In addition to your natural natural charms, the city can offer a large number of remarkable local products, ranging from food and ending with fine work from local craftsmen - artisans. Embroidery or fan, a box with local snacks or elegant souvenir - will allow you not only to keep your wonderful memories from visiting this city, but also to please the exquisite gift of loved ones or relatives. You will not have to lose a lot of time for walking through small shops behind the best goods - large stores have long been opened here, which can boast an excellent reputation and in which you can purchase high quality products. You just enjoy shopping in Suzhou!
What is worth buying?
Embroidery Su.
SU embroidery is one of the four major styles in the Chinese embroidery art. Pinsy images of people, animals, colors and landscapes are traditional topics for such an embroidery. The classic, however, is mixed with the elements inspired by today's day, so this style has a lot of fans and among the locals, and among visitors. Embroidery of the most sophisticated work can be purchased at the embroidery museum, which is located at the following address: Jingde Road No. 262.
Parch Sun Dynasty
Starting from ancient times, that Schölk, which was produced here, was known as one of the best in Middle Kingdom. As it follows from the name, the Parce of the Sun period, which is made from the famous local silk, made according to the style of the Sun era (the tenth - thirteenth century). Such a pass is made according to different styles, it is intended for different functions, but it is always fine and has elegant color. If you wish more detailed familiarization with the culture of the manufacture of Shawl in Suzhou, you can visit the city museum of Shelka. This establishment is located at: Renmin Road indoors No. 2001. You can get there using buses No. 1 and No. 102 or on special tourist buses - №1 and №2.
Water in Suzhou
Ferra production is another characteristic industry of local artistic art. Classic Veter is made from silk, mandarin or sandalwood, and those fuel that have a round shape - from paper.
Engraving on the tree Tahawava
Images on the New Year's themes, which adopted on the outside of the door, were originally used to expand the evil spirits from the room. The combination of curious products and wood engraving made it possible to turn this type of craft art into a popular popular occupation. Unifying favorable topics depicting images of mothers and cats, local bikes and stories of a religious nature - thanks to them, these engravings are known all over the world. Their production is a process that consists of three stages: First, the image is drawn on paper, then it is cut onto the best tree, and at the end - printed. Engravings on Taohwava Tree are sold in the store located at the following address: No. 190 Shantang Street.
Tassels for writing
Four Treasures of Cleaning in Middle Kingdom are paper, ink, ink sticks and brushes for writing. Huzhou is special tassels for letters made in Suzhou, their homeland - Zhejiang Province. Those brushes that are sold here in our time have significant improvements, because of what are unique products in the area.
Tea Bilyochun
This green tea is produced in the urban district of Wu. This variety is one of the dozen most famous chains in China, its leaves have distinctive features - such as a smooth form, a pedestrian coloring and fragrant smell and a decorated taste. The best such tea leaves are going to March - April. Welding in the preparedness stage in shape curled, like the screws, it contains white down. Bilochun tea is produced in a very limited volume, so it is expensive and difficult to access.
Where to buy?
Guan Qian street
This street, which is located in the central part of Suzhou - the main city mall, partly due to the abundance of outlets working here for a long time. Here are also restaurants such as Cai Zhi Zhai and Huang Tian Yuan, The Pine and Crane. In addition, Lu Gao Jian is located here, thanks to its unique meat products, as well as Sheng Chun Yang, in which you can buy high quality ham. If you are not here in search of food, then visit the Heng FU silverware shop, based here in the Qing period and has an excellent reputation in the country. And fashionable clothes can visit the Golden Eagle shopping center, which is located indoors No. 1, which is on Guan Qian street.
Street Shi Quan.
On this street there are institutions that will enjoy lovers of glamorous life - restaurants and clubs, hotels and pubs, craft shops and fashionable clothes. Fine work embroidery offer in Su Xiu Tang. Standards of antiquities, clay dishes, porcelain can be purchased at Jin Sha Ge and Bo Gu Tang. Those who are looking for products of local painting and calligraphy - the road to Rui Guang Zhai. This street has the popularity among young people, which is in finding fashionable branded things of Japanese, Korean and European production at relatively low prices. You can get here at special tourist routes No. 2 and regular buses No. 204, 47, 501, 931, 55 and 811.