Shaoxing Shopping

Shaoxing is ancient but also the modern age. In the city crowded downtown area concentrates in liberates area the road. Before, Shaoxing's commercial pattern was group four markets, namely: A liberation road and Hua Lian, country business, supply and sales as well as Chinese friendship four markets. Now, liberates the road also to start many to the expansion, increased Hangzhou Runhe the shopping center, the golden time shopping square, the spring general merchandise newly and so on, has formed new ball game which south extends expands. Liberated the road to become the shopping center land sector which Shaoxing deserved. Mentions Shaoxing the special product, the Shaoxing mildew dried vegetables may say is renowned far and near, the streets and lanes may say is can see everywhere. Bought the mildew dried vegetables not to forget again to bring back to two bottle of Shaoxing old wine, the Shaoxing old wine had more than 2,500 years history, is in the liquor high-grade goods. Also has the salty Henry hotel the aniseed-flavored beans, also has been famous far and wide along with Lu Xun Mr. writing character KongYiji. In the Shaoxing city the LuXun square opposite antique market is worth as soon as strolling extremely. The antique stone memorial arch, inside the long flagstone street, according to the water, each family's exquisite shops, may see to the plain fine antique, some years calligraphy and painting, afterwards also had postal, the coin, the card transaction market. Had the flavor also retained previously the flower-and-bird market part, all was lives the smartly little thing, disseminated the small city unique to be lively and common custom gorgeous. The Shaoxing suburbs are proliferating the very many large-scale specialized wholesale market, influence big has the Shaoxing County tan oak Qiaozhen the China lightly to spin the city, east Shengzhou's Zhejiang the clothing tie market, as well as Zhuji city nation biggest pearl market and so on.

The special product in Shaoxing

>>Maple tree bridge Chinese torreya
The Zhuji maple tree bridge Chinese torreya shell is thin, the meat is full, the pine crisp, fragrant is crisp, one of for our country rare dry fruit, in domestic and foreign enjoys the great reputation.
The fragrant Chinese torreya tree life for 400-500 year, therefore has "the longevity god tree" the name. The Chinese torreya tree result extremely is also unusual, a generation of fruit needs for two years to be able to be mature, together with dry fruit which picks, is "the torreya nucifera". Zhejiang's Chinese torreya is output most in Zhuji, but the maple tree bridge Chinese torreya output county-wide occupied most, the quality has been best, because called the maple tree the bridge was "township of the Chinese torreya". The Chinese torreya may be used as medicine, has the phlegm reduction, quenches thirst, the clear lung Run intestines. disappears function and so on hemorrhoids, the Chinese torreya fruit clothes also may drive the roundworm, when edible does not need thin to add the clothes. Moreover, fragrant Chinese torreya tree's economic value also very high, tree trunk texture compact, both bears wet and is not easy to distort, uses for to manufacture the furniture, the shipbuilding and the project construction, the quality of material excellent, its bark may withdraw the tannin. Lives the fresh Chinese torreya shell to include the citral, after the depuration may make chemistry essential oil. The Chinese torreya tree really says the whole body is a treasure. Eats the Chinese torreya to have is fastidious, on each Chinese torreya has two "the eye", eats when does not need to bite open the husk with the mouth, so long as presses "the eye" with the thumb and the index finger as soon as to press down firmly, the hard shell then cracks.

>>Guiji inkstone
Area Guiji mountainous area even water, some one kind of gorgeous wonderful stone. Its grain has resembles "the tiger grain", also has appears intermittently the green, the green pattern black clothing, the banana leaf, also has inlays the jade color stripe the jade belt, but also has presents the purple red piebald "the purple gown" and "the beautiful woman is red". Inkstone weigh-bridge makes which with this kind of stone material "Guiji inkstone". The Guiji more inkstone eliminates has the advantageous lithical condition, has the carving style. Chooses the luster and the trace, by knife skill neat, line sprightly, structure bright, the vulture generates each kind of beauty the inkslab, the design nature harmoniously, reveals very much plainly is new and strange.
More the inkstone the reason that receives the writer literati's affection, its characteristic is, uses thick Run to be exquisite, breathes as when warming the hands the cloud, grinds ink silently, the water rubs an inkstick resembles the paint, produces thick and dark ink does not damage MaoYing. Therefore, is listed as ideally "the writing-set" one.

