For those who travel to China, China may be shopping paradise, for there are so many “featured Chinese goods” can be brought back to home as souvenirs or gifts to family and friends. Chinese tea, silk, china and other handicrafts are all passed to today from the ancient time, and all of them are marked with the long history and deep culture of China. Besides that, China also offers travelers with shiny new department stores, shopping malls, high-end boutique stores and all kinds of bustling night markets. Travelers can find all kinds of goods in China. Except for the luxury import goods, which are often more expensive than foreign country due to high tariffs, China is very welcomed by most of shoppers and travelers.
What to Buy in China
Travelers who want to bring something “China” back home as souvenir or gift to family or friends, the following are very popular among foreign travelers.
1.Chinese Tea
China’s tea culture can be dated back the several thousand years ago, and it’s not overstated to call China as the home of tea. There are many kinds of teas in China: green tea, black tea, dark green tea, white tea, yellow tea, etc. For those tea lovers, ceramic tea set or purple clay teapot are also good choices to purchase in China together with the tea.
Tips: Longjing Tea of Hanghzou, Biluochun Tea of Suzhou, Maofeng Tea of Huangshan, Pu’er Tea of Yunnan, Yunwu of Mount Lu, Tieguanyin fo Anxi, etc are all famous teas in China. Travelers can purchase when they travel these places. However, there are many tea shops in every city (now, you know how much Chinese people love tea), and you can drink and chat with the worker of the tea shop, then decide what’s your favorite.
2.Silk
Silk had been brought to Europe since the development of ancient Silk Road, and since then, silk had become the symbol of oriental civilization. Silk can be processed to be clothes, handkerchiefs, scarves, pajamas, decoration products, etc. The top four embroideries in China are Suzhou embroidery, Guangdong embroidery, Sichuan embroidery and Hunan embroidery.
