Weifang Shopping
Shopping is available in everywhere, but people could not always buy all the things in one place because everywhere has its own specialties, and this could be one important reason that drives some people to go out widely. Furthermore, specialties reflect culture, climate, geography, etc. of one place. And people could welcome more new things as well. Therefore, we have some recommended Weifang specialties or souvenirs you could refer to and places that you could buy things. Hope these information could be helpful in your Weifang shopping.
What to Buy
Kites
As a place known as the world’s kite capital and with a long history of kite culture, what tourists are recommended to bus as souvenirs are kites. You could buy all sorts for kites here.
Painting
Annual Board of Yangjiabu, one of the three most famous Chinese folk paintings in history, sees a long history which could be traced back to the end of the Ming Dynasty. It is a splendid souvenir which has profound culture.
Gaomi Papercutting
Papercutting, the art of cutting paper designs, has a long history in Gaomi city. This widespread handicraft has unique styles, such as strong contrast in color, straight and simple line and exaggerated outline. The characters mostly come from the dramatic stories, flowers and birds, as well as some fantastic symbols. In in December 2006, it was listed in the first patch of Shandong provincial intangible cultural heritage list.
Zhucheng Green Tea
Zhucheng Green Tea is a specialty in Weifang as well as in Shandong, and it is also a China national geographic indication product. Weifang’s tea planting could be traced back to Yuan Dynasty. Its green tea has been experienced long-term cultivation and breeding, which makes it a successful product and souvenir.
Qingzhou Muskmelon
Qingzhou happens to situate in the junction of the Taiyi Mountain Chain and Bohai Alluvial Plain which is favorable for melon planting. Also, the beach place enjoys strong light, high temperature in daytime, which could promote the photosynthesis of the melon. During night, low temperature and slow leaves respiration make melons accumulate nutrients. Therefore, Qingzhou muskmelons enjoy high quality and good harvests, which leads it an excellent local specialty.
Yangkou Salted Crab
With the development of history and the continuous progress of industrialization, many other methods of modern processing like refrigeration, air drying, vacuum packaging, etc. have greatly improved the freshness of aquatic products. However, the use of old pickled method has made it being favored by customers. As one of the specialties in Shouguang, Yangkou salted crabs have been sold around the county. Yangkou salted crabs are easy to be taken away so that they are food gifts for tourists.
Shibuzi Cherry
In 1996, Shibuzi became the hometown of cherry in China. In 2003, the cherries won gold award in a exposition fair, and at the same year, the planting base here was named as a demonstration area. There is a large area of cherry planting and diverse kinds of cherries could be found. All kinds of cherry products have been sold to many places.
Qingzhou Dried Persimmon
Qingzhou has a long history of persimmon planting. According the land features here, suitable sorts of persimmon have been planted successfully. Various persimmon products have been started for long, especially dried persimmon which has been exported to Japan and South Korea over 100 years ago.
There are lots of local specialties in Weifang, in addition to above listed things, you could also buy many other specialties like radishes in Weixian, prawns in Changyi, watermelons in Changle, nectarines in Qinghzou, garlic in Anqiu, carving products, embroidery, etc.
Where to Buy
There are a lot of shopping centers you could go shopping and buy varying things you want. Here are some of them.
Taihuacheng
It lies on No.360 Dongfengdong Street. It is said that Taihuacheng
Is the most complete and biggest shopping center which integrates all sorts of products. Shopping and amusement are available here.
Wanda Plaza
It lies on Yuanfei Road. Wanda Plaza is a large shopping center which gathers places to eat, shop, see movies, etc. You could take buses to easily get there.
Kaide Square
It lies on No.7819, Dongfengdong Street. With good environment and a variety of shops and restaurants, you could buy lots of things here.
Gude Square
It lies on No.4369, Fushoudong Street and works from Monday to Sunday. Restaurants, cinemas, KTV, supermarkets, shops of all levels are all available here.
Yinzuo Shopping Mall
It lies on No.4000, Shenglidongjie Street. It is a large shopping mall which provides all kinds of products with good prices and fine environment.
