Dongdan Sanjiao to Jinyu Hutong section, 548 meters long; Goldfish Hutong to dengshikou Street, 344 meters long; The section from dengshikou Street to May 4th Street is 646 meters long. The section from Dongdan Santiao to Jinyu Hutong is the famous commercial pedestrian street "Wangfujing Pedestrian Street" in Beijing.
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Legend of Wangfujing, Beijing: It is said that it used to be the residence of a famous prince. There is a famous well in Wang's house, which is located at the northern end of the former People's Daily building. At that time, there was an exquisite hexagonal pavilion on the well. The wellhead is a round hole cut by a big stone, and the edge of the well is very high. To the south of the well is the palace compound, with splendid golden walls, carved beams and painted buildings, and the red paint gate facing south, which is impressive.
There are many wells in Beijing. Because Beijing was a sea in ancient times, there were abundant underground water sources. But when the prince of Yan was building the city of Beijing, he somehow angered the dragon king. The dragon king was furious and took revenge by cutting off water. It disguised itself as a human being and used two water baskets to bring water from Beijing to the Black Dragon Pool in the Western Hills.
At that time, there was a brave warrior named Gao Liang, who was ordered by his strategist Liu Bowen to chase the Dragon King. Seeing the Dragon King approaching the Black Dragon Pool, he highlighted his quick wits and raised his spear to poke at the left basket of the Dragon King, only to hear a loud noise. A basket of water flowed out, and Beijing had water to drink. But the Dragon King took another basket of water, leaving only one basket of water, so as long as there is a slight drought, Beijing will be short of water.
One year, we caught up with the once-in-a-century drought, and almost all wells in Beijing dried up. The four Haizi also dried up to the bottom, and the grass in the street yard died, making people's throats thirsty and smoking. Only a few wells are still bubbling at this time, and Wangfujing is one of them.
Wangfujing not only has water, but also the water here is sweet. There is also a well nearby called Sweet Well. In dry years, water is more precious than gold. Rich people use cars to transport water to Yuquan Mountain dozens of miles away, while poor people have no cars to transport water, so they have to carry it on their shoulders, which can make people tired. Others make a living by digging mud from the bottom of the well. A family has only a small jar of water and a small bowl of water a day.
But there is still water in Wangfujing at this time, which can be called the prestige of Wang Ye! He said it was a great wealth of his ancestors, whose houses and wells were in Long Mai. The Dragon King blessed his family with water to drink. This prince is vicious. Seeing that there was no water for everyone to drink, he not only refused to give everyone the water from the well to survive the famine, but ordered the old janitor to take care of the well and forbid people to take water.
Fortunately, this old janitor, though guarding Wang Ye's house, is very kind. He was very dissatisfied with Wang Ye's occupation of water wells, which prevented the poor from living, so he secretly gave people a lot of convenience. He took advantage of the fact that every morning and evening when the prince and his cronies were sleeping, he sent a signal to the people who took water outside the alley mouth, and everyone quickly took some water and left.
The old man at the door is also very alert. On one occasion, Wang Ye found someone taking water, so he angrily called him for interrogation. He smiled and replied, "Yes, Wang Ye, I have sent someone to get some water. I am guilty. But I was thinking about your majesty! In the future, Wang Ye's family is bound to hire people to transport grain and pick rice. If everyone nearby is dying of thirst, who else will work for the sovereign family? If the sovereign disagrees, I will never let anyone take a drop of water in the future. "
There is some truth in listening to him, and he will not pursue it vaguely. People respect and love the old man who looks after the oil well very much. In this way, more and more people come to Wangfujing to draw water. Not only the residents of nearby hutongs, but also those who live far away have come.
Since then, the name of Wangfujing has been well known, and people who didn't know there was this well also knew it. When people mention this area in the future, they will use the name of Wangfujing, such as Wangfujing North, Wangfujing South, Wangfujing East and Wangfujing West.
Later, Dong 'an Market moved here and gradually became a prosperous business district, but people still call it Wangfujing according to the old habit. In this way, the name of Wangfujing has been passed down to this day.
People's Network-The Legend of Wangfujing, Beijing
Baidu encyclopedia-wangfujing street