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The prosperous commercial block of Nanjing is mainly distributed in the city centre such as Xinjiekou, Hunan Road Taiping Road and so on. Zhujiang Street is best known for their electrical and digital products, if that is on your list of items to purchase. These places can all fulfil your shopping needs during your trip.
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Shopping Nanjing
The main mall is Nanjing New Town Plaza which is located in Nanjing, "the third district”, which is in the Longjiang business district. The Nanjing City Commercial Properties Limited invests in constructions that have previously invited well-known architects from Germany. This area covers a space of 126,000 square meters and the construction covers an area of 28 million square meters, with nearly 400 brands of specialty stores. The Plaza is the province's largest and highest grade comprehensive modern business and shopping district. Nanjing New Town Plaza, a collection of five departments, consists of a large warehouse stores, the impact Warner Theatre and a department store off the street. It also consists of plenty of restaurants and bars. The Square and Digital Professional Plaza is best known for its shopping, dining and entertainment, as well with plenty of sports, culture, social, office and living spaces which has been integrated into the business centre.
Local crafts
The local crafts of Nanjing range from different styles some of the well-known ones are the Brocade, the Gold foil products, velvet and the postiche ivory carving.
The Nanjing Brocade research institute sells the most valuable and veritable brocade. The Nanjing YuHuaTai contains something well-worth to collect like River Stones and carvings which will remind you of your trip here. Chaotian Palace also known as the antique city, Nanjin Museum and Confucius temple cultural shops are all places to go have a look. However some calligraphy products are expensive to buy to start off with but try to bargain with the clerk several times before you make your purchase.
Alongside with the shopping there is a wide variety of different foods which should be tasted and purchased when visiting here. The most popular foods which should definitely be tried are the sausages, preserved pork and stewed salt preserved duck. But before trying, make sure the food is fresh therefore you can truly appreciate the taste. What should definitely be tried are the unique peanuts and tea, you cannot come here without having a taste test. All of these products mentioned are in fact sold at the Scene gate. What should definitely be purchased are the tri-coloured glazed potteries which are sold from the Tang Dynasty shops. As well as some ancient calligraphy and vases which are sold in the older style shops are also worthy to buy.
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