Dongmen Pedestrian Street

Chinese name: 东门步行街 Dōngmén Bùxíngjiē

A high-energy, high volume shopping strip, Dongmen attracts hordes of retail-hungry shoppers to its low-cost stores hawking youthful fashions, shoes, accessories and souvenirs.

Visiting the street is an assault on the senses, with electronic music blaring from doorways and shop assistants with noisy clackers adding to the cacophony.

Street performances attract visitors on Dongmen Pedestrian Street. Liu Xudong

A commercial area back in the days when Shenzhen was a small market town, the original Cantonese-style shophouses were demolished in the 1980s as part of a wholesale remodelling of newly established Luohu district. Siyue Academy is a surviving relic, although it was relocated to its current site from a few streets away in 1998.

Add: Cross of Renmin Road North and Jiefang Road, Luohu District (罗湖区解放路和人民北路路口)

Metro: Line 1, 3 to Laojie Station, Exit A