| Famous
shopping center: |
| Famous
shopping center: |
It
is a famous shopping center stretched more than one kilometer. There
are many new modern fashion boutiques: the Foreign Language Bookstore,
the Huaxia Arts and crafts Store, and a fine arts store. |
| Dashanlan
Street: |
It is the oldest commercial street. Today, Dashanlan is crowded with
many old stores with a history of several hundred years. |
| Xiushui
Market: |
Located
near the friendship Store within the embassy area, Xiushui Market
is famous for silk trade. |
| Liulichang
Cultural Street: |
It
is a famous cultural street noted for the trade of Seal-engraving,
Chinese Ceramics, Jade and jade Carving, Snuff Bottle. |
| Shopping
advice: |
| ------Cloisonne |
| ------Silk
|
| ------Traditional
Chinese medicine, especially tonics |
| ------Arts
and handicrafts with local flavor: ivory carvings, jade carvings,
jade carvings, cloisonné, inner painted snuff bottle, lanterns, and
toys. |
| ------Curios,
calligraphy scrolls and Paintings. |
| ------Beijing
carpets, an award winner at many international expositions. |
| ------Antique
furniture and chinaware |
