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  1. Hangzhou Shopping

    January 20, 2012 by admin

    The shopping environment in Hangzhou is exciting and convenient. the Qing He Fang Street is one of the most famous and historic streets in the city, Shoppers will admire the antique buildings while purchasing items from a wide range of local goods such as silks, tea or maybe a silk parasol, brocade or a beautiful Hangzhou fan. Many of teahouses and various kinds of pubs are both plentiful and popular in Hangzhou night. Choosing one overlooking the West Lake for a pleasant chat over a cup of tea is sure to make you feel totally relaxed and refreshed.

    Thanks to its unique setting by the West Lake it continues to enjoy the many benefits of the natural surroundings that have delighted visitors for centuries. the city can be no doubt that visit here is certain to be a memorable one. – Just to explore the Hangzhou for yourself!

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  2. Shopping in Hong Kong

    January 20, 2012 by admin

    Shopping in Hong Kong
    The highlights of Shopping Area in Hong Kong, Such as: North Point, Admiralty and Causeway Bay in Hong Kong Island and Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Ma Tei, Jordan and Mong Kok in Kowloon together with Sheung Wan, an epitome of Hong Kong’s unique culture. Besides the plethora of commodities, tourists also enjoy courteous and professional service at reasonable prices. Hong Kong, as a free port, showcases commodities from all over the world without tariff and usually accompanied by seasonal sales. This long known Shopping Paradise sates every taste and budget.

    Hong Kong Food
    Hong Kong, as the crossroads of eastern and western cultures, has developed a blend of eating habits incorporating Chinese, notably Cantonese, and western cuisines. It is has acquired a reputation as an “eating paradise”. As a place where the world meets, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai and Indian restaurants are also very common. Most people serve Chinese cuisine at home. Whilst most people are of Cantonese ancestry, there are also many Hakka, Teochew and Shanghai peoples. Home dishes are usually a mixture of these traditions with rice being the main course of meals.

    If there is no other reason why people from the world over are so interested in this island, the answer is likely to be ‘because it is there!’ Don’t wait any longer. Just to explore the Hong Kong for yourself!

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  3. Shopping in Shanghai

    January 20, 2012 by admin

    Shanghai is a shopping paradise. It is famous for its clothing and fashions, products are of great quality and deserves its price. Therefore, shopping should not be missed.

    The term “market” is flexible, and in Shanghai, it applies to vendors selling virtually the same thing all under one roof, or in one open section of space. Unlike the Western sense of competition, the Chinese believe that if you are all selling the same thing, you’ll attract more customers. Fair enough.

    Indeed, this makes life easy for the shopper. Want pearls? Go to the pearl market. Want fabric? Go to the fabric market. Want crickets? You guessed it, go to the cricket market. Just remember your bargaining skills! You’ll need them in the markets of Shanghai.

    1. Nanjing Road:
    With a development from the 20th century, enjoying the reputation of No.1 Commercial Street in China. Nanjing Road has clusters of a wide variety of shops from those that are centuries old, to special ones and modern malls. It becomes more and more flourishing.

    2. Hong Qiao New World Pearl Market
    Located: Hong Mei Road on the corner of Hong Qiao Road, The market is a little out of the way for the normal tourist who is staying downtown, but if you have time (hey, they’re open until 10pm), make the trip out. Like Pearl’s Circles, vendors have ready-made items for you to buy, but you can do your own designing. Freshwater pearls are a real value in China.

    3. Dong Tai Road Antique Market
    Located on Tai Road, near Xizang Nan Road, Dong Tai Road is a lot of fun, especially if you’re in the mood to just wander and look at junk. You’ll find every kind of Mao memorabilia to old records, photos, lanterns, porcelain, chopsticks and knick-knacks. Remember to bargain hard here and have fun treasure hunting.

    4. Huaihai Road:
    Huaihai Road is a charming six-km stretch with almost 400 shops. The most bustling part is from Shanxi Road to Tibet Road. Many Shops are built in the architectural styles of different countries. When night falls, as the lights flash and shine, it truly comes alive. There are also many internationally renowned department stores such as Paris Spring, the Japanese Isetan, Parkson’s. It is a highly successful shopping and commercial area incorporating business, finance, culture and tourism. It features top-end designer brands from all over the world.

