Huangshan Shopping

The most famous ink (including ink stick and ink stone) in China, Hui Ink, are native to Huangshan. Huizhou chrysanthemum is one of China's four famous chrysanthemums. And you can buy a lot of Huangshan snacks in the store, like Bamboo shoots, or nice cooking materials - Huangshan Mushrooms.

Stores in Tunxi Ancient Street which is named as a wonderful shopping place mainly deal with the elegant art wares, native products and some tourist souvenirs. Being an important center of mushroom production, Yixian has a great volume of mushrooms, including 17 varieties.

The Chinese writing brush, ink stick, ink stone and paper are known as the "Four Treasures of Chinese Study", and Anhui province can claim to be the place of origin of two of them: Xuan paper and Hui ink sticks.

She inkstone has a special artistic style with different markings resulting from geological changes with passage of time. Typical markings are Gold Star, Gold Star Patch, Gold Line, Silver Star, Silver Line, Cherry Blossom Gold Star, and Small Water Wave. More rare ones are Eyebrows, Jade Belt, Jade Belt with Gold Star, Big Water Wave, Fish Egg, Dates Kernel Eyebrows, Jade Patch, and so on.

Bamboo carving was originated from Tang dynasty,flourished in Ming dynasty, the carving began to waned in the late qing. The shunan bamboo carving processing technology was originated from 70s of last century, a group of folk artists were born carpenter, based on the unique sensitivity of natural beauty, groping to move towards the road of bamboo carving.

Bamboo shoots are grown in many places in the Yellow Mountain area, and are especially abundant in the spring. The growing conditions of Huangshan, the high rainfall and protected habitats of the mountains, make the bamboo shoots particulary tender and organic.

Being an important center of mushroom production, Yixian has a great volume of mushrooms, including 17 varieties, which are often used in the making of local cuisines. No matter when you come to Huangshan, you can be served with this featured dish of Huangshan: green vegetables with fresh local mushrooms.

Huangshan is famous for its crysanthemum tea. Huizhou in Huangshan Prefecture grows one of China's four famous chrysanthemums: the Huizhou crysanthemum. The other three are the Hangzhou white chrysanthemum, the Chu chrysanthemum and the Bo chrysanthemum.