Well-known Specialty

As a city with long history and rich products, Hangzhou has attracted many merchants since ancient time and thus it is called the “heaven for shopping”. Here you can find both well-known traditional handicrafts with fine workmanships and modern trend choice goods with superior quality. Over one hundred shopping centers, department stores, and brand specialty shops can be found in famous shopping streets such as Yanan Road, Hubin Road and Wulin Square. Here we would like to introduce some famous special local products, main shopping streets, and special markets as a purchasing guide for your reference during your tour of Hangzhou.

Lungching Tea Famous Chinese tea, fresh green, orchid scent, sweet and pure, looks like tongue of sparrow, Chinese tea No.1

Hangzhou Silk

Long history, good variety, superior quality, long term reputation, rich colors, fine weaving, awarded international prize for many times

ZhangXiaoquan Scissors

Traditional specialty goods, famous in all parts of China for seven centuries, awarded international prize for many times, equal steel setting, refined grinding, sharp edge, and well received among customers

WangXingji Fan

Choice material and refined structure makes beautiful and practical Wangxingji Fan well known both at home and abroad. The fan is especially famous for its sandalwood scent. The painting and calligraphy also show the Chinese culture.

Nansong Dynasty Officer Kiln

As a ceramic kiln specializing in manufacturing ceramics for the royal in Nansong dynasty, the kiln made ceramics that are tidy, subtle, and glittering like crystal with rich glaze.

West Lake Silk UmbrellaUse bamboo to be the bone and silk to be the surface. The umbrella looks like a flower when you open it and a bamboo segment when it’s closed. It feels so soft that you can hardly part with it.