Shopping in Yiyang is a must-do wihle you travel in this city. Yiyang is rich in resources. It is an important production base for such agricultural products such as grain, cotton, oil, tea, pig, ramie, bamboo, and poplar. It is acknowledged as “Land of Fish and Rice in China”, “Capital of Freshwater Fish in China”, “Land of Ramie in China”, “Land of Bamboo”, etc. 

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What to buy ?
Bamboo wares, paper umbrellas, preserved eggs, hawthorn, bamboo shoot, Fu Zhuan Cha (a kind of tea brick or compressed tea)  

Yiyang Bamboo Art Objects
Yiyang's bamboo art has a long history. It produces more than 800 kinds of bamboo woven articles, bamboo carvings and bamboo ornaments, of which summer sleeping mats made of Shuizhu(a kind of bamboo named Phyllostachys heteroclada Oliver in Latin), furniture made of Xiaoyu bamboo and Yiyang paper umbrellas are the most famous.

Yiyang's preserved egg
Yiyang's preserved egg  has a history of more than 500 years. With milky-white pine bough pattern on the surface of the egg white, the egg enjoys a cool and smooth taste which is really refreshing. They are not only nutritious, delicious and mellow, but also cool, refreshing and grease-free. Preserved eggs are easy to digest and have the functions of increasing appetite, reducing blood pressure and decreasing internal heat.Frequent eating can stimulate your appetite and improve your eyesight.

Anhua Pine Needle Tea
Anhua Pine Needle Tea, one of the three famous kinds of tea in Hunan province, is made of thin and tender tealeaves in the high mountains of Anhua. It got such an interesting name from its shape of pine needles. Such tea is clear with a faint aroma, and tastes sweet and mellow.

Yiyang-brand Fragrant Glutinous Rice Cake with Sesame Seeds
Meticulously prepared with glutinous rice, sesame seeds and white sugar, Yiyang-brand Fragrant Glutinous Rice Cake with Sesame Seeds has a history of nearly 200 years. As an old famous-brand snack of China, the cake enjoys a high reputation in Central and South of Hunan.

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Where to buy ?

Yiyang Pedestrian Street
The pedestrian street, which starts from the Longzhou Road in the west, and ends in Renmin Road in the east, is a comprehensive pedestrian street. It combines shopping, leisure and recreation together and all kinds of domestic and foreign famous-brand clothes, cosmetics, and commodities can be found in the street.
Transport: Bus Nos. 7, 11, 20 and 26.

Yiyang Ancient Street
Situated in the Damatou(Large Wharf) in Yiyang, the ancient street displays ancient architecture, and includes a large central leisure square, which is an exhibition area for the folk culture and tea culture in Yiyang.
Transport: Bus Nos. 3, 7 and 18.
 

Tianrun Special Local Products
Add: 575 S. Kangfu Rd., Yiyang
Tel: (86)737-4231918

 

Xinyijia Supermarket
Add: 4 W. Yiyang Rd., Yiyang
Tel: (86)737-4382480

 

Tongxin Electrical Appliance Supermarket
Add: opposite the Heshan District Government, Yiyang
Tel: (86)737-4433621

 

Hunan Yixintai Clothing Co., Ltd.
Add: Yixintai Rd., Yiyang
Tel: (86)737-4431009

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