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 artiques street by bhemak
A short list of what I saw: Jade (fake?), ink scrolls, lots of name chops, silk clothes and pillow cases, vases, folk art, wood carvings, Tibetian items, art supplies, books, old looking coins, jewelry cases, and ornate mirrors.
Depends. Bargin a lot. If you look rich, try to go for a third of what they say. If you look western, but poor (backpackers) go for half of what they say. Leave a Comment Theme: AntiquesAddress: near HepingmenDirections: 10 minute walk south of Hepingmen Subway station. The antique shops are on both sides of the major street.
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Liulichang starts with large, gorgeous art supply stores, and ends in small flea market type stalls.
This is the spot to have your "name chop" made, buy calligraphy and Mao buttons, jade trinkets and little stone carvings.
Vendors respond well to reasonable negociating.
I had a blast trying fancy teas in small and large tea houses. The teas don't come cheap (compared to CDs for instance), but they are splendid, and the presentation of the samples is a delight. Leave a Comment Theme: AntiquesDirections: Located in downtown Beijing, about seven minutes walk South of Hepingmen metro station
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 by Museeuw
Antiques, paintings, books ... in big shops as well as in small stalls. From the price you can see already what's real and what's not. Theme: AntiquesDirections: Located in downtown Beijing, take the metro to Hepingmen, walk south for about 200m and on your right you have Liulichang Xijie and on your right Liulichang Dongjie.
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 Nice Chinese Art and Books,
etc. by RoseAmanoLeave a Comment Theme: ArtDirections: Get off at Hepingmen Station (˜a•½–å ) and walk South for 5 mins. This station is 3rd stop westbound from Beijing Station Subway Loop.
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Liulichang is the oldest street in Beijing. Situated outside Hepingmen, this cultural street known as ‘antique street’ by many foreign residents in Beijing. Liulichang is 750m long with a long history from Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Now, there are dozen of shop here. The area is really a good place to these who love the Chinese culture.
ancient books, jade, gold, pottery wares, calligraphy, paintings, musical instruments, etc. Theme: AntiquesDirections: Take a subway to Xizimen station, take a bus no 105, 107, 904 to beijing zoo bus terminal, then cross the street. From there, take a bus no 15, 45, 102
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The largest art store in Beijing selling art supplies is Gongyi Meishu Fuwubu, 200 Wangfujing Dajie, Dongcheng District (tel. 010/6512-4160). Daily from 8am to 6pm.
The Liulichang Cultural Street has many small shops selling traditional artist brushes, ink stones, paper, and other art supplies. Leave a Comment Theme: Art
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 Liulichang Street by joyful_sun
Chops - a stamping seal with your name in Chinese characters carved into a stone or piece of jade Leave a Comment Theme: ArtAddress: Off Naxinhua XieDirections: located in downtown Beijing
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If you are looking to have someone put a personal message on a scroll in Beijing I would suggest you go to the Liulichang street shopping area.
I suggest this area because many, if not most, of the shops have active painters and calligraphers on site. You can compare quality, style and price (after some negotiation)all in one little area. You will see that price drops quickly as you shop and demonstrate that you will not pay the first asking price. You might find one of the several small shops at the far western end - actually around the corner - particularly attractive both for price and setting because they seem to be one person owner-calligrapher shops. Also, because you are at the end of the street they generally know better than to initially ask for outlandish prices like you will hear at bigger shops.
Getting a personal message into calligraphy and onto a wall scroll should be easy even if you do not speak Chinese (I do not.). The only problem might be the question of how correctly the Chinese will express your message. If you can not read Chinese how can you know for sure what the characters mean?
So your first step might be to have the message written in Chinese by several Chinese and then have others check them by translating them back to you. Many Chinese young people can do this even if they speak no English. You could then choose whichever one seems to convey most reliably your message and/or has the potential to look most beautiful.
Although lots of the shop people in this area speak some English, I think you would do best to come with the message you want written already checked out.
The cost will depend on the size, quality of the scroll and your ability to negotiate. You can pay as much as you like. I am sure that you are aware that there is a danger that you might be asked for some exorbitant prices. This is especially likely in the area recommend because of the high Chinese and foreign tourist traffic. This is true whether you are buying a blank scroll, a printed scroll, a painting, or a personalized scroll. Leave a Comment Theme: ArtAddress: Shoping area southwest of QianmenDirections: Go south from the Hepingmen metro station on Nan Xinhua Jie past the school to the small cross street area with lots of shops. Check this street out in both directions. (OR according to one guide book, you might go to the area by buses #14,15 or 66)
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There is a large art bookstore in Liulichang with what seem like very economical posted prices for printed collections of Chinese art. If you want to take home a lot of examples of good painting but can not afford the real thing, this is a good last day purchase. (Books are too heavy for an early trip purchase.)
I have made this shop a last day visit on both my trips to China and came away with a load. There are other stores nearby with much of the same merchandise, but this one seems to have the best prices. Perhaps indicative to a degree of their pricing policy was the fact that when I bought some of those decks of cards with pictures of emperors or generals, the price was the same as at the fixed price cheap store I mentioned in another tip.
Oversized soft covered collections featuring a specific artist were between 6 and 12 USD.
The store, of course, had most substantial books, some jade and wood carvings and even had a paper cutting artist upstairs along with a collection of old books, but I have no idea about the nature of the pricing of these things compared to other stores.
If you are like me it is more a question of how much can you carry. Leave a Comment Theme: ArtDirections: On the southwest corner of where the main street of Luilichang crosses NanXinhua Jie.
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 by sunnywong
In the modern age, the street renovations and have transformed the street into an antique market that resembles a Chinese village. The shops that flank the street are filled with genuine and convincing imitation paintings, calligraphy, pottery, carpets, vases, books, scrolls and chops. All genuine antiques purchased here can be taken out of China as experts have authenticated them and certificates are available in the stores.
The street is a mixture of state-run and privately owned shops and you should definitely bargain before making purchases. There are also replicas of traditional teahouses and wineshops, as well as a Confucian restaurant for tourists to rest and enjoy Chinese cuisine Leave a Comment Theme: AntiquesDirections: located in downtown Beijing
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