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2009年12月18日星期五

Shopping in Guilin

As a well-developed tourist city, from the expensive jewelry to cheap headgear, from unique local products to flavor snacks, you can buy it in Guilin. Guilin has many well-know local products include pomelo, Valencia orange, mangosteen, ginkgo, Lipu-taro etc, and Guangxi embroidery, comb, Paper umbrella, Hand-painted-style screens for your choice. In any case, come to Guilin, the “Guilin Three Treasures” are the must to buy.

Central Square
Guilin Central Square, close to Zhongshan Road, near the Cedar Lake, Banyan Lake, and Lijiang River, is known as “the living room of Guilin”. On the square erects the stone of “East or west, Guilin landscape is best” and the “Guilin Declaration” of Parliamentary Assembly of Asia-Pacific Environment and Development. The basement of central square is the largest underground commercial street integrated in supermarket, sports city, souvenir and general merchandise in one. Hundreds of commercial stores assemble there, engaged in clothing, footwear, cosmetics and so on. The funning is that you can bargain with seller and get the products with best price.

Smile Hall
Smile hall, located in Zhongshan Road with total construction area of 51,000 square meters, is one of the largest integrated shopping malls in Guangxi province. The main operating range includes department store, retail, cultural entertainment and dinig. The decoration of building is spacious and luxurious, with completed facilities include central air condition and 2 sightseeing and two-way elevators to supply the elegant and comfortable shopping environment to every visitor. It's have to say that the native products on the upstairs are worthy of a careful selection and the seller allow you taste in advance such as Guilin water chestnut, Lipu-taro, Guilin bamboo, pomelo etc.

Guilin Department Store
Guilin department store, located at No 122 of Guilin road, is the first state-owned shopping mall in Guilin with long history. In the building, display the variety of products from around the country, and an ideal shopping place for public and tourists.

Zhengyang Walking Street
In the early of 2001, following with the transformation complete, Zhengyang Street becomes the first modern walking street in Guilin.
Today, it's the characteristics walking street which integrates the business, catering, entertainment and local culture as a whole, and the good place for shopping, leisure and nightlife.
On the 666 meters street, entertainment, restaurants and even clothing stores are open to 23:00 often, or so even to the next morning on busy season. In the hot summer, many local persons and tourists change their shopping and activity time to evening, there evolved into the night market. Now, it's renowned as the “First Street in West China” by Chinese and foreign tourists.

Shopping in Hong Kong

Shopping in Hong Kong, regardless of price, variety or services, is the highest range in the world. As a free port, most of products don't impose duties, the prices is lower than other places and well-known as “Shopping Paradise”. Meanwhile, many seasonal sales promotions can benefit the visitors, so it's sure that you can enjoy shopping at Hong Kong.


Central
Central district, the heart of Hong Kong Island, is not only the center of commercial, financial and banking, but also the center of government and political power. Both of the SAR Government Secretariat and the Legislative Council Building are located at there.
The HSBC Bank - the winner of Building Design Award, and the Bank of China Tower - the unique design building are the most attractive landmarks; brand-name boutiques and large department stores showing the luxury of this district.
Central district is one of the most famous shopping center in Hong Kong. Lots of name brand flagship stores distribute on the Des Voeux road and Queen's road, and there are lots of large shopping malls such as The Landmark, Central, Pedder line, Prince's building, Jia-xuan Plaza, New World Tower and Lane Crawford department store.
In recent years, a number of the new, distinctive fashion shops are opened in Wyndham and Lan street, and the Hollywood road area, sale of antiques, has been selected as one of the top ten shopping street in the world. Any kinds of shops and well-known brands of the world can be found here.

Pacific Place
Pacific Place, at the heart of Hong Kong, located in Admiralty MTR Station, which is a transportation hub and transit point for Hongk Kong and Kowloon. It's also the poly-foot point for socialite and young talent, the essence of plaza is at third floor. Like as the famous shoppes avenue, the Pacific place assembles the international brand-name fashion, antiques collection and advanced luxury boutique.
It's hard to say no to a series of brand such as LV、CD、Gucci、Prada、Chanel、Cartier、Burberry、Tiffany&Co、Celine、Hermes etc. The customers who prefer to buy brand-name but worried about the counterfeit can purchase safely at there.
If you are tired in strolling, come to Cova café, where located in the center of mall with elegant environment, and have a site is the good idea. In other, each floor settle the characteristics restaurants providing the United States, France, Italy, Japan, Thailand, Guangdong, Beijing and Shanghai cuisine, or food court of the “Hong Kong Seibu” supply the fast food to tourists.