>>Shaoxing orchid
Shaoxing is our country plants one of orchid earliest places. According to the historical records record, more than 2,400 years ago Yue emperor Goujian once has planted the orchid under the blue small piece of land surrounded by water mountain. Statistics have indicated, whole city existing blue garden more than 20, Shaoxing County accounts for above 70%. The Shaoxing County existing orchid 8,000 troughs, mainly distribute in flowing area the small piece of land surrounded by water, the Chinese bush cherry, but take flowing the small piece of land surrounded by water flower garden as to be most, has the orchid 3,000 troughs, 100 varieties. Has Chi Chung "the green cloud", is the state-level protection the rare and precious resources. Moreover like "the Song plum", "the regulation sea", "two gods plums", "the green jade covers Holland", "Jin Aosu" and so on all is in orchid's valuable thing. The Shaoxing orchid is available throughout the country each place. In the Beijing Zhongshan Park, the Shanghai botanical garden, the Hangzhou flower garden 3 specialties "the country blue garden" in all has the Shaoxing orchid variety. The Shaoxing orchid not only in domestic has the prestige, moreover also sells in distant markets country and the area and so on the Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, England, US.

>>The Shaoxing old wine
It had 2500 years history. According to "Lushih Chunchiu" records, Spring and Autumn Period Warring States time here could brew the excellent good wine. Until now, the Shaoxing north of city still saves throws the unclear wine river famously then stemming from this. When Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Shaoxing wine is listed as the high quality goods, to the Tang Song two generations, the Shaoxing old wine was more ferments fine, renowned far and near. After the founding of the nation, the Shaoxing old wine is national one of 18 big famous name wines. The Shaoxing old wine with the fine white glutinous rice, the high quality wheat is the main raw material, derives water of the advantageous warning lake to ferment but becomes. At the same time, uses the different ingredient and the fermenting method, divides the jiafan, the yuanhong, friendly ferments, fragrant variety and so on snow, flower carving, each kind of drinking utensils have its unique flavor, is drinks in the cooking wine the high quality goods, makes the seasoning with the Shaoxing old wine to boil the cooked food to be able to increase the delicacy. The shaoxing wine also is matches the clothing traditional Chinese medicine the ideal medicine to direct. The shaoxing wine exports the nearly 30 countries and the area, outside every year above the sales volume 5,000 tons, occupies our country yellow wines for sale abroad the first place.

>>Shaoxing the high-grade Shaoxing wine
It is describe and gain the name with the colored sculpture outside the wine jar, multicoloured, the pattern is magnificent, the subject matter is various, four flowers, efficacious birds' supernatural beast, historical allusion, have everything. For continue, yellow wine add captivating decoration for Shaoxing, inlay lines of unique ring of light for ancient city, mixed with Shaoxing the strong folk custom, show a conditions and customs picture scroll firing the imagination interweaving.Shaoxing the high-grade Shaoxing wine and develop from the wine of ancient daughter of our country.
As far back as Song Dynasty, the wine township Shaoxing every family and was used to make wine, whenever a household gives birth to the girl, at full moon, the best yellow wine of a wine, bottle it in the jar that the pottery is made, after sealing , imbed the underground to store. When the daughter grows up and marries, and then take out the wine of many years' standing buried from the underground, ask the local folk actor to paste up and have bright red, heavy green color outside the wine jar, writing a "like" word greatly, as the gift of marriage of sending a party to escort the bride to the groom's home, people are called "daughter's wine jar". Custom this handed down from age to age to take the place of, take the place of , develop again, become Shaoxing area marriage indispensable folk custom in being joyous.
In recent years, Shaoxing the high-grade Shaoxing wine and is being developed constantly, and is being classified as the gift of country that our government present. 1994 Shaoxing make wine head office with Shenyong and brewery make up China Shaoxing the group company of yellow wine jointly, Shaoxing the high-grade Shaoxing wine to reconstruct into the high-grade Shaoxing wine factory. At present, Shaoxing oil Ni high-grade Shaoxing wine pile mould designs and varieties reach 200 over, wine jar model grow from original big single wine jar to 8 kinds of different model, 11 kinds of different specifications. This jar all kinds of model one high-grade Shaoxing wine, strange to cheat magnificently colorful, the annual output reaches more than 50,000 jars, has opened up a magnificent prospect for Chinese yellow wine .

>>The shangyu Myrica
Rubra shangyu quartz Myrica rubra according to writen, the Shangyun County cultivation Myrica rubra had more than 2,000 years the histories, the Shangyun County horizontal pond township crystal Myrica rubra then is Zhejiang Province's famous work. The crystal Myrica rubra, the locality also called "the Baisha Myrica rubra", the luster crystal clear as the jade, the fruit rolls the circles in a big way, its tasty spirit mellow is sweet. But this kind of Myrica rubra tree cultivation is not easy, from grows seedlings, grows into a forest, large quantities of results, need to pass through 20 years. "In May the Myrica rubra full forest, initially has drawn up a value to do the gold". A crystal Myrica rubra although is far from the daughter to be expensive, but may not not eat. In this Myrica rubra includes the sugar, the calcium, the idodine, the protein, maintains livelihood the ingredient which human body and so on Uygur A, C needs. According to the ancient times medicine nationality, the Myrica rubra also had quenches thirst, promotes saliva or body fluids, the aid digestion, washes function of the stomach.

