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  • Updated By CliffClaven on June 3, 2008
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  • Suzhou Shopping
    by CliffClaven
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    They have been making fans in Suzhou since the Han dynasty – well, okay, for a long time. The frames of the folding fans are usually made of bamboo and the faces are made of silk or paper. The designs are simple but exquisite images of flowers and birds. But old Cliffie, lifelong sparrow fan, couldn't find a sparrow fan.

  • Theme: Local Craft

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    small bazaar
  • By cinthya_in_victoria on December 24, 2007
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  • Suzhou Shopping
    by cinthya_in_victoria
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    In town you can find a lot of little shops selling whatever you want. An excellent souce to get some souvenirs!

    Hand made craft, very cheap and beautiful.

    bargain, bargain, bargain!!!!!

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    Hotel shops or online: Exquisite double embroidery
  • By iclee on December 24, 2007
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  • Art attack - Suzhou
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    by iclee
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    A small shop at the basement of Sheraton Suzhou sells double sided embroidery. I sincerely wanted a big room divider but it costs thousands and normally comes framed so transporting it back to Manila would be a feat.

    Try online shops but the process of actual selection is a feast for the senses.

    Double sided embroidery. Silk trinkets sold for less than RMB1 when I bought some in HKG for HKG5 each. :(

    Things are generally cheaper in Suzhou than in Shanghai or HKG.

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    Wang Xing Ji: Wang Xing Ji - Chinese traditional fan
  • By yangzhigong on August 16, 2007
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    Chinese traditional fan is a kind of art, Wang Xing Ji is one of the most famous brand of fan. Buy some fans and bring them back as gift for your friends, I like the design which with black colour on background and white handwriting on the front.

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    tens to thousands RMBs for a fan

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    Hundreds of shops: Cheap quality wedding dresses
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  • By Museeuw on January 16, 2007
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  • Suzhou Shopping
    by Museeuw
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    In Suzhou you have a whole area with only shops for wedding dresses. I didn't count them but I think there are between 100 and 200 shops there. A real dream for women (or a nightmare for indecisive women). :-)
    Apparently most women from Shanghai go to buy their wedding dress in this area. The dresses are twice as cheap as in Shanghai.
    Another important point: they do some corrections (make longer, shorter, wider, thinner) on your dress in 1 or 2 hours.
    One thing you have to be careful for: I heard that the shops sometimes charge higher for foreign customers.

    In 2004, my wife bought a stunning (see picture) wedding dress for 40 euro.

  • Theme: Women's Clothes
  • Address: In the Hu Qiu area.
  • Directions: On the way to the Hu Qiu parc.

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    Cai Zhi Zhai: Suzhou local sweets and foodstuff
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  • By chatterley on December 20, 2006
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  • Guanqian Street - Suzhou
    Guanqian Street
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    The shop Cai Zhi Zhai was established in 1870, during the reign of Emperor Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty. It specializes in producing Suzhou foodstuff eg. sweets, cakes, preserved foods etc. The philosophy of the shop is the old ancient Chinese belief of eating healthy (ie. consuming food with medical benefits).

    We bought "Bei Mu Gong Tang" - a kind of sweetened cough drops made with medicinal herbs. My friends had bought a packet of these sweets for me, and it was really quite good for soothing sore throats and coughing. Each packet has 12 individually wrapped sweets inside. It is said that the Empress Dowager Cixi had also taken these sweets, and recovered from a persistent cough she was suffering from.

    2 RMB for a packet

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  • Address: 91 Guanqian Street Suzhou
  • Phone: 0512-65223388

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    Jade Craft
  • By yirutang on May 30, 2006
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  • Suzhou is also famous for Jade Craft, but it is quite hard to give advices on how to buy one. It is usually quite difficult for people to judge between good jade and bad jade so it is very likely you will get cheated and end up buying something not worth the money.

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    Suzhou Embroidery
  • By yirutang on May 30, 2006
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  • Suzhou is famous for its embroidery. Double-face embrodery is an embordery that have same or different view on both side of cloth.
    Really good embroidery is very expensive because it is both an art and labour consuming craft.

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    Suzhou Silk Factory: Suzhou Silk Factory
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  • By walkpass on May 23, 2006
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  • The Shop is a part of the silk processing factory. The shopping area is divided into 3 parts: bed linen selling quilts and covers; silk decorative items and finally a section selling clothings.

    Was recommended to buy the silk quilt, costing RMB400. The cover for the quilt ranges from RMB 760 (one side silk, the other cotton) to RMB2000 (both sides silk). Move on to other sections of the shop/factory to get the silk clothings. The clothing section is considerably huge.

    For silk products, you can expect the prices to be quite high. The tour guide will tell you that the silk sold here is 100% authenticate while those outside may not be. I am not experienced enough to judge however.

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    Xinhua Book store
  • By snuggie on February 4, 2006
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    Xinhua book store is one of the biggest bookstore in Guan Xian Street.You can find lots of chinese books in it & the prices are very cheap.

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