Are different regions famous for different items?
Absolutely. Your Tour Manager can provide the best advice but here are some general guidelines: • Beijing: Clothing, pearls, jade, curios & antiques, lacquer furniture and screens. • Xian: Scale model terracotta warrior replicas, Tang Dynasty tri-colored glazed pottery, folk painting, green porcelain. • Chengdu “Panda” souvenirs, tea pots and cups, Du Fu poetry books, lacquerware, Chuanxiu embroidery, bamboo-woven porcelain. • Chongqing: Yangtze River curios, Three Gorges Dam images/maps, tea pots and cups. • Suzhou: Silk products of all kinds, pine-seed candles, green tea, mooncakes. • Tongli: Wood carvings, silk products, bridge replicas, silk lanterns. • Shanghai: Nanjing Road shops & Huaihai Road shops offering designer clothing and accessories, jade jewelry, wooden and bronze ware, calligraphy, silk embroidery. • Lhasa: Local handicrafts, thangka – or scroll paintings (look for the ones made of ‘pearl’ embroidery), incense (but check with your Tour Manager to be sure it’s safe for
