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Boasting
more than 20 professional craft workshops and over ten thousand skilled
workers, Nanjing produces various kinds of handicrafts. Among the
different goods  produced
are the: cloud-pattern brocade, velvet, imitations of ancient ivory
carving and wood carvings.
The Rain Flower Pebble
(yuhuashi) from the Yuhua Terrace is also a popular souvenir and
many pebbles carry a specific tale or legend with them. The best
place to buy souvenirs is in the area around Confucius Temple. Be
prepared to bargain hard however as bargaining is a local custom.
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| Nanjing
Arts and Crafts Store |
| Address : 31
Bejing Road East, Xuanwu District, Nanjing 210008 |
Tel : 7711193
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| Business line:
tapestries, porcelains, mahogany furniture, paintings and calligraphy
by famous artists, jewelry, stone carvings, jade-ware, traditional
Chinese stationery, drawn work and embroidery, cloudy-patterned
brocade, hand-made hair embroidery, and seal carvings. Services
include foreign currency exchange, credit-card purchase, international
delivery and mailing service. The store is empowered to handle
exports in small volumes and it also operates the Imperial Palace
Restaurant, which has been designated for serving international
tourists with dishes cooked in the Huaiyin-Yangzhou and Cantonese
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| Cloudy-patterned
Brocade Research Institute |
| Address : 240
Chating Street, Yuhua District, Nanjing 210017 |
Tel :
6625866
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| Nanjing cloudy-patterned
brocade goes back as early as nine hundred years ago as one
of the three treasures of Nanjing. Such brocade was made for
use in imperial palaces of various dynastic periods. As a unique
branch of silk textile industry, Nanjing cloudy-patterned brocade
is characterized by exquisite patterns and superb craftsmanship. |
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