Causeway Bay
Causeway bay, located in the north of Hong Kong Island, is one of the most important shooing area and thriving business center. This area assembles lots of shopping malls, department stores in Japanese-owned and hotels. The shopping site is renowned with Time Square, Sogo Department Store, Lee Park, and all the most famous brand names, fashions, jewelry, furniture and electrical appliance can be found at there. All the high-grade fashion goods can be founded, DKNY, b+ab, Tsumori Chisato, Gomme and other youth apparel will make you fall in love within one eye.
Many restaurants distribute in the street, gathering different types of Chinese and Western food, the famous places include Jardine's Bazaar, Lockhart road and Lee Garden road. You have a wide range of choices in Beijing and Shanghai dishes, Vietnamese snacks, desserts, special private kitchens etc.
In addition, the Causeway Bay has a number of cinemas, KTV and other entertainment facilities, and many shops open all night, so that it became a very busy area also the most welcomed place for Hong Kong young people.


Tung Choi Street-Women's Street
Women's street is an open-air stalls street, and it's worthy of night market after 7pm every day. More than 500 stalls spread out every afternoon, and most of them are hawking kinds of cheap commodities. Among these commodities, 50% is the cheap ladies supplies, such as fashion, jewelry, cosmetics, socks and underwear etc, so it got the name “Women's Street”. Besides the open-air stalls, there are small shops selling daily necessities on both sides. If you can find the “Qiu Ji” which operating for ten years, you will be able to buy the popular Vietnamese embroidered shoes. In recent years, on both sides opened a lot of food markets which are targeted at young customers with low price and style in new characteristic and Japanese dishes. However, the spaces of stall is limited, so it's have to wait 15 to 20 minutes if you want to taste it.


Temple Street- Men Street
Temple Street, divided into north and south sections, named for near Tin Hau Temple, is a famous night market in Hong Kong.
Since settling lots of male clothing stalls, it's also known as “Men Street”. Here, there is a wide variety of cheap goods to sell, no matter Pop-star's picture or China's Yixing teapots.
After the 5:00pm, the street is filled with the stalls which sell all kinds of goods with low price and good quality. Similarly, it's full of the snacks stalls which supply the local cuisine, such as seafood, hotpot, grilled marinated lamb string, burnt sausages and noodles ect.
At night, you will find more unexpected stalls, such as Chinese opera performances, fortune telling, Qigong, drugs ect. Each visitors come there will be able to experience the culture and customs of Hong Kong.

2009年12月17日星期四

Shopping in Shanghai

For tourists, Shanghai is a world-famous “commercial city”, with the stores next to stores and eyeful of goods to meet the needs of different levels at home abroad. As the country's commercial center, its goods are well known for good brand, high-quality, various kinds and entire model.


Nanjing Road
Nanjing Road, the first business street of China, is length of 5.5kms from north to south, with the entrance at bund of Huangpu River, exits at Jing'an Temple. Nanjing Road is the earliest commercial street after Shanghai opening the port. Comply with the growing up of five global department stores “Yongan”, ”Xianshi”, “Xinxin”, “Daxin” and “Chinese Products”, it becomes the most bustling comprehensive commercial street in Shanghai.


Huaihai Road
Huaihai road is called the France Champs, also as the shopping paradise be equal to Nanjing Road.
Huaihai road, total length of about 6 km, was divided into eastern, central and western three sections. The most prosperous section is about 2.2 km length from Shangxi road to Tibet road. Huaihai road used to be the French concession, on both sides of wide, straight streets, planting the London plane trees, in an extreme European style. It has more then 400 shops, mainly selling middle and high range products and attracting more than 1 million persons per day. In addition, it's an elegant and cultural street, the famous Sun Yat-sen's former residence, Soong Ching Ling's former residence and Zhou Residence are located on this street or adjacent to it.


Yuyuan Commercial City
Yuyuan commercial city is located at the Chenghuang temple market which is at the south of Yuyuan Garden. Form the year of 1991, the original Chenghuang temple market was converted into a modern large-scale tourism and shopping center – Yuyuan commercial city.
The road in the commercial city is narrow and most of building built in before 1911, in an ancient Chinese architectural style. The small shops distributed in the mall, merchandise dazzling and bustling with customers, which maintains the outlook of China's ancient cities and towns. It totally has more than 50 stores with professional characteristics and sell over 1200 kinds of commodities in commercial city, certainly the “Commodity Kingdom”. The street of small commodity collects the traditional characteristics shop, fully reflects the operating feature of “small, local, unique, famous and superior”. No matter Chinese or foreigners tourists come to shanghai will have a visiting at Yuyuan Commercial City.


Dongtai Road Antique Street
Dongtai Road Antique Street, located in the interchange of Liuhe road and Dongtai road, is a specialty street engaged in old crafts with high reputation at home and abroad, also known as the “azure stone factory” of Shanghai. The antique market main locates in the section from Chongde road to Fuxing road.
At present, the market has more than 100 shops and most of shops are small in shape. However, the decoration of each shop is unique and in their own style. The major commodities are old crafts, including porcelain, jade, bronze, wood, calligraphy and painting, four treasures of study and other miscellaneous pieces. Besides, there are cages, clothing, coins, month card in thirty century, fans, lighters, three inch golden lotus and so on.