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  4. Shopping in Guilin

    January 20, 2012 by admin

    Guilin has enjoyed the reputation of having the country’s most beautiful scenery for hundreds of years. when you touring in Guilin or Yangshuo, you will find lots of Guilin’s local products and handicrafts in the shopping street or shopping mails, such as Guihua Cha, Shatian shaddock, Chufa, Painted Fans and Paper Umbrellas.

    Guilin Zhengyang Pedestrian Street
    Zhengyang Road is now about a thousand years old, It is 666 meters long and located in the downtown of Guilin city. With 13 meters width, it is a leisure, shopping and amusement street. There are thousands of shops along street and are varied famous brands. Merchantman from all over the world deals in their business in this street; those shops are in varied styles and unique goods.

    In many ways Zhengyang Pedestrian Street is the hub of the city. Its shops and restaurants bring thousands of people daily to the area and at night it pulsates with life as people use the many venues that offer great nightlife.

    shopping in Guilin

    Yangshuo Xi Jie (Yangshuo West Street)
    The West Street right in the center of county in Yangshuo, It is 517 meters long, 8 meters wide. There are more than 20 stores are with holders from abroad. Yangshuo Xi Jie is one of the places assembling most numbers of foreigners, and is a poetry inhabitation place and is a spirit hankering avenue. There are many fantastic wares, paintings and calligraphies, art hand crafts, and traditional fineries of local minority.

    Guilin Department Store
    Add: Zhongshan Zhonglu
    Description: The government-run department store is the earliest national owned shopping mall in Guilin. With an area of 17.9 thousand square meters and whole glass walls outside, it is the shopping center for tourists and citizens.
    Open Hours: 9:00am-8: 30pm

    Guilin Niko Niko Do Plaza
    Add: 37 Zhongshang Road Middle
    Description: This plaza is a joint venture company Guilin Business Head Office and a Japanese Kumamoto franchise. Started from 1997, it is the biggest shopping mall in Guangxi Province. Guilin Niko Niko Do Plaza with an area of 50 thousand square meters with made of 9 layers. It is an all-around commerce mansion sale food, clothes, hats, shoes, cosmetic, ornaments, porcelain enamels, general articles, home fittings, special local products and so on. Besides, the supermarket in basement is greatly welcomed by Guilin civil.
    Open Hours: 9:00am-9: 00pm

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  5. Shopping in Xian

    January 20, 2012 by admin

    Xian has a lot of shopping outlets for locals and tourists alike. There are many big shopping centers, department stores and supermarkets in and around Xian city – the biggest and most comprehensive being Kai Yuan Shopping Mall and Century Ginwa Shopping Mall.

    Department Stores
    Located between the ancient Bell tower and Drum tower, Century Ginwa Shopping Mall is a landscaped square with profound cultural connotations as well as a high quality, exclusive shopping center. The mall opened in 1998 and now houses over sixty world-famous brands for discriminating customers, including Bally, Burberry, Dior, Givenchy, Lancome, Estee Lauder, and other all of which make Ginwa a fashion center in Xian.

    Supermarkets Xian China

    Supermarkets
    Supermarkets are numerous in Xian and are primarily distributed around universities and communities. However, there are some in the city center and the suburbs that are also easily accessible. The most famous include Vanguard, Ai Jia (IGA), Hao You Duo (Trust-Mart), Yi Chu Lian Hua (Lotus Supercenter), Ren Ren Le, etc.

    Xian Shu Yuan Men (The Arts Street)

    Shu Yuan Men (The Arts Street)
    Under the ancient city wall behind the Forest of Steles in Xian, there is a well-known street in the style of ancient towns – Shu Yuan Men. Both sides of the slab stone road are lined with buildings in the Ming and Qing styles. Various crafts and arts are sold on this crowded street all year long. Historical relics, calligraphy, paintings, antiques, jewels, and folk art fine works are all tourist favorites.

