Chengdu Shopping

The gear they sell isn't all from brands we know in the west, but if you need something like hiking shoes or jackets, they seem to have a small but decent inventory. The shop itself is small, but they seem like they know their stuff, though I didn't say much more than hello and goodbye.

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Hong Qi store is an old store which selling Sichuan special local product, for example, dired beef, preserved ham, mashrooms and a great variety of delicious foods.

What to buy: dired beef, preserved ham, mashrooms

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There are lots of shops along the famous Chun Xi Rd in downtown Chengdu.

Lots of famous brands and botiques are found along the streets. You will have to walk around and hunt for good bargains.

You can find lots of clothings, accessories, restaurants, fast food chain, supermarket, cosmetics, DVDs, VCDs all along Chun Xi Rd.

There are restaurant and fast food chains where you can have a meal and rest your feet after much shopping.

At night, the whole street is lighted up by all the neon signboard of all the streets along Chun Xi Rd.

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Well... Chengdu is a very interesting place. What CAN'T YOU find in the markets! See it for yourself - these are few pictures taken by a friend of mine at Chengdu typical market. They are pretty much everywhere...

This is a very large area and is still being built. I estimate at least 4 square blocks.

Much bigger than Nanjing St. in Shanghai or
Wangfujing in Beijing.

This night we were out for dinner and a movie.

If you have a fast food, Chinese or Western, craving this is the place to go.

Many shops selling Tibetan style souvenirs on the cultural street

What to buy: Good area to browse or to buy some interesting souvenirs, Tibetan style. You will be able to find jewellery, prayer flags, lanterns, purses, incense and much more.

What to pay: Prices Vary. May be able to bargain.

What to buy: There are a lot of printshop along the streets in China. In Chengdu my friend wanted to have his namecard printed, with his chinese name in characters. It sounded like fun to me to do my name too. It was not easy to find characters that would pronounce my name, but we came up with something similar with the help of the people at the printshop.

There are tons of paper en prints to choose from. I had one made on perfumed paper. I also had them made for my parents as gift. It is perfect, because you get them in a small box, they don't way much and they are cheap to print. Doesn't that sound like a perfect backpackers souvenir ;-) Unfortunatly I sold my house a little after I had them printed and they are all useless now, except for my name.

What to pay: Ask around a little before you order, the prices may differ quite a bit.

It was a very small antique market. We walked around and saw items like cultural revolution relics. Then we found this stall manned by a scholarly-looking young man. He was very polite and sounded very educated.

What to buy: These are thin coloured paper that are folded and cut into beautiful patterns using scissors. The complete pattern will be revealed when you unfold them. Some common patterns are flowers, horses, Chinese characters that mean good luck, etc.

What to pay: We paid 10Y for a pack of 6. We never found them so cheap and so well done anywhere else on our trip.