Wangfujing Street Beijing is said to have received its name in the Ming Dynasty more than 500 years ago. One of the Emperors was said to want all his 10 brothers to build their mansions in the place now known as Wangfujing so as to make it easy for him to keep a wary eye on them for fear that they might pose a direct threat to him. There-fore, the street was then named Shiwangfu which means mansions for10 imperial brothers. Nowadays, Wangfujing Street Beijing is one of the busy shop-ping areas in Beijing. There are more than 170 shops on this one-kilo-metre-long street. Tourists love to go shopping here.
