Wangfujing Snack Street

Plan your Beijing tour? Among the numerous outdoor activities in Beijing, a stroll on Wangfujing Pedestrian Street is a unique and fruitful experience for those visiting Beijing for the first time.

Check out Wangfujing Street, a famous pedestrian street in Beijing and An Old Photo of Wangfujing Street for more information on Wangfujing Street.

The 810-meter walking street is packed with shops, stores,and restaurants including several big shopping malls, such Oriental Plaza, Beijing Department Store, Sun Dong An Plaza, the New China Woman and Children Department etc. It also has two large bookstores – the Wangfujing Xinhua Bookstore and the Beijing Foreign Languages Bookstore.

One of the highlights about Wangfujing Street is Wangfujing Snack Street (王府井小吃街)which is set on a narrow alley off the main walking street. Now just follow me to have a glimpse of Wangfujing Snack Street.

How to get to Wangfujing Snack Street

Take subway line 2, get off at the station of Wangfujing and use Exit C. Follow the throng into the Wangfujing Pedestrian Street.

Walking north  for about 50 meters, you will see a KFC on your right side, and opposite the KFC is a decorated archway, the east entrance to Wangfujing Snack Street.

you will see a KFC on your right side
The KFC on your right side

The Paifang ,  a decorated archway, is the east entrance to Wangfujing Snack Street.  People are going in and out.

The snack street is packed with food vendors, souveniors stands, and candy shops.
The Paifang ,  a decorated archway, is the east entrance to Wangfujing Snack Street.

The snack street is packed with food vendors, souvenirs stands,  and candy shops.  There are also the arrays of weird food on offer, scorpions, bugs with legs, bugs without legs.

The skewered scorpions, sea horses and star fishes attract passing visitors to take pictures. Few people would stop and taste the weird food.

The skewered scorpions, sea horses and star fishes
The skewered scorpions, sea horses and star fishes

A food vendor selling the locally produced mouth-watering fried chestnuts.

A food vendor selling the fried chestnuts
A food vendor selling the fried chestnuts

Skewered sugar-coated haws and more fruits sugar coated on sticks are sold alluring eaters in and out.

Skewered sugar-coated haws and more fruits sugar coated on sticks are sold alluring eaters in and out.
Skewered sugar-coated haws and more fruits sugar coated on sticks

Two guys with huge wooden mallets are pounding a piece of cake

Two guys with huge wooden mallets are pounding a piece of cake
Two guys with huge wooden mallets are pounding a piece of cake

The cakes are cut into small square pieces for sale.

The cakes are cut into small square pieces for sale.
The cakes are cut into small square pieces for sale.

Fried squids ans fried live scorpions on sticks.

Fried squids ans fried live scorpions on sticks
Fried squids ans fried live scorpions on sticks

So the narrow alley is packed with food stalls and souvenirs stands.

So the narrow alley is packed with food stalls and souvenirs stands.
So the narrow alley is packed with food stalls and souvenirs stands.

The craftsman is blowing sugar figurines on the spot.

The craftman is blowing sugar figurines on the spot.
The craftsman is blowing sugar figurines on the spot.

Chinese desserts

Chinese desserts
Chinese desserts

Candy fruits on a stick

Candy fruits on a stick
Candy fruits on a stick

Cockles, mussels, escargot

Cockles, mussles, escargot
Cockles, mussles, escargot

Exotic skewers of fried beetles, grasshoppers, centipedes, cockroaches, sea horses, scorpions

Exotic skewers of fried beetles and more.
Exotic skewers of fried beetles and more.

Pineapple steamed rice

Pineapple steamed rice
Pineapple steamed rice

Wangfujing Snack Street is a festival place where you can experience Chinese food culture, an eye-opener for foreign visitors.

Wangfujing Snack Street is a festival place
Wangfujing Snack Street is a festival place

Tip: Hassle-free Beijing Guided Tours

If you don’t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours,  here are some options for Beijing guided tours:

Beijing Day Tour
Beijing Tour Packages
Beijing Winter Tour
Beijing Autumn Tour
Great Wall Tour
Car Rental in Beijing
Beijing Tours
China City Tours
China Tour

Further Readings


Best Time to Visit Beijing
How to plan a trip to Beijing

Top 10 Attractions in Beijing
How to Visit Forbidden City
How to Visit Temple of Heaven
How to Visit Summer Palace
How to Visit Ming Tombs
How to Visit the Great Wall of China
How to Visit Tiananmen Square
How to Visit Hutongs
How to Visit Olympic Sites

Top 10 Markets in Beijing
Top 10 Shopping Malls in Beijing
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One thought on “Wangfujing Snack Street

  1. I went to this location and it is no longer open. A local told me it has been closed for years…

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