Shopping in Beijing is becoming more convenient by the day. Every year new shopping centers and plazas are sprouting up all over the captail. There are many super-stores, mega-malls and markets where you can buy just about anything you need. There is a huge Price Smart which is a discount wholesale foodstuffs market for ca rdholders only. The Silk Market at Xiushui Jie is also a favorive among tourists, expats and locals alike.

WangFuJing Walking Street

The so-called Wang Fu Jing means Wang Fu Jing Street,starts with East ChangAn Avenue on the south,ends with China Art Gallery on the north and the total distance is about three Li.It is the first famous business zone in Beijing.At Liao and Jin dynasty,Wang Fu Jing was only a little known village.Since Yuan dynasty,signs of human habitation gradually became thick and was called as Ding Zi Street at that time.In Ming dynasty,here established ten princesResidences street.Ten Princes was abolished in Qing dynasty and it changed into Wang Fu Jing Street or Wang Fu Jing Grand Street.In 1903,Dong An Market was established and Wang Fu Jing became more prosperous.Many travelers especially assembled in Ba Mian Cao,the original lamp market in Ming and Qing Dynasties.This promoted the development of Wang Fu Jing business zone and formed pageant of material communication.During the Republic of China,because of imperialism invasion.Wang Fu Jing began to learn from foreigner,foreign businessmen established foreign firms one after another here and dumped to China.At that time,survivals of bygone ages old and young remains,high officials,rich businessmen,bureaucrats and politicians of the former Qing Dynasty all assembled here.In order to satisfy their need of luxurious lives,Wang Fu Jing not only added lots of commodities,but also developed to advanced commodity.As time pass by,this forms Wang Fu Jing feature.Among them,relative famous units include Zhong Yuan Company,Da Ming Glasses Store,Tong Sheng He Shoes and Hattery,Guang Ming Photo-studio,Dong Xing Lou Restaurant and Cui Hua Lou Restaurant.After reading the previous introduction,do you want to go there?Now you can start your travel to Wang Fu Jing Street.

XiDan Shopping Center

Xi Dan Shopping Center is located at No.132 Xi Dan North Street,Xicheng District,Beijing,adjacent to Xidan Plaza and Xi Dan Scitech Shopping City.The penman advises that you can come to the first floor food special sale to buy some Beijing special products and bring them back.The price of garment department of the second floor seems moderate,various age tourists can buy satisfied goods here and it is shopping sites identified by civilians.Xidan Huawei Store situated on the fifth floor is very busy.In small commodity markets with gigantic area,there manages decorating articles,cap,case,toy,craft-work,watch and fashion articles you havent seen before.Here belongs to handsome boys and pretty girls and is the heaven of youth.Adjoining South Korea City once is splendiferous maidan by which your fashion taste is tested.The immersion of Nowadays South Korea flow is accepted to some extent,so its goods also enter into a model.If you have a thin and tall good figure and want to show,South Korea Dress Exhibition is a beautiful choose.

Xi Dan Scitech Shopping City is located at Beijing busy Xi Dan North Street and is separated from Xi Dan Shopping Center and Xi Dan Plaza with a road.They are all central shopping sites in Xi Dan district and business streets known all over the country.It is made up of underground first floor and overground seven floors,and operated products include all of the things.If you want some things necessary to your life or heard before,you can find them here.Commodity fixes on middle and high level,quality is superior and shopping environment is very comfortable.

Hong Qiao Market

As a distributing center of antiques,cultural relics and old books and pictures in Beijing,Hong Qiao Market is famous for its advantage of low price.Compared with Liulichang,the price and grade is low,but it possesses appetency,which suit for those tourists who fond of novel plaything and dont want to spend a lot of money.If you are expert with penetrating eyesight,you can shop some valuable cowry.Except antique and calligraphy and painting,there are still lots of general merchandise,toys and other small commodities here.

Liu LI Chang (Colored Glaze Plant)

Liu Li Chang Street locates at Beijing He Ping Men Wai and is a Beijing famous culture street. In Liao Dynasty and Jin Dynasty, this place is a village of Beijing Dong Jiao Yan Xia xiang. During Yong Le period of the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, established its capital in Beijing. In order to build the Forbidden City(the present Imperial Palace), government of Ming Dynasty established Colored Glaze Plant between Gate Zheng Yang of South City and Gate Xuan Wu, fired colored glaze tiles to satisfy the need of royalty and Colored Glaze Plant acquired a name according to this. Since the middle of Qing Dynasty, Colored Glaze Stove no longer engages in abundant production. At the end of Qing Dynasty, people changed stove address into Excellent Teaching School and Five City School, so Colored Glaze Plant kept this name. Then successful candidates who came to Beijing to participate in imperial examination most centralize at this district, so there are many shops selling books, pens, ink and paper and form thick culture atmosphere. There are many shops selling curio and calligraphy and painting here. Most foreigners who travel in Beijing come here and look for treasures. The following introduces several old shops with their own characteristic. When you meet them in travel, go to visit and add your insight.

帧Silk Market

Xiu Shui Street is next to friendship store and the embassy district that is a place favored by foreign tourists.Roam in a narrow street and beautiful garment produces can promptly introduce your shopping ardor.In the hutong with about three hundred,individual small shops are rows upon rows,operating commodities are most garment decorations and silks,and fossick and bargaining is required course.You can see that many peddlers from Russia and East Europe talk about business in not fluent English.