{{Short description|Street in Chengdu, China}} thumb|250x250px|Chunxi Road at night thumb|250x250px|Chunxi Road in 2004 '''Chunxi Road''' ({{zh|s=春熙路|w=Chun-Hsi Lu|p=Chūnxī Lù}})<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chunxi Road Pedestrian Street - Sichuan Tourist Attraction - LoongWander |url=https://www.loongwander.com/en-US/article/chunxi-road-pedestrian-street |access-date=2025-09-26 |website=www.loongwander.com |language=en-US}}</ref> is a pedestrianized shopping street in Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan province.<ref>[http://www.chengduplaces.com/listing/chunxi-lu/ Chunxi Road Shopping District] chengduplaces.com</ref> More than 700 shops can be found here including large shopping malls, department stores, supermarkets, street stalls, and boutiques, as well as modern cafes, and a public square. Next to Chunxi Road is ''Yanshikou'' commercial circle. It is currently served by Lines 2 and 3 of the Chengdu Metro.<ref>[http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/sichuan/chengdu/shopping/shopping-centre/chunxi-lu-shopping-district Chunxi Lu Shopping District] lonelyplanet.com</ref>
==History== The construction of Chunxi Road <ref>{{Cite web |title=Chunxi Road Chengdu, Chunxi Shopping Mall Chengdu |url=https://www.chinadiscovery.com/sichuan/chengdu/chunxi-road.html |access-date=2025-09-24 |website=www.chinadiscovery.com |language=en}}</ref> was originally proposed by the warlord Yang Sen in 1924, who was the governor of Sichuan at the time.
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. {{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}
==Geography== [[File:孙中山铜像 Dr. Sun Yat-sen statue.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Statue of Sun Yat-sen at Zhongshan Square]] Chunxi Road is about 1.1 km in length. As the shopping district grew, Chunxi Road began to refer to the entire area that is south of the East Main Street (东大街), east of New South Street (南新街), New Middle Street (中心街) and New North Street (北新街), as well as south of Zongfu Road ({{lang|zh-Hans|总府路}}), covering about {{Convert|20|ha|km2}}.
The central area contains a small public square, Zhongshan Square (中山广场), with a statue of President Sun Yat-sen.
{{Coord|30.6587|104.0786|format=dms|region:CN_type:landmark |display=title}}
==Department stores== {{Update|part=section|date=January 2026}} There are several major department stores and shopping malls on Chunxi Road:
* Ito Yokado ({{lang|zh-Hant|伊藤洋華堂}}) * Pacific Department Store ({{lang|zh-Hant|太平洋}}) * Wangfujing Department Store ({{lang|zh-Hant|王府井}}) * Chicony ({{lang|zh-Hant|群光}}) * Isetan ({{lang|zh-Hant|伊勢丹}}) * Parkson ({{lang|zh-Hant|百盛}}) * Sino-Ocean Taikoo Li ({{lang|zh-Hant|远洋太古里}}) * Chengdu IFS ({{lang|zh-Hant|成都九龙仓国金中心}})
==See also== *List of leading shopping streets and districts by city
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commonscat|Chunxi Road}} *[http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/sichuan/chengdu/shopping.htm Travel China Guide] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081120152313/http://www.bashu.net/geography/chengdu/jinjiang_street_chunxi.htm bashu.net] *{{in lang|zh}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20180531054344/http://www.chunxilu.org/ 春熙路.org]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chunxi Road}} Category:Streets in Chengdu Category:Tourist attractions in Chengdu Category:Shopping districts and streets in China Category:Pedestrian malls in China