Where To Find

This page provides information on where to find various items in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Bulgaria…

**Beijing Shopping Resources**
ITEM	LOCATION OF STORE	COMMENTS
Prescription glasses	Panjiayuan – Exit of 3rd loop road - stay immediately to the right and you will see a whole arcade of shops dealing with prescription glasses, sun glasses, contact lenses, lense cleaner, etc.	from personal experience — having ordered glasses at these locations
	HongQiao Market (near the Temple of Heaven) — you can find some stalls dealing with prescription glasses as well.
	WangFuJing Street – in the first floor of the shopping mall across from the International Bookstore
ANTIQUE FURNITURE / REPLICA ANTIQUE FURNITURE:	Beijing Curio City: West of Huwei Bridge, Dongsanhuannanlu, Chaoyang District	*You have to be aware of the fact that you will not likely find any real* antiques Plus, overall you really do not want antiques anyway for many reasons, first of which is the potential trouble with exporting them when you are ready to leave**
	Hong Qiao Market: East Gate of the Temple of Heaven,
	Chaowai Furniture Warehouse: located at 43 Huawei Bei Li, Chaoyang District
	ShiChiHai Market: Back Gate of Beihai Park
	Panjiayuan Curio & Antique Market: see above on this page
	Hua Yi: Two locations: 1)89 Dongweilu, Jichangfudu, Chaoyang District 2) Jichangfudu, Beigao Exit, Chaoyang District.
	Beijing Feng Huo Lun outside of the East 4th Ring Road
	GaobeiDian
*Christmas Ornaments:*	HongQiao Market -- near TianTan – probably the best place to buy them especially if you buy large number. There are cloisonet, glass and other materials	I doubt you brought those from home in which case if you are going to have a Christmas tree and be in the country might as well look for these places to buy some…
	Silk Street on Jian Guo Men Avenue - probably pricier but then if you are buying a few ornaments only – could be the place for you
	The Ladies Street (NurenJie) Market — near the Israel Embassy near SanYuan Bridge (off the 3rd loop road)

Clothing	YaShou (雅秀市场) market near Workers' Stadium Address: 朝阳区工体北路58号	There are many options for clothes shopping in Beijing. All markets offer different types of clothes — and of course there are the big shopping malls in mutliple areas of the city, as well as the foreign department stores like WalMart and Careforre
	Wholesale Market Near Beijing Zoo
	Sunny Gold market near Lido (DaShanZi area)
Toys & Jewelry	Hong Qiao Market – near the Temple of Heaven – Tian Tan 天坛

Shanghai Shopping Resources

ITEM	LOCATION OF STORE/MARKET	COMMENTS
Antiques / Currios	Dong Tai Market — Dong Tai Road, near Xizang Nan Road (old records, photos, lanterns, porcelain, chopsticks, Mao memorabilia)	Open daily. Morning (in full swing by 9:30-10am) till sundown
	Yi Yuan area (豫园) Old Town Bazaar – Old Town Shanghai; South of Yan'an Road and the Bund;
TEA	Tian Shan Tea Market – Zhongshan Xi Road #520 (中山西录520号)	Open Daily 10am-6pm
	HuXingTing Teahouse 湖心亭 – a tea house in old Shanghai in the Yi Yuan Gardens — a good place to do some people watching	it has hardly changed since the 1800s – except for the prices of course
All Things Books, Music, etc	Shanghai Music Bookstore: No. 365, Middle Tibet Road Tel: 63223213 Shanghai Ancient Books Store: No. 424, Fuzhou Road Tel: 63223453 Shanghai Foreign Languages Bookstore: No. 390, Fuzhou Road Tel: 63223200 Shanghai Books City: No. 401, Fuzhou Road Tel: 63200651 Shanghai Fine Arts Articles Shop: No. 402, Fuzhou Road Tel: 63528706
Glasses, Swim Goggles	Shanghai International Glasses City (上海国际眼镜城) in the Zhongxing Road 1688 ( 上海市闸北区中兴路1688号国际) out in Zhabei District.	I have bought multiple pairs of glasses here
Clothing	Xiangyang Market for clothes and other new stuff. It is located at the corner of Xiangyang Lu and Huaihai Lu