{"id":4106,"date":"2022-03-28T22:21:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T14:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=4106"},"modified":"2022-03-29T10:35:23","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T02:35:23","slug":"wangfujing-street-a-famous-pedestrian-street-in-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/beijing-attractions-tips\/wangfujing-street-a-famous-pedestrian-street-in-beijing","title":{"rendered":"Night View of Wangfujing Pedestrian Street"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

No Beijing tour<\/a> is complete without visiting Wangfujing Street (\u738b\u4fef\u4e95\u5927\u8857)\u00a0and its\u00a0vicinity. \u201cWangfujing\u201d literally means \u201cprince residence well\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wangfujing Pedestrian Street<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

There used to live 10 princes in these area in Ming Dynasty (1368 \u2013 1644), hence the street name \u201cWangfu Street\u201d. Later in Qing Dynasty (1644 \u2013 1911), a sweet water well was dug here, then the street was renamed \u201cWangfujing\u201d, which has been kept till today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wangfujing Street is 1600 meters in length, running from south to north street. Now the part of it has been transformed into a pedestrian street since 1999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its south starting point between Oriental Plaza and Beijing Hotel, and ends at National Art Museum of China in the north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its 810-meter pedestrian section starts from south and finishes at the crossroad. East of the crossroad is Jinyu Hutong and west Donganmen Street ( where the Donganmen Night Food Market is located ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wangfujing Pedestrian Street<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The 810-meter walking street is home to several big shopping malls, such Oriental Plaza, Beijing Department Store, Sun Dong An Plaza, the New China Woman and Children Department etc..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also has two large bookstores \u2013 the Wangfujing Xinhua Bookstore and\u00a0the Beijing Foreign Languages Bookstore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Northern tip of Wangfujing Pedestrian Street<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The 810-meter walking street fuses effortlessly the time-honored traditional stores and modern shopping malls and boutiques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It boasts\u00a0some time-horned stores like Tongshenghe shoe shore, Shengxifu hat shop, and Wuyutai tea house etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wangfujing Department Store<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sun Dong An Plaza<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

To the\u00a0east of\u00a0the crossroad at 810 meters from its south of Wangfujing Street\u00a0is Jinyu Hutong (Golden Fish Alley) which houses the deluxe Peninsula Palace Hotel and Novotel Peace Hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jinyu Huong<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Peninsula Palace Hotel<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Walking further north, you will\u00a0see the Wangfujing Cathedral, or locally referred as\u00a0 Dongtang (the East Cathedral).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The remaining gate to the Wangfujing Cathedral.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This small church was first built\u00a0in 1653 by the Jesuit Father Lodovico Buglio.\u00a0It was rebuilt in 1904 as a Romanesque cathedral, with strong pilasters with one high and two low vaults\u00a0showing a grand\u00a0architectural style. It was opened to the public after\u00a0the restoration in 1980.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wangfujing Street is at its best after dark with neon advertising signs shining. The neon lights can now be compared to those of any\u00a0big city in the world and are very popular with the visitors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you like to enjoy Beijing Night Tour<\/a><\/a>,<\/strong> Wangfujing Street is not to be missed. Wangfujig Street is easily accessible through taking\u00a0Subway Line 1<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 and getting off at Wangfujing Station. Benches and bars are available, making it easy for you to have a short break if you feel tired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tip: Hassle-free Beijing Guided Tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours,  here are some options for Beijing guided tours:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beijing Day Tour<\/a>
Beijing Tour Packages<\/a>
Beijing Winter Tour<\/a>
Beijing Autumn Tour<\/a>
Great Wall Tour<\/a>
Car Rental in Beijing<\/a>
Beijing Tours<\/a>
China City Tours<\/a>
China Tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Best Time to Visit Beijing<\/a>
How to plan a trip to Beijing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top 10 Attractions in Beijing<\/a>
How to Visit Forbidden City<\/a>
How to Visit Temple of Heaven<\/a>
How to Visit Summer Palace<\/a>
How to Visit Ming Tombs<\/a>
How to Visit the Great Wall of China<\/a>
How to Visit Tiananmen Square<\/a>
How to Visit Hutongs<\/a>
How to Visit Olympic Sites<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top 10 Markets in Beijing<\/a>
Top 10 Shopping Malls in Beijing<\/a>
Beijing Shopping<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wangfujing Walking Street<\/a>
Qianmen Commercial Street<\/a>
Gui Jie ( Ghost Street) Food Street<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No Beijing tour is complete without visiting Wangfujing Street (\u738b\u4fef\u4e95\u5927\u8857)\u00a0and its\u00a0vicinity. \u201cWangfujing\u201d literally means \u201cprince residence well\u201d. There used to live 10 princes in these area in Ming Dynasty (1368 \u2013 1644), hence the street name \u201cWangfu Street\u201d. Later in Qing Dynasty (1644 \u2013 1911), a sweet water well was dug here, then the street…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1092,1093],"class_list":["post-4106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beijing-attractions-tips","tag-wangfujing","tag-wangfujing-street-after-dark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4106"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4106"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31115,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4106\/revisions\/31115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}