The real Xiangyang Road has closed, but someone already set up a new online Xiangyang Road. This one has nothing to do with the old one. It is actually an virtual aggregator of offline shops. And it provides a 3D map for you to explorer all these shops, just like you walk thought the real market. The 3D map loads a bit slow, but they put a small game on the loading page, so you won’t be bored.

Why this is a good idea? By organizing virtual shops into a 3D map, you can remember one shop not by its name, but by it location. For example you will remember there’s a chopstick shop at the northeast corner of the virtual market.

But the search engine part is still weak. I tried to search mp3 and backpack, but got nothing result. Anyway, it’s just been there for two weeks or so. Keep watching!