Huangshan City is the tourist base of Anhui Province. Such a tourist city is not as modern as the metropolis, but can boast of varieties of locally made goods constantly on display looking for buyers. Once you find yourself in the city, the recommended shopping places for your patronage are highlighted below.

Huangshan Tea City

It is generally agreed that China is the home of tea, and if you want to know about Chinese tea further, please log on to Chinese Tea. Mt. Huangshan is a famous tea producing area in China, tea from this area is well known overseas and Huangshan tea is famed for the quality of green-tea, such as Huangshan Maofeng is regarded as the top ten green-tea of China.

Huangshan Tea City is the largest and highest tea trade center in south Anhui Province. You can not only buy every kind of tea but can also experience tea culture first hand in tea history hall; you can have a tea taste at tasting tea hall and appreciate tea ceremony in any of the existing performance halls.

Add: No. 35 in Hehua West Road, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, China

Tunxi Ancient Shopping Street

Acquiring a total length of 1,273 meters, Tunxi Ancient Shopping Street is a well-preserved pedestrian shopping street, showing the architectural style of the Qing and Ming dynasties(1364-1912). Both sides of the street stand stores like tea houses, wine shops, bookstores and commercial shops, plus horizontal inscribed boards, flags and streams.

Famous Local Products

Bamboo Shoot

Mushroom in Yixian

Huizhou Chrysanthemum

Traditional Handicrafts

Bamboo Shoot

Bamboos are grown in many places of Yellow Mountain Area, especially when spring comes, the pointed bamboo shoots are sprouting from the earth in a thriving way in some wild places. The suitable growing condition makes the bamboo shoots grow quite tender and fresh.

Mushroom in Yixian

Being an important base of mushroom production, Yixian has a great amount of mushroom, including 17 amino acids, which are often used in making many different cuisines. No matter when you come to Huangshan, you will be served with this featured dish of Huangshan: Green Vegetable with Mushroom.

Huizhou Chrysanthemum

Huizhou in Huangshan City grows one of China's four famous chrysanthemums, the other three are Hangzhou white chrysanthemum, Chu chrysanthemum and Bo chrysanthemum.

Traditional Handicrafts

There are four treasures for scholars in ancient China, namely writing brush, ink stick, ink slab and paper. Huangshan produces excellent ink and ink slab. For tourists who are interested in ancient Chinese culture, they can buy them as souvenirs to bring home.

What's more, the weird stones, bamboo or wood carvings, paintings and furniture are also some of the best choices.

The traditional art wares of Huangshan City are the four treasures of the study, Hui (Huizhou) Ink and She (Shexian) Inkstone. Folk arts including brick carving, stone carving, wood carving and bamboo carving, also the miniature gardens of Hui style and the jumped-up bamboo articles and furniture are all characterized with and decorated with local art flavor.

Also you can buy some local specialty of mushroom, glossy ganoderma (a kind of precious Chinese medicine grow on cliff), loquat, Chinese gooseberry (a kind of popular fruit in China with abundant vitamins), tribute chrysanthemum and wild walnut. Remember to buy some dry bamboo shoot; the tine of the bamboo shoot is the best.

Tongderen State-owned Drugstore

Huangshan Branch of Shanghai Jiadeli Supermarket

Huangshan New Street Shopping Marketplace

Huangshan Suguo Super Market-bigger all-around supermarket

Tongderen State-owned Drugstore

For over 100 years, this drugstore sells Chinese herbal medicine and traditional patent medicines at wholesale or retail. The medical herbs from the store are sold to neighboring cities like Hangzhou and Shanghai. Such tonics as ginseng and edible bird's nests can be bought from the drugstore.

 Huangshan Branch of Shanghai Jiadeli Supermarket

Add: Huangshan East Road, Tunxi district, Huangshan City, Anhui Province

 Huangshan New Street Shopping Marketplace

Add: east Huangshan Middle Road, Tunxi District, Huangshan City, Anhui Province

 Huangshan Suguo Super Market-bigger all-around supermarket

Add: Qianyuan South Road, Tunxi District, Huangshan City, Anhui Province