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  6. Laitai Flower Trading Center

    January 20, 2012 by admin

    Selling: Fresh & fake flowers, small handicrafts
    Price: Your Choose (RMB 20-200)
    Address: 9 West Maizidian Road, Chaoyang district
    Open Time: Daily (9:00am-7:00pm)
    Chinese Name: 莱太花卉交易中心

    Laitai Flower Trading Center

    Introduction of Laitai Flower Trading Center:

    Beijing Laitai Flower Trading Center, also known as Ladies Street, located at the east 3rd Ring Road business district, while the third and fourth new foreign embassy areas just close by on the east side.

    Opened up in April 1998, Laitai Flower Trading Center is made up of Laitai flower market, Laitai Flower Street and Laitai Flower Auction Center. total cost 155 million yuan and total building area amounts to 55000 square meters, This is the largest flower collecting and distributing center of northern China.

    Laitai Flower Market 莱太花卉市场

    Laitai Flower Market is composed of the fake flower sale building and the fresh potted flower sale hall. this is a chinese biggest botanical warehouse, is a delight to your eyes, and also the best place in town to add a little greenery to your house. Apart from colorful flowers and plants of all kinds, The underground floor of the fake flower building has modern porcelain, lamps, carpets, straw and cane products, eating utensils, stone carvings and some small handicrafts. all making sure you cannot leave empty handed.

    A lassock in Laitai Flower Market

    HongFu (红福）is a special store from northeastern China. Many television programs have reported on this store. The products are made out of maize-leaves and are unique; therefore it is difficult to find another one like it. Fish are one of the mascots of China and express happiness and wealth.

    If you are a fish enthusiast, don’t pass up the fish stalls along the side of the flower and plant hall. There are all types of fish foods and enough bits and pieces to decorate any aquarium to make it appear like the Great Barrier Reef. Deepblue Aqua（深蓝水族) can be found at stall #153 selling large aquatic equipment, sea fish and aquatic coral.

    Laitai Flower Street 莱太花卉街

    Laitai Flower Street is opposite the Laitai Flower Market with many stalls displaying a colourful range of flowers throughout the year. Its makes up one of the most colourful thoroughfares in Beijing. There are dozens of independent stores selling cigarettes, wine, baby clothes, home decorations, carpets and lamps.

    Laitai Flower Street

    There is even a Tibetan goods store (扎西德勒藏文化- 央金卓玛店) where the English-speaking shop assistant will happily help you choose Tibetan items to decorate your home.

    After wandering the market stalls and shops you may want to have a relaxing drink, so continue on along the street and turn left. You will find yourself at Super Bar Street (星吧街).

    Many restaurants, coffee shops and bars have set up business on this street. For those keen to shop further there is also a second hand market on this street. CDs, second-hand cameras and phones have made this market area famous around Beijing.

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  7. Xidan Commercial District

    January 20, 2012 by admin

    Selling: Everything
    Price: Your choose
    Address: Xicheng District, Beijing
    Open Time: Daily
    Chinese Name: 西单商业区

    Beijing Xidan Commercial District

    Introduction of Xidan Commercial District Beijing:

    Xidan is a famous traditional commercial area in Beijing. The name Xidan came from the paifang that existed on one of the streets there. In this context, the name “Xidan” refers to the single paifang that existed on the west side of the city. The paifang was recently rebuilt, and now stands at the Xidan Culture Square.

    The Xidan commercial district occupies around 80 hectares, incorporates the Xidan Culture Square, North Xidan Street, as well as many supermarkets and department stores. The Xidan Cultural Square is the largest venue for cultural events in downtown Beijing.

    The Xidan area began to experience massive growth in the 1950s, as the population of Beijing began to move westwards. By the 1970s, Xidan, along with Qianmen and Wangfujing, became the three major commercial areas in Beijing. Currently, the area renown through Beijing as a shopping area. Many malls and department stores have stores within the area, the oldest of which is the China branch of the Taiwanese department store Chungyo.

