Wangfujing area is subordinate to Dongcheng District, Beijing, with a long history. After Zhu Di, the emperor, moved his capital to Beijing, ten palaces of princes successively were built here. Since Ming Dynasty, it was called "shiwangfu" or "shiwangfu" street. Because it was so close to the imperial palace that his relatives were living there, which was not a block for commons. Until the end of the Qing Dynasty, that is, during the period of Guangxu reign and Xuantong reign, it began to be prosperous. Many vendors and shops appeared on both sides of the street, and it began to become one of the prosperous commercial streets. After 1949, it gradually became a famous commercial area of Beijing built by the government.
Today, Wangfujing Street is 1818 meters long and divided into four sections from south to north: from Chang'an Street to Dongdan Santiao, 280 meters long; from Dongdan Santiao to Jinyu Hutong, 548 meters long; from Jinyu Hutong to Dengshikou street, 344 meters long; from Dengshikou street to Wusi Street, 646 meters long.
The daytime tour of Wangfujing is "through 700 years of prosperity". There are numersiou shops on the Wangfujing Street. The most famous one is the Beijing Department Store, and some shopping malls, such as APM, Oriental Xintiandi, Beijing Mall, Wangfu Central, Yintai IN88, Dong’an Market, and Wangfujing church, Beijing Lisheng sports mall, and Lego, NBA global flagship store, Adidas, Skechers and other collection shops. It is full of history, very fashionable, infinite vitality.
At night, Wangfujing becomes the “top one street of business stores” from grocery market. One of the key tourist areas of Wangfujing at night is No. 277 courtyard of Wangfujing, which used to be the former site of People's Daily. After the construction of Wangfujing snack street and style street, it is positioned as "golden street reception hall" after the renovation and upgrading.
In addition, “two streets” are “Wangfujing East Street” and “Wangfujing West Street”. Wangfujing East Street is behind the APM, which is for tourists to rest. Wangfujing West Street is a children's art experience area built around Children's Theatre, providing night consumption projects suitable for children's characteristics.
Transportation: Wangfujing Station of Metro Line 1.