Rizhao Shopping
Seafood is one of the most common specialties of Rizhao owing to its long seaside. You can eat many different kinds of seafood that you cannot eat in inner cities. Fresh raw seafood and experienced cooks makes you have a totally different experience of enjoying seafood. Besides, Rizhao is rich in crops and fruits because of its suitable climate and soils, abundant water resources. The fruits in Rizhao include Wulian cherry, Rizhao blueberry, Wulian Chinese chestnuts, Wulian apple. As for crops, there are Wulian peanut, Jufeng tea, Wulian eggs, Wulian mushroom and so on.
What to buy
Wulian Cherry
Wulian cherry is one kind of the most famous fruits. It is popular in around the whole country because of its unique taste. Wulian County has planted cherry trees since Song Dynasty.
Rizhao Blueberry
Rizhao blueberries largely grow in Chentong Town. It has its special taste, which makes Rizhao to be regarded as “the Hometown of Blueberry”. Blueberry is rich in nutrients and it has the function of preventing us from illness. Eating blueberry will help us protect our eyesight, strengthen our heart, improve our immune system.
Juxian Danshen
Danshen is planted in most cities of China. But only Juxian Danshen is popular all over the country and is sold to other cities. Due to suitable climate and soils, abundant water resources, Juxian Danshen is better in quality than other places of China. Danshen is a kind of Chinese medicine which is good for people’s health.
Where to buy
Andongwei Seafood Trading Market
It is located at the junction of Guanhai Road and Andongwei Road in Lanshan District. It borders the Yellow Sea and Lanshan port to the east, Pinlan Railway to the north, G204 to the west and Lianyungang to the south across the Yellow Sea. Andongwei Seafood City is the largest seafood market of China. There you could buy all kinds of seafood, like conch, crab, salmon, trout, eels, mussels, etc.
Shijiu Seafood Market
It is located on No. 82 Haibiner Road, Donggang District. If you would like to go there, you can take bus No. 1, 5 or 12. It opens from 5 o’clock to 20 o’clock. It provides variety of seafood, but the seafood price of Shijiu Seafood Market is higher than that of other markets.
Rizhao Department Store
It is located on No. 46 Zhengyang Road, Donggang District. It is a comprehensive shopping mall, selling seafood, home appliances, clothing, jewelry and so on. The price of these goods is high. More importantly, the traffic is heavy and it is difficult to park on weekends and holidays.
