Chunxi Road

Chunxi Road (Chinese: 春熙路; pinyin: Chūnxī Lù; Wade–Giles: Chun-Hsi Lu) 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]

Chunxi Road at night

An entrance to Chunxi Road

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

Statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen at Zhongshan Square

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 (总府路), covering about 20 hectares (0.20 km²).

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. ^{[citation needed]}

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Department stores

There are several major department stores and shopping malls on Chunxi Road:

• Ito Yokado (伊藤洋華堂)
• Pacific Department Store (太平洋)
• Wangfujing Department Store (王府井)
• Chicony (群光)
• Isetan (伊勢丹)
• Parkson (百盛)
• Sino-Ocean Taikoo Li (远洋太古里)
• Chengdu IFS (成都九龙仓国金中心)

See also

• List of leading shopping streets and districts by city