Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Do You Want to Have a Nice Shopping Experience in Beijing?

If you are a shopping lover, you should not those fascinating shopping areas during your 3 days visa free Beijing tour. As an international city, Beijing surely has lots of shopping areas and plazas. Here I will take you to those representative shopping areas.
Qianmen Street

With more than 600 years’ history, Qianmen Street was a prosperous area in the history and now it has accumulated some long-standing stores. Though no more than 2 kilometers long, Qianmen Street attracts large numbers of tourists and buyers. Also it still remains its original styles of the late Qing Dynasty.
Qianmen Street is a good place for shopping if you are interested in the Chinese traditional products. In addition, there are many international brands located in Qianmen Street.
Xidan Commercial Street
About 2 kilometers west to Tiananmen Square, Xidan Commercial Street has a long history that can trace to the Ming Dynasty. After you visit Tiananmen Square, you would enjoy a shopping by the way.
In the history, it was a passage for merchants and goods from provinces of southwestern China to enter the Inner City of Beijing. Nowadays, numerous time-honored shops are stand in Xidan Commercial Street. Countless stalls are gathered here, making Xidan Commercial Street a new area featuring modern commercial culture.
Beijing Curio City
Occupies an area of 23400 square meters, Beijing Curio City is one of the largest curio distribution center in Asia.
There are about 500 stores in Beijing Curio City, and the characteristic of this shopping area is old and antique artifacts, including ancient porcelain, clocks, paintings, jade, carving, antique furniture, jewelry and carpet.
In Beijing Curio City, those ancient art treasures will make your eyes dazzled. There, you could not only purchase goods but also enlarge your knowledge of Chinese culture.
Maliandao Tea Street

Chinese tea culture has a long history and Maliandao Tea Street is a well known tea street in Beijing. Located in Xuanwu District, Maliandao Street is quite near to Beijing West Train Station. So if you want to go shopping in Maliandao Tea Street, it would be quite convenient.
With over 700 tea-stores gather, Maliandao Tea Street is the biggest tea market in Beijing and the largest tea distribution center in northern China. All kinds of tea can be found in Maliandao Street that is popular with both Beijingers and vistors.
While you go shopping here, you will find the piece of tea is much cheaper than other areas. Along this street, visitors could full feel the tea culture of Chinese.
Hope you have a nice shopping experience during your 3 days visa free Beijing tour.

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