New Shanghai Commercial City
New Shanghai Commercial City, with a total construction area of 3.8 million square meters, is the comprehensive business center integrated shopping, dining, tourism, entertainment, leisure and other functions. It's located in the middle of Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone of Pudong, east to Laoshan East road, south to Zhangyang road, west to Pudong South road and north to Shangcheng road. The center part is green square, outside is 600 meters walking street with surrounded by 16 different styles of high buildings. The size, facilities and functions of the commercial city should be the first in Asia, and occupies the same leading position with Nanjing road and the Bund.
It's total have 18 commercial buildings in New Shanghai Commercial City, include No,1 Yaohan, Sanxin commercial world, Huacheng commercial, Fuxing building and so on. Now it has formed the four major trades in business, catering, entertainment and finance; four major markets of operating contents in general merchandise, computers, home appliances and building materials; 15 catering industries composed the food heaven. The daily average volume of commuters reach 100 thousand and 200 thousand in weekend, with annual sales revenue reach 2 billion yuan take up 10% of total retail sales of Pudong district.

Shopping in Xi'an

Xi'an, as one of the major cities in northwest China, economic grows rapidly, and the commercial industry gets the development at the same time. In the city, there are many large shopping malls, department stores and supermarkets which mainly located in Jiefang Road, East Street and South Street. Certainly, there are many cultural relics stores as Classes Door Street and antique market where you can buy the copies of terracotta warriors and horses, crafts of Tang dynasty, as well as paper cutting, sewing and other folk crafts.

Xi'an Maison Mode
Xi'an Maison Mode is the famous high-grade shopping mall, where collect the many luxury brands of the world. The shopping mall is located in the first and second floor and basement of Chang'an International Center. The first floor sell the first-line clothing, watches, glasses, jewelry, perfume and others, the main brands include GUCCI、ZEGNA、FENDI、MONTBLANC、CHAPORD、 BALLY、DUNHILL、PAUL&SHARK、PORTS、GIEVES&HAWKES、AGATHA、GROSS、SWAROVSKI etc. In addition, the “dreamed fragrance world” would be an attraction in the first floor, where have the most complete brands and single species. A variety of limited and memorial edition fragrance of international brands will be released simultaneously with Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing.
The basement is main selling the youth and fashion brand in pure European style, business casual apparel and leisure clothing, with the target customers are young man. City life, mainly engaged in imported food, household appliances, kitchen, stationery, men and women care, high-grade gift and so on.

West Street
West Street is a famous characteristic commercial street also the only one street constructed in all-Tang-style.
The name of “West Street” first appeared in Ming dynasty with 400 years history by now, which is the street using for traditional commodity trading, tourism and leisure. From the year of 2001, the west street was reconstructed for 4 years. The renewed street long 2088 meters, in Tang dynasty architectural style, total construction area comes to 700 thousand square meters. On both sides, distribute the nine landscape plaza representative with “West plaza of Drum Tower “, it comes into the antique street engaged in shopping, dining and entertainment.
At present, the west street already inhabits the commercial branch store of 10 major brand, such as Trust-Mart supermarket, Times Square, Parkson Shopping Center, Lady Street, Chinatown etc. Also, it collect many financial institutions include Bank of East Asia, China Everbright Bank, China Merchants Bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank and so on.

Chinese Classes Door
Chinese Classes Door named in the “Guanzhong Classes”, which is the highest educational institution of Shanxi province in Ming and Qing dynasties, also one of the four famous Classes. Classes door commercial street, rich in cultural atmosphere, is the ideal place for communicate with art crafts. The road is paved by stones, the construction is built in style of Ming and Qing dynasties, and more than 100 shops assembled at there, the goods include rubbings, celebrity calligraphy and painting, seal, four treasures for learning and so on. Besides, the jade selling at there, are from the Lantian country. Lantian Jade is one of the famous jade in China and the mining to it never stopped from the ancient times to now.

Xiaozhai
As many universities locate around, here is the shopping paradise for young people and the forefront of popular trend. Xiaozhai is not only a comprehensive commercial district integrated the big-scale shopping malls, department stores and special shop, but also the good place for entertainment and eating.

Changle Road
Changle Road is a famous fair-price shopping street in Xi'an, where assemble the Kangfu road, light industrial and wholesale square, Duocai, Yiwu small commodity shopping market, Wool city, East China and other low-price shopping market. It’s really a shopping paradise for civilian.

