Chunxi Road
Chunxi Road (Template:Zh) is a pedestrianized shopping street in Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan province.[1] More than 700 shops can be found here including large shopping malls, department stores, supermarkets, street stalls, and boutiques, as well as modern cafes, and a public square. Next to Chunxi Road is Yanshikou commercial circle. It is currently served by Lines 2 and 3 of the Chengdu Metro.[2]
History
The construction of Chunxi Road was originally proposed by the warlord Yang Sen in 1924, who was the governor of Sichuan at the time.
Geography
Chunxi Road is about 1.1 km in length. As the shopping district grew, Chunxi Road began to refer to the entire area that is south of the East Main Street (东大街), east of New South Street (南新街), New Middle Street (中心街) and New North Street (北新街), as well as south of Zongfu Road (Script error: No such module "Lang".), covering about Script error: No such module "convert"..
The central area contains a small public square, Zhongshan Square (中山广场), with a statue of President Sun Yat-sen, next to a Häagen-Dazs shop.
Recent events
As the Japanese department stores Ito Yokado and Isetan are located in the Chunxi Road shopping district, it was a site of the 2005 anti-Japanese demonstrations. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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Department stores
There are several major department stores and shopping malls on Chunxi Road:
- Ito Yokado (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Pacific Department Store (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Wangfujing Department Store (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Chicony (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Isetan (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Parkson (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Sino-Ocean Taikoo Li (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Chengdu IFS (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
See also
References
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- ↑ Chunxi Road Shopping District chengduplaces.com
- ↑ Chunxi Lu Shopping District lonelyplanet.com
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External links
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