Xiamen Zhongshan Road (AmoiYatSenRoad) is located in the southwest of Xiamen Island. It is an east-west road in Zhonghua Street, Siming District, Xiamen City.
During the Japanese occupation, it was called Dahan Road (1933-1945). Zhongshan Road was about 1.2 kilometers long. It started from the ferry Lujiang Road in the west, crossed the dividing point of Siming South Road and Siming North Road in the middle, and reached Xinhua Road (now Xiamen City) in the east.
Public Security Bureau, formerly the site of the Xiamen Workers’ Cultural Palace) is connected to Gongyuan South Road.
Since its opening, it has been the commercial leader and economic center of Xiamen.
Zhongshan Road is 1,198 meters long and 15 meters wide. It is located in the bustling downtown of Siming District, Xiamen City. One end is connected to the hotel building of Xiamen Wuzhou Guests, the other end is connected to the blue sea with thousands of waves, and it is far away from the sea garden "Gulang Island"
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The Qilou Street on Zhongshan Road is a representative of Xiamen's architectural culture. Most of these buildings were built by overseas Chinese who returned to their hometowns in the 1920s. They have been listed as the focus of old city protection in the city's overall urban planning.
With the development of Xiamen's economy and the improvement of people's living standards, Zhongshan Road continues to become more prosperous and beautiful.
People walk on Zhongshan Road, and the shops are close to each other.
Domestic well-known enterprises such as Laiya Department Store, Printemps Department Store, Hualian Department Store, and Jinlu Jewelry, the time-honored Chinese Guanghua Drug Store, and Huang Zehe Peanut Store; there are also bookstores, teahouses, piano shops, hotels, Nanyin, theater, movies, dry goods from the north and the south,
According to statistics, there are more than 300 famous restaurants, McDonald's, KFC, and coffee bars.
In these places, everything you want is available.
On Zhongshan Road, you can’t run out of things to do, see or buy.
In addition to the commercial atmosphere, Zhongshan Road is also filled with artistic atmosphere, and the store names here are full of charm.
There are handwritings of great men and masters of the generation, such as the "Xinhua Bookstore" inscribed by Mao Zedong, the "Tianxian Hotel" by the famous calligraphy master Luo Dan, and the "Guanghua Pharmacy" by the city's calligrapher Chen Meixiang, etc., which are really wonderful and talented.
For people traveling at home and abroad, it is a unique cultural landscape leading to Xiamen, the "art city".
Walking on Zhongshan Road, people can not only feel the pulse of fierce competition in the market economy, but also taste the fragrance of the new trend of socialist civilization.
The activities of creating "Three Excellent Streets" and "No Counterfeit Products in One Hundred Cities and Ten Thousand Stores" have created a good business environment on Zhongshan Road. More and more merchants gather here, and Zhongshan Road has become the trade center of our city and even the southern Fujian region.
◆The "Fujian and Taiwan Specialty Food Street" and "Fujian and Taiwan Specialty Food Street" on Gucheng East Road bring together a number of well-known and "time-honored" specialty foods from Fujian and Taiwan.
Longyan peanuts, Minzhong Pubao, Haicheng Shuangyangpao, Taiwan orchid seeds, Mingxi Rongxing dried meat and Tingzhou Hakka native products are all well-known foods.
◆Zhenbang Road Today’s Zhenbang Road is a gathering place for clothing stores. In addition to well-known clothing brands such as Western Camel, Hengyuanxiang, and Scarecrow, there are also many specialty clothing stores such as Free Space and Qiqi. The avant-garde and fashionable styles are very popular.
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◆Shuixian Road The restaurants on Shuixian Road are unique.
There are Nanyang Style, Jiayu Tang, and Yonghe Soy Milk King. Their delicacies represent the different food styles of Southeast Asia, Southern Fujian, and Taiwan.
◆Dazhong Road Dazhong Road has now become a children’s products street.
From baby clothes to elementary school bags to toys, we have them all.
In addition, there is a Baicheng Datong duck porridge (No. 19, Dazhong Road) on Dazhong Road. The duck meat sold is crispy but not greasy, and has a unique flavor. Old Xiamen people like it very much.
◆When Taiping Road was opened to the public in Xiamen, disputes arose constantly due to the demolition of residential buildings. The disputes subsided after the road was completed. The name Taiping means harmony, peace and prosperity.
In the early days, Taiping Road was home to many foreign-owned shops, department stores, and large crowds. It was a prosperous place for trade between Xiamen and foreign countries.
◆The ancient name of Shengping Road was Fan Tsai Street. The neighborhood was originally a gathering place for foreign businesses. People in southern Fujian called Westerners Fan Tsai, hence the name of this street.
After the Wukou trade, foreign businessmen came to Xiamen one after another to trade and open foreign companies.
Over time, Shengping Road has turned into a civilian lane.
But the dusty history is engraved on a stone tablet.
◆Jukou Street Jukou Street is a veritable women’s street. There are dozens of large and small women’s products stores. In addition to fashionable women’s clothing, there are also women’s shoes, women’s accessories, and women’s hair design shops. Many young women like to shop there.
Relax and shop here.
◆Xiamen Overseas Chinese Bank Xiamen Overseas Chinese Bank is located at the west end of Zhongshan Road. It was established in Xiamen in 1877.
Oversea-Chinese Bank has moved out long ago, but the old Oversea-Chinese Bank still maintains the arcade appearance. The four red letters "OCBC" are still eye-catching. Through the closed door, you can see the empty counter. This place used to be so busy a century ago.
The hustle and bustle.
◆Huang Zehe Peanut Soup Shop Huang Zehe Peanut Soup Shop is a century-old shop that is famous both at home and abroad.
The peanut soup here is thick but not astringent, sweet but not greasy, and has an excellent taste.
With the development of the times, Huang Zehe continues to expand his product range, and his business varieties have expanded to Haili Jian, Shacha noodles, moon cakes, pies, rice cakes and other snacks that are familiar to Xiamen and even the whole country. They have almost become synonymous with Xiamen's specialty snack culture.