Legend
Wangfujing Street was originally the residence of the princes. The Wang Yefu in a water well, Inoue has a delicate and exquisite pavilion, the wellhead is a large stone carved hole edge of the well high. Well south is the palace compound. Beijing early years, wells, but few Tianshuijing. In case of drought, many wells did not water. A year to catch up with the drought of the rare, large and small, well almost all done in the city of Beijing, four Haizi also doing only the bottom of the water. Rich household car to go tens of miles outside the Jade Spring Hill pull water from poor families, no water, can only rely on the hands are portable. Others rely on Amoy point from the bottom mud water to survive. At this time only a few wells to take water, Wangfujing is one of them. Wangfujing is not only water, but also sweet. Royal Highness is glad to say that this is because the the Zu Zongfu gas, good fortune, houses and wells on the DragonVenture. But this heart of Royal Highness is very vicious, and not only does not the water for everyone to disaster survival, and also ordered the the gatekeeper old man to guard the wells not allowed people to water. This good-natured janitor elderly Royal Highness the practice is very dissatisfied, they secretly give people a lot of convenience. Take advantage of the palace every morning and evening while sleeping, people send a signal to the alley outside the water, we will quickly hit a little water to go. Finally one day, the princes found it, and then questioning the janitor for the elderly in a huff. The old man smiled and said: "Royal Highness, I am a people to play a little water, but I can Royal Highness sake, you want to future government inevitably have to hire and transportation to pick m, if the people in the vicinity have died of thirst , where there are people working to House? if the princes do not agree, I do not let anyone take away a drop of water again. "Royal Highness to listen to him a point, also an eye, close one eye. no longer be held. Very grateful and respect the old man. Since then more and more people to Wangfujing to fetch water, people living in the distance, after hearing the news. In this way, the name of the Wangfujing distance spread. Later mention this area, known as Wangfujing North, the Wangfujing South Wangfujing East, Wangfujing West. Then, Dong'an moved here, and gradually turned into a bustling business district, but people are still accustomed to call here Wangfujing. To this end, Chen Yun wrote, "a poem of the Wangfujing.
Well
Wangfujing named, is said to be because there are a palace there are wells. Wells has been forgotten and buried in the upgrading of roads in 1998 brought to light, located on the north end of the pedestrian street of West Road at. In fact, the Wangfujing Street, and was cut into three sections, called Palace Street from East Fourth West Street Dengshikou, Dengshikou West Goldfish Lane, known as the octahedral slot, Goldfish Lane, Chang An Avenue for the palace Wells Street, the "Cultural Revolution" when merging these paths known as the "People's Road", changed its name to the Wangfujing Street in 1975. Yuan Shikai era, Wangfujing Street was turned into Morrison Street, said to the British reporter wrote an article touting Yuan Shikai, Wangfujing Street residence in order to reward him, Morrison changed to Morrison Street. From old photographs, you can also see Morrison and his Chinese servant in the group photo in front of the residence, of course, at the south side of the Beijing Department Store Zhaizi has tile left.