    The Chinese Government has targeted Xidan in its 11th Five Year Plan, which is scheduled to conclude by 2010, with a stated mission of improving the area’s environment, as well as diversifying the genre of stores that open in the area. Portions of the plan were already completed in the run up to the 2008 Olympic Games.

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  8. Baoguosi Antique Market

    January 20, 2012 by admin

    Selling: Antique, souvenirs, books, paintings and so on
    Price: RMB10-200
    Address: No.1 Guanganmennei, Xuanwu District, Beijing
    Open Time: Daily
    Chinese Name: 报国寺古玩市场

    Beijing Baoguosi Antique Market

    Introduction of Baoguosi Antique Market Beijing:

    Baoguosi, also called Baoguo Temple, was one of the Buddhist temple and first contructed in the Liao Dynasty in the southern part of downtown Beijing, During the Ming Dynasty, it was used to hold a member of the royal family. By the early Qing dynasty, the temple had already been turned into a popular bazaar for books and flowers. the Baoguosi Temple is more like antique marketplace than a temple. But it still keeps the appearance of a temple. It has three halls. Two of the three halls as well as the buildings circling the temple wall are used either as warehouses or showrooms.

    Now Baoguosi has expanded to include an antique market, a souvenirs and gifts market, coin markets and a stamp collection market. Traders there also sell miscellaneous items as jade, coins, Buddha statues, old books, calligraphy works, paintings and many more!

    There will be more sellers, specially more mobile vendors on the weekend. In fact only on the weekend, these mobile vendors are allowed to sell their stuff on the ground. The big difference between Baoguosi Culture Market and other antique markets is that Baoguosi market is well focused on ancient coins, old ppaper money and old books.

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  9. Maliandao Tea Street

    January 20, 2012 by admin

    Selling: Chinese tea
    Price: RMB30-2000
    Address: southwestern Xuanwu District, Beijing
    Open Time: Daily
    Chinese Name: 马连道茶叶街

    Maliandao Tea Street Beijing

    Introduction of Maliandao Tea Street Beijing:

    The Maliandao Tea Street is conveniently located near the Beijing West Railway Station. Before 1996 it was a desolate street ignored by most Beijingers, but now the 1, 500 m-long-strip has become the biggest tea market in Beijing and the largest tea distribution center in northern China. There are almost one thousand tea-stores offering leaves from the largest seven tea producing areas of China. All kinds of tea can be found here and it is popular with both Beijingers and visitors.

    Drinking tea is an old Chinese tradition, and people in Beijing especially like tea. There are a myriad of tea stores scattered throughout the city. Old-style chain tea stores such as Zhang Yiyuan and Wu Yutai offer specialized, high quality teas, and areas like Wangfujing and Xidan offer standard teas. Now tea-lovers have a new choice, Maliandao Tea Street.

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  10. Dashilan Commercial Street

    January 20, 2012 by admin

    Selling: Chinese traditional products
    Price: Your Choose
    Address: south of the Tiananmen square, Beijing
    Open Time: Daily
    Chinese Name: 大栅栏商业街

    Dashilan Commercial Street in Beijing

    Introduction of Dashilan commercial street Beijing:

    Qianmen is just in the south of the Tian’anmen square. The Qianmen street also called Dashilan commercial street, It was a commercial center of Beijing more than 500 years ago. Once the business center of Beijing, the Dashilan area has gathered some of China’s oldest brands.

    On August 7, 2008, The Dashilan commercial street had reopened after a mass-scale renovation. The neighboring Qianmen street, which also has been refurbished, will reopen in time for Olympic guests.

    If you are interested in the Chinese traditional products, then it will be a good place to go. Qianmen area has been remedied as per the architecture style of the Ming and Qing Dynastyt from last year and now the old and famous shops just like the Quanjude(Peking Duck), Pianyi Workshop(Peking Duck), Tongrentang (TCM), Neiliansheng (shoes), and Ruifuxiang (silk and fabrics). all of which are the representative of the Chinese traditional culture, are congested there.. Indubitably, the atmosphere of the Chinese traditional culture will be felt.

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