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Shifoying () literally the "Stone Buddha Encampment", is a residential neighborhood in the Balizhuang Subdistrict of Chaoyang District in
石佛营东里 Oldbeijing.net
2007-06-30 The neighborhood is bound to the west by the Eastern Fourth Ring Road, to the east by the Beijing-Baotou Railway, to the north by Yaojiayuan Lu and to the south by Shilipu. Within Shifoying, the neighborhood is bisected by Shifoying Lu into two sub-neighborhoods, Shifoying Dongli (Shifoying East) and Shifoying Xili (Shifoying West).
"朝阳区房屋登记发证大厅"
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Shifoying is served by the following
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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
.(Chinese石佛营东里 Oldbeijing.net
2007-06-30 The neighborhood is bound to the west by the Eastern Fourth Ring Road, to the east by the Beijing-Baotou Railway, to the north by Yaojiayuan Lu and to the south by Shilipu. Within Shifoying, the neighborhood is bisected by Shifoying Lu into two sub-neighborhoods, Shifoying Dongli (Shifoying East) and Shifoying Xili (Shifoying West).
Name and history
Shifoying is named after Shifoying Village in the Dongfeng area of what used to be the eastern outskirts of Beijing. The village was reputed to have an ancient monastery with a stone buddha. Shifoying Village appeared in the 1933 edition of theBeiping
"Beijing" is from pinyin ''Běijīng,'' which is romanized from , the Chinese name for this city. The pinyin system of transliteration was approved by the Chinese government in 1958, but little used until 1979. It was gradually adopted by various ...
Atlas and, after the founding of the China in 1949, merged with Banqiao Village to form Shifoying. In 1987, Shifoying was zoned into Chaoyang District's Balizhuang Subdistrict and in 1990 began to be developed into a modern residential neighborhood with high rise apartment buildings. By 2001, with the completion of the Fifth Ring Road
Beijing's 5th Ring Road (, China Road Numbering: S50 (Beijing) is a ring road encircling the city about away from the city centre. It takes the form of an expressway and is in length. Being a ring road, it has no natural start or end point, ...
, Shifoying was fully encompassed by the growing metropolis of Beijing.
Shifoying Primary School is located in Shifoying Dongli. The Chaoyang District Real Estate Title Registration Bureau is located at No. 128 Shifoying Dongli.(Chinese"朝阳区房屋登记发证大厅"
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Transport
Shifoying is served by the following Beijing Bus
Public bus service in Beijing is the among the most extensive, widely used and affordable form of public transportation in urban and suburban districts of the city. In 2015, the entire network consisted of 876 routes with a fleet of 24,347 bus ...
routes:
* Shifoying Dongli - 408, 486, 595, 640, 675, 991 and 夜3;
* Shifoying Xili - 408, 595 and 专111;
* Shifoying Xili East - 486, 595, 911 and 专111;
* Dougezhuang Intersection South - 408, 486, 595, 675, 991, 夜3 and 专111;
* Dougezhuang Intersection West - 302, 350, 417, 431, 496, 499, 502, 619, 650, 672, 673, 675, 989, 特16, 夜3, 夜25, 运通111, 运通122 and 专111.
As of May 2013, the nearest Beijing Subway
The Beijing Subway is the rapid transit system of Beijing Municipality that consists of 25 lines including 20 rapid transit lines, two airport rail links, one maglev line and 2 light rail lines, and 463 stations. The rail network extends acro ...
stations are Shilipu to the south on Line 6 and Tuanjiehu to the west on Line 10. Line 3, under planning, may have a stop at Shifoying.
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