May 7, 2010, China Photographers Association, Zhangjiakou Municipal Party committee and Zhangjiakou Municipal Government jointly sponsored the "great rivers and mountains · four seasons scenery of Zhangjiakou, China (International) photography exhibition" in Wangfujing pedestrian street
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On August 4, 2011, the Promotion Week of sachet folk culture in Qingyang City, Gansu Province was held in Wangfujing pedestrian street, Beijing
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On September 21, 2013, "2013 Wangfujing fashion life show" jointly sponsored by Beijing Wangfujing district construction management office and fashion media group was held in Wangfujing pedestrian street
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On October 24, 2013, the photography theme activity of "Beijing International Photography week 2013" sponsored by the Ministry of culture and Beijing municipal government was held in Wangfujing pedestrian street, one of the activity venues
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On October 24, 2014, Yazhen furniture officially opened the official roadshow of Expo 2015 Milan, Italy, in the "Expo star" sphere building of Wangfujing pedestrian street
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On May 1, 2015, the "2015 Wangfujing healthy life promotion season" held by the Management Committee of Beijing Tianzhu Real Estate Development Zone was held in Wangfujing pedestrian street
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On June 25, 2015, China Newsweek hosted the "low carbon development, green life" low carbon public welfare forum
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