Qinghefang Cultural Street

The history of Qinghefang Street can be dated back to Southern Song Dynasty, and it became prosperity since Qing Dynasty. This street can be taken as one of the oldest streets in Hangzhou. The well-preserved ancient architectures only can be found in this commercial street. This street is easily reached, it is only 10 minutes by walk from West Lake Scenic area.There are many old-brand shops along the street, which attract most of the tourists, such as Baohetang Traditional Chinese Medicines Shop, Yuqingtan Traditional Chinese Medicines Shop, Yafengtan Shop, Rongbaozhai Shop, Yafengtang Store, Huichuntang Store, as well as many traditional stores selling snacks, exquisite carving items, silk and other handmade products.

Wulin Shopping Street

Wulin Road, close to the West Lake, covers 1650 meters. It is adjacent to Hubin commerce and trade area, creating an encircled shopping and leisure atmosphere. It is a characteristic commercial street in Hangzhou which perfectly integrated shopping, entertainment, tourism, and leisure together. Nearby in the Wulin Square, it is a large number of upscale shopping venues and top-end department stores.

Yan An Road

Yan’an Road is a commercial center rather than a shopping district. Walk in this street, you can not only do some shopping with your friends, but also experience a Hangzhou nightlife in those grand buildings including the Zhejiang People’s Provincial Great Hall, Hangzhou Culture Center, Victory Theatre, International Mansion, Hangzhou Department Store, Hangzhou Grand Hotel, and Haifeng Western Restaurant. Bordering the north end of Yanan Road is Wulin Square, there are quite a lot of shopping malls along the street, such as, Hangzhou Tower Shopping City, Intime Department Store, Hangzhou Department Store, GDA Plaza, Zhongyin Mall, Jie Bai Mall, Lixing Plaze, Yuanhua Shopping Mall, Carrefour Supermarket, etc.

Hangzhou Longjing Tea

If you leave Hangzhou without a packet of Dragon Well (Longjing) Tea, you may not experience a complete tour in this city. Dragon Well Tea, as an important part of Hangzhou culture, expresses the living attitude of locals as well as the Chinese people. Longjing Tea (Dragon Well Tea) is famous for its unique green color, fragrant aroma, sweet taste and flat appearance, and it is usually regarded as a health elixir, which is quite popular throughout China.There are many tea franchised stores in some large shopping mall in Hangzhou, where sells authentic Long Jing tea products. But to find the best Long Jing tea in Hangzhou, you should go to Longjing Tea Village or Meijiawu Tea Plantation, where produce the best tea there, but the price is also high, so be careful to be ripped off. 

Hangzhou Silk

Hangzhou silk has a long history as more than 4,000 years, featuring gentle texture, gorgeous colors and wide varieties. The silk produced in Hangzhou has 14 varieties, including satin, spin, crepe, damask silk and silk fabric. There a number of famous brands such as Great Wall, Xidebao, Wanshili and Kaidi. For silk with special interests, you can go to the old silk shop "Du Jinsheng" to buy.

Wang Xingji Fan

Wang Xingji Fan is a traditional handicraft in Hangzhou. It has a long history as more than 100 years, and it is called "three productions of Hangzhou" with Longjing tea and silk. Because he was a tribute to the royal family, he was praised as a "tribute fan." The fan is exquisite and has a lot of varieties. It is a good choice as gift.