Skip to main content

Laitai Lady Street and Flower Market

 

The Laitai Lady street and Flower Market is located outside of the eastern third ring road. Lady Street is a very popular shopping area for the lasies in Beijing.  You can find anything as you want, like fashion clothes, bags, ornaments and jewelrys.

After&nb...

 

The Laitai Lady street and Flower Market is located outside of the eastern third ring road. Lady Street is a very popular shopping area for the lasies in Beijing.  You can find anything as you want, like fashion clothes, bags, ornaments and jewelrys.

After shopping at the Lady street,   No matter do you want to buy any flower or not ,  it's really enjoy  to have a visit  of the Flower Market on its side.

Beijing local people  in order to improve the air quality in their own homes, so they buy a lot of  the fresh plants at home.  There are more local people in the market than tourist.  Rows and rows of colourful orchids, bonsai trees, cacti, varied leafy plants and etc..  Also, there are various kinds  of  cut-flowers , like roses, lotus flowers , lily  flowers and so on.

Laitai Flower Market is composed of the fresh potted plants, the  cut-flowers ,the fake flower and art stores.  The underground floor has vivid fake flowers,  modern porcelain, lamps, carpets, straw and cane products, stone carvings and some small handicrafts.
 

When you go to visit Laitai Flower Market, don't pass up the aquariums and pet stores.  You will be surprise about the chinese local people's pet at home.  They can be bird, rabbit, Golden fish, tortoise and even worms.

In the cold winter, you should have a visit of  plants greenery . It's different  feeling and experience with the tourist scenic spots.

Subway line 10, get off at Lingmaqiao Station.

Bus No.416, get off at Mai zi dian xi lu.

Convenience Stores

Chain Convenience Stores

There are a few different convenience store chains in Nanjing. There is no real noticeable difference between them in terms of the products they carry. Here’s a list of some basic categories of items found at these convenience stores.

...

Chain Convenience Stores

There are a few different convenience store chains in Nanjing. There is no real noticeable difference between them in terms of the products they carry. Here’s a list of some basic categories of items found at these convenience stores.

-Edibles such as beverages, treats, chips, etc.
-Some drug-store items such as pads and tampons.
-Beer, wine and baijiu. There are even some fairly expensive bottles of liquor there at times. Note that the beer is usually not kept cold.
-Some hot food such as meat balls on a stick and tea eggs.

Su Guo is the largest chain of convenience stores in Nanjing. They have stores that range from convenience store size to grocery store size.

A little known fact about Su Guo is that they will rent umbrellas for free! Give Su Guo a 10 yuan deposit to borrow the umbrella and they return to you the 10 yuan when you bring it back.

Holes in the Wall

Little “holes in the wall” sell beverages, alcohol, and assorted snacks and treats. A "hole in the wall’ is the often the smallest shop imaginable and are found everywhere. Most of these holes in the wall are not very busy, because Chinese people don’t trust them. However the ones next to the Nanjing University foreign students dormitory (Xiyuan) are always busy thanks to the reliable foreign customers.

There are other types of “holes in the wall” including ones that specialize in cigarettes and liquor.

International Finance Centre (IFC)

The International Finance Centre (IFC) is the second-tallest building in Hong Kong. It is composed of two structures, the 39-story One IFC and the infamous 88-story Two IFC. At night it is gothically illuminated and it is no surprise that this was one of the few actual skyscrapers to be used in the Batman film, The Dark Knight.

 

Although this is the tallest building in Hong Kong - being just slightly taller than the Peak Tower viewing gallery - there is only one slightly limited public viewpoint (basically a monetary museum with a view), which can be accessed by the front entrance via a pass provided by the security guards of the building. While the office towers provides (private) business executives with excellent facilities and professional management service, the public IFC shopping mall below presents an unbeatable shopping experience. Aside from housing some of the swankiest restaurants and bars, there are also topnotch shops selling everything from clothing and fashion accessories to beauty products and home decorations. If you seek a more cerebral experience, take in a movie at the grandiose Palace IFC, or enjoy a cup of coffee at the cinema café while reading books related to music, art and film. From time to time the IFC mall also holds exhibitions. If you have the opportunity to cook instead of eating out, visit city’super, a unique up-scale Japanese supermarket which boasts high quality groceries including cheese and wine from around the world.

How to get there: Take MTR to Central/Hong Kong Station 

Related websites:

Palace IFC Cinema

city’super Supermarket


 

Xiushui Jie Market

Xiushui Jie Market (Silk Street Market, 秀水街商场) is 5 stories and 1500 stalls of pure tourist-targeted copycat goods.  It is the replacement for the original Silk Alley Market which was located nearby.  There are too many fake brand name items here to even begin to list them. ...
Xiushui Jie Market (Silk Street Market, 秀水街商场) is 5 stories and 1500 stalls of pure tourist-targeted copycat goods.  It is the replacement for the original Silk Alley Market which was located nearby.  There are too many fake brand name items here to even begin to list them.  Copied shoes, clothes, bags, and jackets can all be found here.  Do not expect them to last nearly as long as the real versions would last.
 
The shopkeepers here are skilled at soaking every last dime possible out of their foreign guests.  They quote opening prices that are anywhere from 2 to 20 times the price that they would actually accept.  They shout and grab, pretend to be angry, and sometimes actually do get angry.  They will always look for an opportunity to tell you why it is that they will give you - and only you - a special price.  Some of them speak English or other languages and they should all speak Chinese even if it is of the Beijing “er hua (儿话)” variety.
 
 
How to Get There
 
Take subway line 1 to Yonganli (永安里) subway station.  There are also many bus routes that stop at the Yonganli stop including buses 28, 43, 120, 126 and 403.
 

Guangzhou Baima(White Horse) Clothes Market

White horse clothes market is one of the grandest and most popular among all clothes markets in Guangzhou. Enjoying convenient location on the opposite side of Guangzhou Railway Station, if fills up six stories of a ten-story office building.

The underground floor mainly ...

White horse clothes market is one of the grandest and most popular among all clothes markets in Guangzhou. Enjoying convenient location on the opposite side of Guangzhou Railway Station, if fills up six stories of a ten-story office building.

The underground floor mainly specializes in women’s shirts, skirts, pants as well as other fashion accessories with prices at about 5-100 rmb. Lots of the products offered on the basement floor of white horse clothes market are imitations, and stay away if you are not targeting at replicas.

The 1st floor, fourth and fifth also sell women’s clothes but each with their own characteristics, separated by Korean fashions. On these floors, you can find good quality there as well as many up-to-date fashion items. As to the price, the 1st floor is the cheapest while the fourth and fifth floor with prices ranging up to 500 rmb.

The second and third floors mainly specialize in women’s clothes and apparel with a focus on adults and the elderly. Most of the brands there are famous local brands.

The sixth floor is targeted at men’s clothes, covering a vast array of jeans in local and international brands.