Lijiang Shopping

As an important trade road with long history, Lijiang offers various kinds of souvenirs, among which handicrafts of the Naxi Group is very popular with tourists, such as copperware, leather and fur goods, carpets and rugs, and painted scrolls with poems written in calligraphy.

The most famous shopping center of Lijiang is Square Street, the most bustling area of the city. Various kinds of decorations and handicrafts can be found here. Some shops are owned locals while others are opened by gold diggers from other places in China. Remember to ask for discount when you go shopping in the town.

Shops in Lijiang usually open very early and stay open until around 23:00. Just like most cities in China, visitors should bargain when shopping and visitors never accept the original price.

Shops here sell various kinds of decorations and handicrafts including jewels, paper lanterns, beautiful batiks, local handicrafts such as knitted shawls of the Naxi Group and other selections of Naxi and Tibetan clothes.

The most popular items are Naxi bracelets and necklaces carved with ancient Dongba hieroglyphs. Other interesting souvenirs are local wines: U Wine's history can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty. Sulima Wine is specially prepared by Mosuo people who live northeast of Lijiang City.

All these can easily be found in the Old Town and at the shopping center in the Square Street. Li Yin (Li's Silver) sells many kinds of hand-crafted silver ornaments and Yun Cha Zhuang tea shop, on Dongda Street, features more than 40 varieties of pu-erh tea, including loose leaves in jars, packets and tins.

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As the tourist development of Lijiang is going up fast, all kinds of souvenirs are becoming more and more popular as a prove that travelers have been to this beautiful place.

In Lijiang, local crafts are colorful and quite unique. You can find Naxi bracelets and necklaces carved with ancient Dongba hieroglyphs seem popular with tourists.

Knitted shawls of the Naxi Group have been popular with female travelers for quite some time.

Other popular souvenirs include the Bunong Jixiang Bells and Naxi murals.

Square Street is in the core of Lijiang, with the entire city spreading out in all directions from that point. Most of the dwellings are structures made of brick and wood with carved doors and painted windows. In order to conserve the structures and maintain the integrity of the buildings, no motorized transport is allowed inside the city and the only wheeled vehicles permitted within the old town are bicycles and carts.

The best place to buy the exotic Bunong Bell. Belles sold here are completed designed and made by the shopkeeper.

The Jixiang Bell, known as the lucky bell, was a sacrificial utensil of the Naxi Group. If you get in Lijiang do not miss to take to your friends, also means take good luck for them.

Naxi bracelets and necklaces carved with ancient Dongba hieroglyphs seem popular with tourists. Individually designed T-shirts can be created as locals have the capacity to paint on the Dongba hieroglyphics required. All of these things can be easily found in Quick Guide Old Town at a reasonable price.

A mild wine with sweet fragrance, Sulima Wine is specially brewed by Mosuo people who live in Ninglang Yi Autonomous County, northeast of Lijiang City.

One of several traditional genuine Chinese herbs found in the Lijiang district, Snow Tea grows in wet rock or bryophyte land 4,000m to 4,200m meters high, above the snow line. Features: flavored, smells slightly bitter, freshens the heart, repels heat, improves eyesight and digestion. Treatment: treats throat pain and stomachache, reduces weight, reduces blood pressure, no adverse effects for long-term application, ideal natural health beverage. Outer packaging: Plastic-bagged, in bulk, fine-packed, or boxedInner packaging: plastic bag

Lijiang ginseng grows on the sunny and temperate banks of the Jinsha River. Studies show that it contains various medicinal elements. It has great tonic value, and is good for those who suffer from cardiovascular, stomach, and liver diseases, or diabetes. It also helps fight cancer. Visitors can pick it up at some of the local shops.

Lijiang 's Yongshen porcelain is prized in China and throughout Asia for its transparency and light, elegant colors. Many travelers now buy it as a gift or souvenir to take back home.