Shopping Tours of Famous Chinese Arts & Crafts

Beijing
Jade Factory: China is rich in its jade resource, therefore jade and its cultural impact to Chinese people and later on to Asians has been historical. Tourists will get a chance to visit Beijing Jade Carving Factory which so far is the biggest jade collection in China. Tourists will find Hundreds of thousands of precious jade, jadeites and handmade jade carvings, the raw material of which come from Northeast and Silk road area of China.

Pearl Farm: The Pearl shop in Beijing has been exhibiting a rich variety of home produced sea pearls and fresh water pearls due to both the historical reason and the modern market. Among them, the king and queen size pearls are really of precious quality. The type of Pearl Powder on sale was first contributed to Qing Dynasty Royal Family as a cosmetic, and they can be found here too.

Ming and Qing Dynasty Furniture: It is an Ancient Furniture Fair. Apart from the antique furniture, there are also a lot of newly made furniture of Ming and Qing Dynasty style to be found in the fair. Shipment is available.

Cloisonne Factory: Born in Beijing 300 years ago, cloisonne is the kind of handmade arts and crafts article used a great deal by royal family and rich families in the past. Now it is popular to every body. Tourists will take a chance to visit the workshop seeing how the beautiful articles been made with their own eyes. The gorgeous design, hand-made workmanship and tremendous types make cloisonne articles really attractive to both domestic and overseas tourists.

Suzhou
Suzhou Embroidery Institute: It is a state owned handicraft research institute. Among the products, the hand-made double-sided embroidery articles of vivid pets and flowers are really gorgeous.

Suzhou Silk Factory: The factory produces one fifth of the country's silk products. The beautifully designed silk clothes and its model show of the factory make it an real attraction to tourists. Besides, the silk quilt of different sizes are specially produced for sale here.

Hangzhou
Hangzhou Dragon Well Tea Farm: The Dragon Well Tea planted in this village was once contributed to Chinese Royal Family only. It is a famous brand of Tea in China. Through viewing the Tea Farm and the tea lecture given by the local farmer, tourists will find the stay both enjoyable and healthy.

Shanghai
Shanghai Carpet Mill: Super quality silk tapestries of all kinds and sizes are produced in Shanghai Carpet Factory. The hand-made silk tapestries of 400 to 600 knots per square inch are precious merchandises.

NOTE: Shopping Tours are available at extra cost.

TOUR OPERATOR: Citslinc International, Monterey Park, CA, has 28 years in the China tour business. The President of Citslinc, Mr. Leo Liu, will hold a pre-tour briefing in Santa Paula.