Brief
Introduction
Foreign
tourists to China can not only visit the brilliant cultural sites but also
buy the articles full of unique flavor. They like these artistic,
interesting and practical products. Some make a special trip to China to
buy them.
Which products are unique to China and attract foreign tourists?
The first is Chinese silk. China is the earliest country to use silk in
the world. The beautiful and unique silk of China was exported to Europe
through the Silk Road and was greatly admired by European people. It was
said Emperor Caesar of ancient Rome once wore a robe made of Chinese silk.
Today the silk from Suzhou and Hangzhou demonstrates a soft and excellent
quality and a great variety.
Developed together with silk are embroidery and
brocade. Embroideries from Jiangsu, Hunan, Guangdong and Sichuan are very
famous. The famous brocades include Nanjing brocade of clouds, Sichuan
brocade, Guangxi brocade, Dai brocade and Hangzhou brocade, each has its
own distinctive feature.
Porcelain has a long history in China. China had painted and black
pottery in the New Stone Age. In the Shang Dynasty in 11th century B. C.,
China developed primeval celadon ware. China's porcelain industry came to
a high stage of development during the Ming Dynasty and Jingdezhen became
China's ceramic center.
Today China has many other pottery and porcelain production centers, of
which the pottery from Yixing in Jiangsu, Shiwan in Guangdong, Nixing in
Guangxi, and imitated tri-colored glazed pottery from Tang Dynasty in
Henan are the most famous in the country.
Lacquer ware is a traditional handicraft of
China. The famous ones are hollow?body lacquer ware from Fujian, and
Yangzhou, Dafang and Sichuan lacquer wares. The hollow-body lacquer ware
from Fujian Province has a long history and is gentle and beautiful and
heat?, acid? and alkaline?resisting and insulation. The lacquer ware from
Yangzhou is elegant, delicate in workmanship, nice in designs and
brilliant in colors. That from Dafang is graceful and embellish. That from
Sichuan has a brilliant design, rich and colorful in decoration and has
simple but thick colors.
Carving is one of China's traditional handicrafts.
With different materials and in varied ways, carvings are distinguished
from one to another. Carvings from Beijing are appreciated as three most
famous handicrafts in China together with ceramics from Jingdezhen and
embroidery from Hunan. Guangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai are three
production centers of China's carved ivory objects. Jade carvings in China
are of many schools. The main ones are the southern China jade carving
style and the northern China jade carving style. The southern China jade
carvings are represented by carved jade flowers and lake scenes. Of the
northern China jade carvings, Beijing is famous for carved jade figures.
The materials for carvings from Jilin Province are of tree roots, and the
carved maidservants from roots have different postures and expressions. In
addition, there are jet, crystal, stone, coconut and shell carvings.
Traditional Chinese paintings and calligraphy are famous for their
unique features in the world. The writing brush, ink stick, paper and ink
slab are called the four treasures of the study. Especially the ink slab
is made of stone, which is selected strictly. The famous production
centers of the ink slabs are Duanzhou (Zhaoqing) in Guangdong, Shexian
County in Anhui, Shandong and Lintaohe in Gansu. The ink slabs from these
places are fine in stone quality, save ink and do not damage the brush. In
recent years, the facial makeups in Peking opera made with combination of
the handcraft of traditional Chinese paintings and the artistry of carving
also go over the foreign tourists.
The famous writer Han Suyin (Elizabeth Comber)
said, "Tea is a unique, real and civilized drink and is the embodiment of
politeness and spiritual purity." China is one of the earliest countries
to cultivate and produce tea in the world. Chinese tea is of various
kinds, mainly of red tea, green tea and scented tea. The famous red tea
includes Qihong Tea from Anhui and Dianhong Tea from Yunnan. The famous
green tea includes Longjing Tea from Hangzhou, Biluochun Tea from Dongting
and Maofeng from Huangshan. The scented tea is fragrant with flowers and
is liked by the Chinese people.
China is one of the earliest countries with brewery industry. Since
ancient time, it has been used on various kinds of ceremonies to offer
sacrifices to the god and to the ancestors and to drive away the ghosts
and drink on gatherings of friends, celebration meetings, wedding
ceremonies, funerals and festivals. There are liquor, rice wine, grape
wine, fruit wine, beer and mixed wine. Maotai Liquor, Qingdao Beer and
Yantai Red Wine enjoy a good reputation on the international market.
Also the various straw, rattan, hemp, palm fiber and bamboo woven
articles made in different parts of the country are famous at home and
abroad.
The shops introduced in this web site are
examined and approved by the related Chinese government agencies.
Medium-sized shops offer such services as foreign currency exchanges, mail
orders, consign for shipment, customs declaration on behalf of guests.
Some shops can process products with supplied materials and samples,
accept orders for goods and export goods in small quantities. Tourists buy
goods in these shops will receive good services.
Later on, we will also recommend some overseas shops that sell the same
products in the US, Canada, UK and other western countries.
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