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The city of Beijing in China is one of the four municipalities
of the People's Republic of China, which are equivalent
to provinces in China's administrative structure. The
Beijing Municipality borders the popular Hebei Province
to the north, west, south, and for a small section in
the east, along with the Tianjin Municipality to the
southeast. Beijing is China's third largest city in
terms of population and is right after Chongqing and
Shanghai. It is a major transportation hub, with several
railways, roads and expressways passing through the
city. It is also the focal point of many international
flights to China. Beijing is also quite the shopper's
haven. Shopping
in Beijing is highly lauded as one of the best in
the entire land.
Shopping in Beijing is considered a must for any one
who has visited here. Beijing is a shopper's paradise
and the shopper has the option of picking and buying
from some of the best silk, ceramics, pearls, jade carvings,
Chinese medicine, antiques, carpets, chops, painted
snuff bottles, paintings and calligraphy scrolls, books
and kites among many others.
There are several shopping options in this wonderful
Chinese city. Shopping in Beijing includes several amazing
places that showcase the awesome variety that Beijing
has. The shop filled streets and the fabulous shopping
malls are sure to make a shopaholic drool! Some of the
most visited and most popular shopping streets of Beijing
are as follows.
Wangfujing
Street is a seven hundred-year-old commercial street
and is located to the east of Tiananmen Square. It encompasses
a wide variety of shops and boutiques where the shopper
can find all kinds of commodities including world-famous
brands. The recently finished Oriental Plaza adds even
more charm to Wangfujing. Thus as one can easily comprehend,
Beijing Shopping is a matter of variety as well as extravagance.
Shopping in Beijing includes the Old-Beijing-Street
that is now seated underground, which was built and
decorated in Ming and Qing style. The outstanding characteristic
of it is the centralized well-known longstanding stores
selling shoes, caps, silk cloth, scissors, Chinese brushes
and ink-stick, jade articles, tea, desserts, pickled
vegetables, roast ducks and other items as well.
Shopping in Beijing also includes famous commercial
avenues like Xidan Commercial Street, Liulichang Culture
Street that is highly regarded as the last stop for
picking up the best antique items of the city, Dashilan
that happens to be the oldest commercial street and
features many century old shops and excellent restaurants
and the Silk Alley that is deemed as the perfect place
to buy good wares at cheap prices.
For more information about Shopping at Beijing one
can always take the help of the Beijing
Travel Guide.
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