'Jianghan Road Pedestrian Street is the longest pedestrian street in China. It is known as the \"world first street\". It is located in the center of Hankou, Wuhan City, Hubei Province. It runs south along Jiang Avenue, through Zhongshan Avenue and Jinghan Avenue. It runs north to Jiefang Avenue. The total length is 1600 meters and the width is 10 to 25 meters. It is a famous commercial street in Wuhan, and it is also the \"Wuhan 20th Century Architecture Museum\". It\'s a big loss to come to Wuhan to go to Jianghan Road. This is the most primitive city center of Wuhan. It is now also the most central place in Hankou. Local people eat, drink and play must go to Jianghan Road. Here is leading the trend and fashion. ------------------------------ Located between Jiang’an and Jianghan Districts, stretching from Wuhan Customs in the east to Jiefang Street in the north, Pedestrian Street of Jianghan Road is 1,600 meters long. Jianghan Road has a history of over one hundred year, and it is one of the five most famous commercial streets in China. Jianghan Road has been famous since the 1930s, when it was called Little Hong Kong for its prosperity. It used to be a well-known centralized commercial area, now developed into one of the most prosperous areas in Hankou, having a high flow of customers and more than 400 stores which sell a complete selection of clothes, appliance, food, commodities and other goods. Jianghan Road pedestrian street is divided into three districts: the Finance and Insurance District housing the Bank of China, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Minsheng Bank and many other financial institutions; the Special Shops District overflowing with franchised stores selling name brands home and abroad, small boutiques, jeweler shops, cafes; and the Department Stores District lying many big department stores. ------------------------------ The History about Jianghan Road ------------------------------ Jianghan Road formerly known as Xinsheng Road, it is a famous century old commercial street in Wuhan, and it was renamed Jianghan Road in 1927. In modern history, Jiang Road is actually the boundary between Chinese and foreigners. Due to the concentration of banks on Jianghan Road and the convenient transportation of Jianghan port, that makes the commercial atmosphere of Jianghan Road and gradually become to a famous commercial street. In the 1960s, Jianghan Road experienced a large-scale renovation and more and more companies settled here. In the mid-1980s, the first night market in Wuhan appeared on Jianghan Road. At the end of February 2000, the government decided to transform Jianghan Road into a new commercial pedestrian street integrating shopping and leisure tourism. The pedestrian street was officially opened on September 22, 2000, and it became one of the most prosperous areas in Hankou at that time. ------------------------------ What to See at Jianghan Road Pedestrian Street ------------------------------ Roaming in the Jianghan Road Walking Street is a quite enjoyable thing as you are surrounded by many time-honored buildings of various kinds of styles, such as Byzantinism, classicalism, European style, Rome style. The famous stores along the street are the People’s Restaurant and Xuangong Restaurant that were once prosperous before liberation; Jingyi Glass Shop, the name of which was wrote by Sun Yat-sen; China Products Department Store, which was built in order to boycott Japanese goods and gets the present name Central Department Store; Hengdali Clock and Watch Shop, which is mainly engaged in western clocks and watches; a variety of mouthwatering food stores such as Guan Shen Yuan, Huakang Nonstaple Food, Zimei Food Factory, Si Jimei Steamed Buns Restaurant, etc. People often call Jianghan Road the 20th century architectural museum in Wuhan. ------------------------------ 0:00 Intro 0:43 On my way to Jianghan Road 2:08 Walking in Jianghan Road Pedestrian Street 41:25 Hankou Marshland Walking tour 45:33 Close-up views 52:58 On my way back to my hotel ------------------------------ ★★ City Walking Tours ★★ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73R0Ap6ZeZA&list=PLZFifwX1CbmTDWoRS03WAor3wGBX97nxK If you enjoy my videos, please ★SUBSCRIBE★ my next walk, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCip2HiAmspOVMeh0yxMcEaA?view_as=subscriber Love and peace. ------------------------------ #Wuhan #shoppingArea'
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