With a long history and rich resources, Hangzhou boasts the scenic sights as well as the local products. The following will introduce 5 most famous local products of Hangzhou.
With a long history and rich resources, Hangzhou boasts the scenic sights as well as the local products. The following will introduce 5 most famous local products of Hangzhou.
West Lake Dragon Well Tea
With a history over 1200 years, West Lake Longjin Tea tops Chinese Ten Renowned Teas for its”green color, fragrant aroma, nice shape and sweet taste”. It can be divided into five categories including Lion (Shifeng), Dragon (Longjin), Cloud (Yunqi), Tiger (Hupao) and Mei (Meijiawu), in which Shifeng is of the first grade and "AforeTomb-Sweeping Day Tea" is the best.
Wangxinji Fans
Famous as Elegant Hangzhou Fans in the Song Dynasty, Wangxingji Fansincludes 15 categories in which black paper fans and sandalwood fanfares the most renowned. It not only sells well in China, but also find its way into over 50 countries and regions in the world.
Hangzhou Silk
Hangzhou has a long history in producing silk which covers 14categories namely silk, satin, floss, slub, crape, damask silk, gauze, voileand so on. It is far sold to over 100 countries and regions. In 1926 DuJinsheng Brocade won a golden medal at Philadelphia International Expoin America with a multicolored brocade landscape picture.
West Lake Silk Umbrella
Taking bamboo as frames and silk as cover, West Lake Silk Umbrella is called the flower of West Lake for its beautiful style. Now it has more than 10 categories including daily silk umbrellas, rainbow umbrellas, dancing umbrellas and acrobatics silk umbrellas, etc.
Zhang Xiaoquan Scissors
With a history of over 300 years and featured by even steel inlay, fine grinder, sharp blade, Zhang Xiaoquan Scissors enjoys high reputation home and abroad and is acknowledged as King of Chinese Scissors.