Oriental Plaza, Shopping Mall

Address
1 Dongchang’an Jie

You could spend a day in this staggeringly large shopping mega-complex at the foot of Wangfujing Dajie. Prices might not be cheap, but window shoppers will be overjoyed. There’s a great range of shops and restaurants and the Food Court in the ... more...

Beijing Arts & Crafts Central, Arts & Crafts/Jade

Address
200 Wangfujing Dajie
Phone
+861065238747, +861065288866, +861065281621

This centrally located store (with a sign outside saying Artistic Mansion) is well known for its good selection of jade(with certificates of authenticity), jadeite, cloisonne vases, carpets and other Chinese arts and crafts.Jewellery is on the ... more...

Flower & Bird Market, Flowers & Birds

Address
Yuting Shimin Cultural Square, Chongwen District

Alive with a cornucopia of fauna and flora, this market seethes with pigeons, parrots, turtles, rabbits and all sorts of other birds, beasts and knick-knacks. You can find it off the southeast corner of the Temple of Heaven Park, just south of the ... more...

Jingdezhen Ceramic City, Ceramics

Address
277 Wangfujing Dajie
Phone
+861065124925, +861065124867

Just off Wangfujing Dajie, this huge emporium is spread over several floors with displays of well-lit ceramics from the Jingdezhen kilns. Pieces are modern, but many works on view employ traditional decorative styles and glazes, such as doucai, ... more...

Ten Fu’s Tea, Tea

Address
88 Wangfujing Dajie
Phone
+861065274613

This excellent shop has top-quality loose tea from all over China. Staff can line you up with a free tea tasting, and there are free tea ceremony demonstrations upstairs at the Dashilar branch.There is another branch at 65 Liulichang Dongjie. more...

Tong Ren Tang, Chinese Medicine

Address
24 Dazhalan Jie, Chongwen District

This famous, now international, herbal medicine shop has been pedding pills and potions since 1669. It was a royal dispensary in the Qing dynasty, and its medicines are based on secret prescriptions used by royalty. It’s claimed that the colourful ... more...

Qianmen Carpet Company, Carpet

Address
Qianmen, Chongwen District
Phone
+861067151687

This store, just north of the Tiantan Hotel, stocks a good selection of handmade carpets and prayer rugs with natural dyes from Tibet, Xinjiang and Mongolia.Prices start at around 2000 RMB. more...

Xidan Bookshop, Books

Address
17 Xichang’an Jie
Phone
+861066078477

The titles of this Beijing’s largest bookshop is largely Chinese, but there is a good range of English language titles in the basement. The gang of writers are hardly cutting edge, but there’s a smattering of modern pulp fiction. You can also find ... more...

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