In the sub-tropical zone, Haikou in Hainan Province teems with tourism handicrafts, such as coconut shell carvings, pearls and crystals. Its local products, such as tropical fruit beverages, coconut food and cashew nuts, have been well received by domestic and foreign tourists.

Shopping Streets

Haixiu Avenue is the most flourishing business street in Haikou, where the region near Haikou Hotel is covered by numerous stores selling tour souvenirs. Among these stores, jewels stores, particularly decorated, mainly sell South beads, crystals and turtle shells, which are special local products of Hainan. Many special local products, such as Xinglong coffee, pepper, jaggery, horn carving and coconut shell carving, are also available. Their price will not very high, for most of these stores are direct selling stores appointed by manufacturers. Tourist can buy textile or handicrafts of Li group style to send relatives and friends in home. Dadongmen market, a seafood and dry cargo market, is your first choice to buy red striped snapper and sleeve-fish.

Featured products

Shells

Handicrafts that made of shells in different shapes and colors are tourists' favorite, which are available at basement and the ground floor of DC building located on Haixiu Road, including wind-bells, white jade shell, five-claw spiral shell, pearl shell, Tangguan spiral shell, seven-angle spiral shell, hog-ears shell, top shell and angle spiral shell. Without decorating and carving, these shells are beautiful in nature.

Pearls

In Hainan, many stores sell pearls, and qualities are in different levels. When buying pearls, tourists would better to go to large jewels stores, such as Jingrun Pearl, which is located on the opposite side of Wanghai building on Haixiu Road. A simple method to judge the quality of pearl is to rub two pearls, the smooth ones are false, and otherwise, they may be true. The profession method of judge the quality of pearl is to check its age, size, shape, color, perforation technologies, and so on. You may not control all these skills, and then you'd better to buy in credit standing stores and bargain with them. Furthermore, only seawater pearls are Hainan's special local products.

Silk Work of Li Nationality

Silk works of Li Nationality, the earliest cotton textile, has won reputation at (770—475 B.C.). It is called "Blessing shell" cloth in ancient time, and a featured multicolor cloth manually woven by Li people with cotton of kapok. This silk work features in refinement, lightness, softness and whiteness. Li silk works include: tube shirt, kerchief, lacing, belting, sheet and quilt (which is called "Aizhou quilt"). Spun, wove, dye and embroider are the four processes to produce Li silk woven works, which are usually in red, yellow, black or white. Its brightness and colorful patterns enjoy high reputation even in ancient times. The style of tube skirt is very similar to short skirt.

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