Shopping in Shanghai

Shanghai is China's number one shopping destination. Famed for its name-brand boutiques, Shanghai has something for everyone. Shanghai has some of the best department stores in China. Local supermarkets are in almost every residential area and often stock many Western food items.

Shopping in Shanghai is different from shopping in Hong Kong or New York, since not only famous brand name fashions are available, but also many local products that cannot be found anywhere else.   Here we offer useful information about where to shop and what to buy in Shanghai.

- The famous Nanjing Road, known as China's number-one shopping street offers a seemingly endless variety of modern fashions, electronics, and accessories.

- Equally as famous, Huaihai Road is celebrated for its elegance. Featuring name-brand designer boutiques, it is a shopper's paradise for lovers of modern fashion. 

- North Sichuan Road offers a huge variety of good, inexpensive merchandise, and the Middle Tibet Road is the place to buy local snacks, arts, and crafts.

- For lovers of jewelry, the Yuyuan Shopping City is the place to go.

Shopping in Shanghai

Shanghai Best Buy - What to buy?

Embroidered Silk

Silk is one of the oldest known textile fibers and, according to Chinese tradition, was used as long ago as the 27th century BC.

- The silkworm moth was originally a native of China, and for about 30 centuries, the gathering and weaving of silk was a secret process known only to the Chinese. Among the best buys in Shanghai, the most famous is Shanghai's embroidered silk. Shanghai is one of China's most imported locations for silk production and export. China Odyssey recommends you buy a tailor-made Qi Pao which is made of Silk in Shanghai. Frankly speaking, the best-tailored Chinese Qipao always comes from Shanghai.

Porcelain

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Shanghai Jingde Zhen Porcelain Artware, is an excellent selection of some of China's most prized ceramic creations, produced by factories and artisans in nearby Jingde Zhen. Vases, plates, cups, and hardware are expensive here, but the quality is high, and the reputation is good. 10 am to 10 pm. Jingdezhen classical porcelain is unlike any other clay. Westerners have described its properties as like throwing cottage cheese. The first porcelain of the late 10th century Song Dynasty consisted of one ingredient, china stone felspar, petunia in the local dialect. The rock was ground into a paste by water-powered hammer mills, a practice still in use today.Shanghai Museum, where some of the best porcelain is on offer. Most of them are curious about the world. In some big department stores, you may find porcelain made in Jingdezhen.

Ivory Carvings

Shanghai Ivory Carvings, highly praised “Oriental Bright Pearl”, and “Chinese Distillate” are famous for their abundance of themes, vivid visualization, and exquisite technics. Its magnum opus is White Snail Girl, Mussel, Eighteen Arhats fight with Roc, Dragon Boat, Spring Scape, and so on. For its small bulk and no depigmentation, the Ivory Carvings are the ideal souvenirs for tourists. 

Shopping in Shanghai

Shanghai Shopping Centers - Where to shop?

Shanghai has numerous shopping streets, but four of them stand out more than the others for their excellent merchandise.

Nanjing Xi Road:

- No.1 Commercial Street in China,1200 meters long 

- Centuries-old shops, specialized shops, and modern malls

Huaihai Road

- It features famous name designer brands from all over the world.

Shopping in Shanghai

Xin Tian Di 

- Morden Life of Shanghai is originally from this fashion area.

North Sichuan Road

- Good inexpensive merchandise

- The first choice of ordinary people

The Middle Tibet Road

- A place to buy local food and local arts and crafts

( There are many other shopping streets in Shanghai available. For small souvenirs and inexpensive clothing, the Hong Kong Famous Shops Street and the Dimei Shopping Center are the perfect place. In these locations, bartering is expected, and the price given is usually twice as much as will be expected by the shop owners.)

Yuyuan Shopping area

- The venue deals in specialized Chinese arts and crafts ranging from small articles, local crafts, jade wares and gold and silver jewelry.

Xujiahui

- Newly-established shopping and entertainment plaza

-Consists of large stores where tourists can obtain both costly and mid-range priced goods.

New Shanghai Shopping Areas

- Offers the best facilities and amenities 
- Located in the middle of Pudong Lujiazui Finance and Trade Area 

- Surrounded by a variety of retail outlets 

Jiali Sleepless Areas

,p>- A flourishing commercial area

- Facing the Shanghai Railway Station

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