China Tours - Shopping in Hangzhou
Located in the northeast of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou is described as the most beautiful city in China. As one of the seven ancient capitals in China history, Hangzhou has been a center for commerce for centuries. Hangzhou is a true shopper's paradise in China.
Hangzhou Silk, Hangzhou Embroidery, West Lake Silk Umbrellas, Wangxingji fans, as well as White Chrysanthemum Tea and the Dragon Well Tea are the local unique items that cannot be found anywhere else in the world.
For people fond of shopping silk, tea and hand fans, Hangzhou is undoubtedly number one city to go in China. The variety of silks available seems endless in Hangzhou. Hangzhou is known fro producing excellent silk and satins. The layered weaving process is very labor intensive and produces fabulously luxurious fabric that feels great next on the skin. The best place for purchasing silk in Hangzhou is at Hangzhou Silk City, the biggest silk wholesale and retail market in China with more than 600 silk enterprises dealing in a wide variety of pure silk fabrics, garments, handicraft articles, scarves, and ties.
A trip to Hangzhou is easily combined with a visit to a tea plantation. Hangzhou Dragon Well tea has been appreciated as the crown of Green teas for about one thousand years. The flat and smooth tea leaves (resembling pine needles with a yellow to dark green color) brew a tea with light to dark green color, a fragrant scent, and a refreshing taste. The Dragon Well Plantation in Hangzhou offers visitors a wide array of teas and tea ware as well as an enactment of a traditional Chinese tea.
The production of hand fans in Hangzhou has been enjoying a widespread renown since the Song Dynasty, from 960-1279. Wangxingji fans are called "the treasure of oriental art" by overseas friends. There are great deals of collection of charming, colorful and elegant fans available throughout Hangzhou. The black-paper fan has the fame of "a fan is like half of an umbrella". The fine silk fan is of delicate beauty. The hanging fan is extraordinarily dignified and impressive in appearance. The silk dancing fan is graceful. The sandalwood fan is elegant.
Shopping in Hangzhou is full of fun and exciting. Quite a lot of travelers like to go to Qing He Fang Street in Hangzhou. Strolling on Qing He Fang Street, visitors can purchase anything from tea and clothing, to local arts and crafts. By admiring the persevered old buildings in this pedestrian street, shoppers just find themselves back to the Southern Song Dynasty.
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