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Yangshuo Shopping
Wherever you go in Yangshuo, there are always a wide variety of handicrafts for your choice. Handicrafts can be roughly divided into paintings, cheongsam, jade articles, sculptures, ceramics, and varied sorts of national handicrafts, etc.
The distinctive West Street is a must for every visitor to Yangshuo. This street is the most prosperous district in Yangshuo. When the night falls, foreign travelers will always come to sit in the café or restaurants along the street, drinking and eating in the dim light of candles until midnight. There are about 1000000 foreign visitors every year coming here for vacations and studies, the renowned “Global Village”
There’re many interesting gadgets in Yangshuo like bracelets, rings and shawls. Some ethnic handcrafts are also worth buying, among which Yangshuo painted fans are the most famous. Besides, there are the well-known local products of Yangshuo: the Four Fruits (Shatian Shaddock, kumquat, chestnuts, and dried persimmon)
Xingping Wooden Shoes
Xingping wooden shoes are the local wooden products of Xingping, the essence of the wooden shoes production of Yangshuo. They are suitable for people to wear in a shower or relaxation, working effective against diseases like beriberi.
Yangshuo Painted Fans
Yangshuo Painted Fans are made delicately of fine materials. The paintings on them usually feature on the landscape of Guilin, animals and beautiful women and they are all drawn by the local peasant painters. They become elegant handicrafts and souvenirs by putting poetry, calligraphy, and seal cutting to make a perfect combination of Chinese traditional art.
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