Wangfujing StreetⅠ

Starting from Chang'an Street in the south and end with National Art Museum in the north, Wangfujing Street extends for a total length of more than 1,800 meters. Being positioned as the most flourishing business quarter in Beijing, the forming of this charming street can be dated back to 1260s.

During Liao and Jin Dynasties, Wangfujing was just a nameless village. Then when it was Yuan Dynasty, more people lived there and it became populous gradually with the name of T-crossing Street. In Ming Dynasty, ten prince palaces were built on the street and business began to appear there. From then on, it was renamed Shiwangfu Street (Ten Prince Palaces Street). In the following dynasty Qing, the previous princes were abrogated and the street got a new name --- Wangfu Street (Prince Palace Street). About the current name Wangfujing Street, it came from a well (Note: “jing” in Chinese means "well" in English) on the street during the year of Emperor Guangxv (in 1905). It is said that it used to produce slightly-sweet water. To mark the well, people added "jing" (well) to the previous name "Wangfu".