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Guangzhou Shopping |
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Guangzhou, with its urban glamour, nice climate and beautiful landscape is a hot tourist attraction in China. Guangzhou is also an important center of commerce and trade in China. With a prosperous commercial graph, the city is a favorite destination for the shopaholics. The tour of the city will remain incomplete without Guanzhou shopping.
Start your Guangzhou shopping from Shangxia Jiu Lu, one of the most popular commercial streets for the traditional Cantonese in Guangzhou. This street is located in the commercially prosperous district of Xiguan. This pedestrian shopping street exudes a traditional Cantonese flavor. One of the most eye-catching edifices in Shangxia Jiu Lu Pedestrian Street is the Qi Lou, an old style of building located on both the sides of the street. This building style is the outcome of the Lingnan Culture. There are over 200 stores in this street along with tea houses and restaurants offering amazing food. On every night, holidays and weekends from 1 p.m to 9 p.m this street is for pedestrians only. Even if you are not interested in shopping, stroll through this street to feel the cultural verve of Guangzhou, exuded by the Qi Lou and the shops.
Beijing Lu, located in the center of Guangzhou is a shopping area, which is very different in looks and atmosphere
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from the Shangxia Jiu Lu. Zhuangyuan Fang is a small street, popular among people who love Korean and Japanese fashion. There are several boutiques selling fashionable ornaments, clothes and other articles in this street.
Painting Street and Wende Calligraphy, located beside Beijing Lu sell craftworks and calligraphy works. There are several departmental stores in Guangzhou are China Plaza and Teem Plaza. Hualin Jadeware Street on Xia Jiu Lu is a street which deals with jade jewelry, wholesale and retail processing.
While in Guangzhou buy these products:
Canton sculpture
Canton enamel
Canton embroidery
Cooking materials
Herbal Tea
Canton Bacon, a type of cured meat
Shopping in Guangzhou city is fun and exciting.
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