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Where to shop
Above shopping items are available everywhere
in Hainan. Still it is suggested to shop in the bigger-scaled markets
for avoiding counterfeit junks. Hotel shopping centers or shopping
lunge in the airport are ideal shopping place also for a complete
collection of goods, while the price there is usually higher. |
Coconut
Coconut is a mass product of Hainan and peculiar in China. Seems coconut
trees everywhere in this tropic island and they're really impressing
especially on the sand beaches in the dawn or  in
front of the setting sun or even waving under the dizzy noon sunshine.
Anyway agriculturists will tell you coconut trees in Hainan are distributed
mainly in the eastern part of the island.
Coconut has been billed as the "soft drink on tree top", a very refreshing
drink. Stewed chicken with coconut meat is a favorite Hainan cuisine.
The outer fiber coat of coconut is good water-resistant material,
which can ideally be used to make rope, brush, carpet or bed mattress.
Coconut juice can be used to make candy and to brew wine. |
| Coffee |
Hainan island is a major place
for coffee production in China. Furtherly saying, Wanning
City and Chenmai County are main coffee home in the island.
Raw beans, roughly-pulverized coffee powder or instant
coffee are for your choice. However, they use coconut
milk to be mixed with coffee powder and sugar, really
a different stuff worth your try though. Remember the
best brand is Lishen.
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| Mango |
Mango is labeled as the "king of tropical fruits", one
of the major fruit products in Hainan Island, and has
been planted prosperously over the southwest part of the
island.
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| Coconut Shell Sculpture |
| The hard shell of coconut can be used for sculpturing.
Monkey, old man, maid or little girl are what being mostly
resembled with the sculptures. Really lovely stuff. |
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 Lingshui
Pearls
"Western pearls are not better than those of
the eastern, while eastern pearls are not better than those of the
southern", as the saying goes, the southern pearl here refers to Hainan
Lingshui Pearl. It is well known for its high quality in this country.
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