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.

Initially, Chunxi Road in Chengdu was named "Senwei Road" because of Yang Sen's title of "General Sen Wei" and was later taken from Lao Zi's "Moral Classics" as an allusion to "Everyone Hee Hee, If Enjoying Taijang, such as Dengchun Tai", Renamed Chunxi Road, to describe the bustling commercial here, people bustling, prosperous prosperity scene.

Chunxi Road, originally intended to be built into a straight line, but at that time the General Hospital Fu Di pharmacy owner Zheng Shaofu is the French consulate's translation, and to refuse to demolition, Janssen had no choice but to compromise.

With a history of 85 years, Chunxi Road is the most famous commercial pedestrian street in Chengdu.

It solidified its present status during the Warlord era of the Republican period 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.

Chunxi Road at night
An entrance to Chunxi Road
Statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen at Zhongshan Square