2009年12月16日星期三

Shopping in Beijing

As an ancient capital, Beijing gathered the craftsmen from different places, so the arts and crafts of Beijing embody the essence of China. Shopping in Beijing, the first choice is crafts and ancient heritage with oriental features and “sense of Beijing”. In addition, the typical local foods are variety of preserved fruits and snacks, and the Chinese medicine tonics are also very authentic.

Xidan
Xidan Shopping Street is one of the most famous traditional business district. So many merchants and customers gathered at there with the average volume of commuters more than 200,000 per day, which directly promote the popularity of the street. The involved industry include: general merchandise, restaurants, entertainment, finance and others. It occupies the indispensable position in Beijing's retail business.
Currently, there are a series morden shopping malls and department stores as Xidan Department Store, Xidan Shopping Center, Xidan Scitech Shopping Mall and Zhongyou Department Store and many “time honored shop” as “daoxiangcun” grocery store, “thousands miles” shoe store, “Yuang Chang-hou” tea house and others.
Beijing Book Building is a gathering place for the capital's bookworms. In addition, Beijing Xidan Cultural Square, total construction area of 3.5 million square meters, is the comprehensive venues integrating the leisure, entertainment and shopping. At the center of Commercial Street is leisure plaza, where equipped restaurants, markets, cinemas, bowling alley, swimming pool, rock climbing, and the largest mirror palace in ground floor. It's out of question that it becomes the largest cultural and entertainment center along the side of Chang'an Avenue.
Xidan, retail-business oriented, develop the mating services at the same time. It sale the middle and high goods, highlighted character of the “special” and “full”, to meet the customer needs from all stratums.

Wangfujing
Wangfujing, refers to the Wangfujing Avenue, is the most famous business district of Beijing with location at south from East Chang'an Avenue, north to the China Art Gallery, full-length 3 mile.
At there, it's really an eyeful of goodies, selling commodities include daily necessities, hardware, garments, jewelry diamonds, gold and silver. The daily amount of procurements and sales are significant, well known as bring a bucket gold per day. Enter form the south enterance, it's the view of intensive shop sign, next to stores and crowded persons. Persons enter this street are more than one million daily, Wangfujing is welcoming all the customers form home and abroad.

Maliandao Tea Street
Maliandao Tea Street specialized in tea procurement and sales. On the 1500 meters length street, settle the one hundred tea stores and five tea cities. It gather the main famous and high quality tea from Zhejiang, Fujian, Anhui, Yunnan, Guizhou and other major tea growing area, with annual sales revenue of 10 billion yuan. It's the most distribution center in north region and takes up the tenth of the national sales volume.

Silk Street
As the China's earliest free market and most famous commercial brands, Silk Street already have the three decades history. In the 29th Olympic Games, the renewed Silk Street does the main reception market for foreign guests sightseeing and shopping and develop into the international influential market for tourism and shopping together with the Great Wall and Forbidden City. The average volume of commuters achieves 15 million per year, of which more then 90% are foreigners.
It's nearly 2000 stalls in the market and full of the most characteristics goods, such as silk, pearls, porcelain, tea, crafts and other local foods representative with Beijing Roast Duck. Also it's the market with the highest density of and most fascinating traditional culture, the brands include Ruifuxiang, Wu Yutai, Tongrentang, Qianxiangyi, Shengxifu, Neiliansh time-honored store eng and others total 19 stores.
Hundreds of national political matters and their wives, and countless international stars in culture and sports patronize Silk Street frequently, which embodies its unique position as the China first foreign market.

Longfu Temple Folk Culture Street
Longfu Temple is located in North Dongsi Street to East Art Gallery Street, with 600 meters length. So far, it's more than 550 years of commercial history, hence full of the sense of history and calm public atmosphere, even revealing a little of historical sense in street's name.
From the middle of Ming dynasty, Longfu Temple fair was the hot place for “burning money” in Beijing. At the end of Qing dynasty, during the period of temple fair, many of persons came to participate, include the nobility resident in near palace, the foreigners of Daong Jiao Ming Xiang embassy, poor people and suburban farmers.
At present, the function of Longfu Temple fair reflects the folk, popular and fashion-oriented, the main consume groups are the ordinary people. The target customers shift to the social strata and form the operating features base in commodity and snacks. At there, you can buy a wide variety of local specialties, eat a variety of local snacks and enjoy the old Beijing folk opera.

Tongrentang
Tongrentang is the famous time-honored drugstore in Beijing and famous in home and abroad by pills, powders, pastes and Dan. Chinese pharmacy store of Tongrentang is was renowned as China's four pharmacies together with Huqingtang in Hangzhou, Chenliji in Guangzhou and Yekaitai in Hankou. Its product quality is excellent, just like cure upon eat pharmacy and the magic hand that restores health. Beside of inherit and folk prescription, it occupies a lot of prescription which used for emperor family in Qing dynasty.