>>Shaoxing flat water gunpowder tea
Renowned at home and abroad Shao Xing flat water gunpowder tea, its contour perfectly round tightening, luster green, the fragrance is rich, prolonged bears soaks, lives by the reputation for the green pearl. Bead Lai fries the system the method to be fastidious extremely. Heats bamboo strips for writing material, rubs twists dryly, is the system bead strip important traditional process, only the dry working procedure has "fries blue two", "fries three is blue", "fries to the pot". "Fries the cauldron" and so on a set to purify the operation method. True fries the tea using this traditional method which generates non- to be ordinary, is addicted to the tea to acclaim is "the Chiangnan first tea". Can area the bad mountainous area even water; As early as is close to various counties in the Tang Dynasty place of the tea collection and distribution. Here by is rich in the bead vegetable but to become famous, thus, the person "township of the bead glory" in the even water drop strip date casts the tea, always is "the high quality goods", is one of our country main exportation famous tea.

>>Shaoxing the red wine
It is also called "the high quality Shaoxing wine", its alcohol is relatively low in density, the wine is pure and mild, less irritating, nutritious. Adopt precise white polished glutinous rice, high-quality wheat and ancient bronze mirror lake famous water raw materials, brew according to certain ink, proportion of meal. Yuan are red the wine ferments completely, there are few incomplete candies, the wine liquid is orange, transparent and shiny, have fragrant and fragrant the unique one, the wine is sweet and comfortable and a little bitter. The alcoholic content is about 16 (V/V), the total acidity is under 0.45%, belong to the doing type drinks. It is the beverage wine, and the condiments wine.

>>Shaoxing good at making wining
Have another name called "pairs of wine", the wine liquid is yellow, the sugar is relatively high, the taste is fragrant and sweet, the texture is specially dense, have unique styles. Alcohol degree is about 15 degrees that good at making wine, the total acidity, under 0.55%, the sugar is about 6%, belong to the half sweet drinks. Suck nutrition such as abundant vitamin, amino acid in the wine, the suitable children, women and the persons who drink for the first time drink. Good at make wine, Shaoxing wine, regard high-quality polished glutinous rice, the song and ancient bronze mirror lake water as raw materials, adopt the stand law to brew. It and "adds the meal wine" difference, substitute water with old wine, make wine with the wine, taste is very mellow.

>>Shaoxing silk
Shaoxing took township of the silk, as early as sees in the Spring and Autumn Period Warring States time various in the record. Meantime, Yue Wang Goujian for realizes the duplicate country great undertaking, the reward more country elders ploughs the uncultivated land and raises plants the silkworm raising, takes the silk production. To Sui and Tang dynasties, Shaoxing not only is the silkworm raising area which domestic plays again, moreover becomes in the national scope the silk main habitat. At that time "Luo" already well-known both in China and abroad, but "the Yao light micro example presents tribute the emperor as the valuable thing. Whole city existing silk industrial enterprise 226, the production by the factory silk, the spun silk, hit the filament line and various types silk fabrics quilt cover, the silk clothing, dazzling, wonderful workmanship. Shaoxing's silk product, weaves the grain by it exquisitely, feel soft, the color is bright, best-selling in domestic and foreign markets.

>>Lace
Shaoxing lace pattern is esthetically, harmoniously, rich in the local characteristic, the design is novel in design, color and luster are simple and simple and elegant, praised as "flower that proud of of China".

>>Kiln celadon ware
Shaoxing's ceramic industry well-established, "the porcelain" is more famous far and wide. Area Shaoxing, the shangyu are the Chinese porcelain place of origin. As early as in more than 2,000 years ago, here has "the dragon kiln" several hundred, burns the product has the glazed pottery and the stamped pottery, this then is "the porcelain" the predecessor. More the porcelain begins in the Chinese, developed in Tang Dynasty, is specially bright after Tang Dynasty's center, the chinaware burn technique has achieved the skillful degree. At that time, Because has created the operation law of holding the bad body in the casket earthen bowl and separating from fire, make products device shape proper, base it is thin for fetus to reduce, fetus quality fine and smooth, the glaze color is sparkling and crystal-clear. Among them is famous for "secret kiln porcelain" (celadon) most particularly. Exceed porcelain just export to a lot of countries such as Pakistani, Iranian, Egypt, Japan since the Tang Dynasty.