With a long history and rich resources,Hangzhou boasts the reputation of City of Silk and Capital of Tea.Since ancient times numerous merchants have gathered here to build Hangzhou into a shopping Heaven. Renowned home and abroad,traditional handicrafts are not only made elaborately,but also closely follow thw latest fashion with high qualities.Adhering to their features,some noted traditional local specialties such as Hangzhou Silk,West Lake Dragon Well Tea,Wang Xingji Fans develop new products continually. The newly emerging Hangzhou style women's garment attracts people's eyes by its new,fashionable,delicate and beautiful styles.

Traditional Shopping resorts in Hangzhou are at Wulin Square and Yan'an Road,where the largest department stores,shopping centers and over 100 world-brand exclusive shops are located.Besides you cannot miss several business specialty streets and professional marketplaces where you can find distinctive and worthly bargains among an incredible variety of products.

Introduction of Local Specialties

West Lake Dragon Well Tea
With a history over 1200 years,West Lake Longjin Tea tops Chinese Ten Renowned Teas for its"green color,fragrant aroma,nice shape and sweet taste".It can be divided into five categories including Lion(Shifeng),Dragon(Longjin),Cloud(Yunqi),Tiger(Hupao) and Mei(Meijiawu), in which Shifeng is of the first grade and "Afore Tomb-Sweeping Day Tea"is the best.
West Lake Tea Shop 187 Hefang Street Bus 8,35 and 15

Wangxinji Fans
Famous as Elegant Hangzhou Fans in the Song Dynasty,Wangxingji Fans includes 15 categories in which black paper fans and sandalwood fans are the most renowned.It not only sells well in China,but also find its way into over 50 countries and regions in the world.
Wangxinji Fans Shop 203 Hefang Street Bus 8,35 and 15

Hangzhou Silk
Hangzhou has a long history in producing silk which covers 14 categories namely silk,satin,floss,slub,crape,damask silk,gauze,voile and so on.It is far sold to over 100 countries and regions. In 1926 Du Jinsheng Brocade won a golden medal at Philadelphia International Expo in America with a multicoloured brocade landscape picture.
China Silk Town Xinhua Road and Jiankang Road Bus 8,11 and 28

West Lake Silk Umbrella
Taking bamboo as frames and silk as cover,West Lake Silk Umbrella is called the flower of West Lake for its beautiful style. Now it has more than 10 categories including daily silk umbrellas,rainbow umbrellas,dancing umbrellas and acrobatics silk umbrellas,etc.
Sales Center of Paradise Umbrella 72 Middle Jianguo Road Bus 7,11 and 29

Zhang Xiaoquan Scissors
With a history of over 300 years and featured by even steel inlay,fine grinder,sharp blade,Zhang Xiaoquan Scissors enjoys high reputation home and abroad and is acknowledged as King of Chinese Scissors.
Zhang Xiaoquan Scissors Shop 2 Houshi Street(next to Hefang Street) Bus 8,38 and 814

Shopping Resorts
Specialty Streets
Xinhua Road Silk Street(China Silk Town)
Qinghefang History Street
Wulin Road Fashionable Women's Garment Street
Wushan Road Antique and Handicraft Night Fair

Large Stores
Hangzhou Mansion Shopping Center--commodities of moderate and top grades 1 Wulin Square
Zhejiang Intime Department Store--new,fashionable and youthful 530 Yan'an Road
Hangzhou Lane Crawford Store--commodities of top grade 619 Yan'an Road

Large Supermarkets
Metro 355 Genshan Road
Carrefour 135 Yan'an Road
Auchan 213 Daguan Road
Legovo 28 Desheng Road
Wumei 298 Wenyi Road
Centuray Lianhua 86 Qingchun Road

Marketplaces and Book Shops
Hangzhou International Tourist Commodities Market-- porcelain and small commodities 61 Nanfu Road
Hangzhou Folk Collection Market-- calligraphy and painting,porcelain and ancient coins 17 Yesutang Lane
Cultural Relic Supervised Product Exchange Market--jade articles,antiques,porcelain and so on 14 Yueguan Lane
Zhejiang Foreign Language Bookstore--books of Chinese and foreign languages 466 Fengqi Road
Hangzhou Qingchun Road Bookstore Shopping Center--large scale and multiple choices 217 Qingchun Road