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Shopping in Hangzhou is no longer limited to local specialties such as silk, tea, and lotus root starch. Today modern offerings abound in various shops, stores, supermarkets, and plazas that crowd the commercial center.

Dragon Well Green Tea (Longjing Green Tea)
Produced in the hills around the West Lake with a history of around 1,200 years, Hangzhou Dragon Well Tea is one of the best green teas in China. Longjin Green Tea is well-known for its four special features: green color, fragrant aroma, sweet taste, smooth and even appearance. It falls into different grades and the best is the first pick of a year. Normally, the first picking tea is picked in the late March or early April.

If you are interested in tea culture and history, Meijiawu Village in West Lake District is the ideal spot where you can have a cup of tea, watch a tea ceremony, and select tea under professional guidance.

Silk
Hangzhou has long been famous as the "home of silk" with a history of more than 2,000 years. It won a high reputation in Tang Dynasty. Hangzhou silk has over ten varieties with more than 200 products. Gold and silver awards have been given to some famous products by the government.

Hangzhou Brocade
Famed as "the cloud in the sky and flowers on earth", it is a wonder in arts and handicrafts in China. Hangzhou brocade handicrafts first appeared in the Tang Dynasty. Today the brocade has two main varieties of decoration and daily use including the tapestry, tablecloth, bed cover and so on. The most famous products are produced by Hangzhou Du Jinsheng Brocade Factory. In 1926, its product, sick pictures of scenery, won gold at a world fair in Philadelphia, USA. Today, it produces more than a thousand varieties of woven silk portraits.

Wang Xingji Fans
The fan-making crafts began in Southern Song Dynasty. It was ranked with silk and tea as the "three best products in Hangzhou" since Ming and Qing dynasties. In the ancient time, Hangzhou fan served as a kind of tributes to the emperors. At present, Wang Xingji Fan Factory produces 10 main categories, including over 300 varieties with nearly 2,000 different designs. The most famous products are the black paper fans and sandalwood fans.

Zhang Xiaoquan Scissors
A famous brand and the champion of scissors in China, Zhang Xiaoquan Scissors were already listed as "articles of tribute" during the Qianlong reign (1736-1795) of the Qing Dynasty, with more than 300 years history. It is well-known around the world because of its super quality. The scissors have been well received in market and are famous for the steel inlay, a clear division of iron and steel and the sharp blade with exquisite and unique design.

Hangzhou Chrysanthemum Tea
It was once served as tribute to the imperial court with Dragon Well Tea in ancient times, also called white chrysanthemum. Well known for its curative effect in helping clear the eyes and relieve internal heat or fever and treatment of hypertension, migraine and emergent conjunctivitis.

West Lake Silk Parasols, is also called as "West Lake Scenery Parasol", a unique product of Hangzhou. It is light, attractive, easy to carry and useful. Silk parasols are made of bamboo and silk. It looks very elegant and unsophisticated. There are more than 10 categories of silk parasols, such as dancing parasol, rainbow parasol. Ladies looks charming with the West Lake Silk Parasols.

Hangzhou Silk City is located by the beautiful West Lake. Covering an area of 25,000 square meters, Hangzhou Silk City is the only silk wholesale and retail market in China for more than 600 silk enterprises, dealing in a wide variety of pure silk fabric, silk garment, silk handicraft articles, scarves, ties and silk materials, which not only reach the markets all over the mainland in China but are exported to Europe, America, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The market is distinguished as offering standardized management, reliable quality, and reasonable prices. It is one of the attractive places in Hangzhou and becomes an important showcase to the outside world.

Qinghefang Street
It is considered the Number One Street in Hangzhou. With an area of 13.66 hectares, Qinghefang Street is dealing with antiques, calligraphy, paintings, souvenirs, articles of handicraft, and some special products in Hangzhou, in addition to the hundred-year-old shops. The historic and cultural atmosphere on the road will surely attract much more people.

Currently 3-kilometer-long Yan’an Road running between the north and south axis of Hangzhou has become the city's commercial center. Along the road are the grand buildings of the Zhejiang Provincial Great Hall of the People, Hangzhou Culture Center, International Mansion, Victory Theatre, Hangzhou Grand Hotel, Hangzhou Department Store, and Haifeng Western Restaurant.

Bordering the north end of Yanan Road is Wulin Square, the new center of culture and commerce where towers and skyscrapers are springing up, including Hangzhou Telecom Building, Zhejiang Provincial Exhibition Hall, Hangzhou Theatre, Hangzhou Shopping Center, and Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Museum.

Nanshan Road features its casual style with harmonious integration of natural sceneries, culture and business. The interaction between cafes, pubs, tea houses, art galleries, restaurants, and entertainment centers sets the stage for overall prosperity of the whole road.

The road takes on a fashionable, exquisite and casual look in the evening lights especially with about 10 cafes, more than 10 pubs and 6 tea houses in European, primitive or modern styles, which are most eye-catching and most exciting places. Around 10 p.m., the road reaches its peak time. All the people here are intoxicated with the leisure, casual and light atmosphere.

The market is located on Hanghai Road of, and it is one of the most influential clothing wholesale and circulation markets in China. With a large variety of reasonably priced brand name clothes the market has been popular among customers for many years. More than 80% of the clothes here are sold wholesale. Possessing good outlets, the Sijiqing Clothing Market is the source for clothes sold in the markets of Southeast Asia, Europe and even America.

Hangzhou Mansion consists of hotel, department store, restaurants and travel agencies. It was founded in 1999. With a floor space of 26, 000 square meters, the department store has more than over 50,000 varieties of goods. The hotel is an international 4-star hotel and has totally 602 guestrooms and offices. There are 4 restaurants, Night Club, Fitness Center, Beauty Salon, Foot Massage Room, Bar and Tea Bar in the mansion.
Add: 1 Wulin Square
Tel: 86-571-8515 3911