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Wángfǔjǐng (chino simplificado: 王府井, pinyin: Wángfǔjǐng, literalmente «Pozo de la mansión del príncipe»), situada en el Distrito de Dongcheng, Pekín, China, es una de las calles de tiendas más conocidas de la ciudad. La mayor parte de la zona de tiendas principal es peatonal y es muy popular para comprar para turistas y residentes de la capital. Desde mediados de la Dinastía Ming ha habido actividades comerciales en este lugar. Durante la Dinastía Qing, se construyeron diez mansiones aristocráticas y la residencia de la princesa, poco después de que se descubriera un pozo lleno de agua dulce, dando a la calle su nombre "Wang Fu" (residencia principesca), "Jing" (pozo). En 1903, se creó el Mercado Dong'an.

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Wangfujing (Chinese: 王府井; pinyin: Wángfǔjǐng; literally: "Prince's Mansion Well") is one of the most famous shopping streets of Beijing, China, located in Dongcheng District. The majority of the main area is pedestrianised and very popular shopping place for both tourists and residents of the capital. Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty there have been commercial activities in this place. In the Qing Dynasty, ten aristocratic estates and princess residence were built here, soon after when a well full of sweet water was discovered, thereby giving the street its name "Wang Fu" (princely residence), "Jing" (well). Many exotic foods are served on Wangfujing snack street.

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Wangfujing is one of the most famous shopping streets, not only in Beijing but in all of China.
It is anchored by large upscale shopping malls at each end of the pedestrian mall. The street is a shopper's paradise, filled with shops selling paintings and traditional Chinese arts and crafts, trendy boutiques and upscale chain stores as well as restaurants serving everything from McDonald's cuisine to Peking Duck.
Take time to wander through Beijing Department Store, at one time a dowdy place to shop by foreign standards but popular with middle-class Chinese of decades past. Renovated in recent years, Beijing Department Store is now trendy and upscale, rivaling almost anything you'll find in Manhattan. Still displaying a wide variety of merchandise, the store remains ever popular with Chinese shoppers.
The pedestrian mall is a beehive of activity, especially during the warm months when sidewalk cafes flourish. Exhibitions frequently take place in the center, especially in front of Beijing Department Store. Toward the northern end of the mall is a large bronze statue of an old-fashioned Chinese man pulling an empty rickshaw. People line up to climb into the rickshaw to have their pictures taken by family and friends.
At the northern end of the pedestrian mall is the huge St. Joseph's Cathedral, a Catholic church that was built several centuries ago by Portuguese Jesuits. The cathedral itself is open only for Masses, but its courtyard makes a pleasant place to sit and relax after the hustle and bustle of walking up the mall. Chinese couples, wearing traditional Western wedding clothes, flock here on Sundays to have their wedding pictures taken.
The north end of the pedestrian mall heats up in late afternoon and evening for the night food market. Dozens of food stands sell everything from fried scorpion and snake kebobs to the less exotic pork and chicken kebobs, dumplings (pot stickers) fruit and congees (bean puddings). Wandering from stand to stand, it's possible to put together a fun and inexpensive meal.
The Line 1 subway stops at the south end of Wangfujing Street.

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