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Antique Vintage Chinese Porcelain Blue and White Qing Dynasty Large Bowl
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Antique Chinese Hand Carved Burnt Yellow Soapstone Qing Hotei BUDDHA 46
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Antique 19th C Chinese Opium Oil Lamp with Engraved Bone Panel Qing Dynasty
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Antique c1880 Chinese Well Water Bucket Qing Dynasty Folk Art
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Fine Rare Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Celadon Nephrite Jade Rouge Box
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Fine Rare Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Celadon Nephrite Jade Waist Decoration
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Liulichang Street: a shopper's paradise

Beijing is such a shopper’s paradise, with tens of thousands of brand new stores in state-of-art buildings for residents and tourists alike. But one street in particular is right next to some of Beijing’s most famous hotels, and it keeps the style of the old.

If you’d like to shop in this place, you will be meandering around a place with a little history and a sea of antiques and traditional Chinese handicrafts. Beijing’s Liulichang Street enjoys a history that goes back to the early Ming dynasty in the 1500s, and there’s no shortage of artisans around here.

For centuries, the street remained one of Beijing’s most prosperous shopping grounds. Today people walk through Liulichang to shop for paintings, antiques, fans, jade, embroideries, tea sets, and all kinds of Chinese ethnic items.

And it is just the place you’ve been looking for to buy some unique Chinese gifts for friends and family back home!

Here are some of the shops:

Pin Hu Tang – A Good Cup of Tea Made Easy

This quaint shop at the west end of Liulichang Street is where big-time tea lovers go for authentic Yixing purple clay teapots. It’s not far from the Haige International Hotel

Yixing teapots are said to be able to improve your tea by allowing tea aromas to build up right in the walls of the pot. This all thanks to the special Yixing purple clay they use for the pots: the clay is porous and absorbent.

The clay is found nowhere but Yixing, and the shop carries a large collection of teapots made of this clay and from their own kiln. The owner himself is an accomplished Yixing teapot maker.

Most of their teapots have designs that are one of a kind. In their shop you will find every shape from nature: pumpkin, gourd, stump, castle, and so on. And you will find skillful engravings on these teapots: a scene showing harmony between man and nature, a quotation from an ancient love poem, or an auspicious animal mounting the lid to entertain your eyes…

These really are things you won’t find in your back home! No wonder numerous foreign visitors were happy to spend their dollars on the products.

Gu Miao Hua Yuan –- Pristine Beauty of Flowers Live On Your Walls

This interesting little shop is tucked away in a 600-year-old building and offers exceptional Chinese flower paintings that have found their way into the homes of many Beijingers. It is just a short ride away from the Hwa Apartment Hotel.

In the shop, you’ll find paintings of plums, orchids, chrysanthemum, as well as bamboo; they all are the work of our master - Mr. Xie.

Mr. Xie is the owner of the shop. He paints a range of flowers, but what he is best at is peony, the flower he loves the most. He’s spent more than a decade observing the flower so as to create works that are true to nature.

This is the fine work of potters using an ancient celadon-making technique!

At your request, Mr. Xie makes both frame and scroll works with the latter being easier to carry.

Qing Ci Lan Ting – A Lovely Touch To Your Home

This interesting little shop with an old-fashioned façade carries a large collection of celadon products made in Longquan, a southern Chinese town knows as the hometown of celadon.

There you will be fond of a selection of products with designs found nowhere outside of China. For instance, a bowl bears engraving of a special type of fish that are unique to a small river in Longquan. Another teapot is crafted into the shape of river snail. It looks so real that you wouldn’t recognize it as a teapot at first glance!

In fact, there is a little something for each and every home: a hat-style vase that is nice for holding roses, a pumpkin-shaped jar for placing CDs, and a lotus leaf platter for holding dishes, and so on.

You will find crack on some products. This is the fine work of potters using an ancient celadon-making technique. The body continues to crack after a celadon is done, but stands as one thanks to the glaze. The cracks only contributes to the elegance of the item.

Anyone who comes in will be served a cup of tea for free. The manager is a young, soft-spoken lady. She knows celadon quite well, and is quite generous to share her knowledge with visitors.

Chinese Antique Qing Dynasty Yong Zheng Porcelain Dish and Plate