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As one of western China's major tourism-oriented provinces, Gansu has no lack of shopping specialties. Most notable include handicrafts, replicas of cultural relics, herbal plants and liquor. Most probably the best-known shopping specialty here is the "glow in the dark" stone cup, (Yeguang bei), which can be found everywhere--Lanzhou, Jiayuguan, Dunhuang and Tianshui. The best place to buy one is probably in Zhangye, thanks to the unparalleled quality of the stone excavated not far from town. Lanzhou is characterized by carving works, the most famous of
which being the Jincheng Babao Melon-skin Carvings and
the Pebble Carvings. If you are lucky
1)Bailan Melon Bailan Melon is most famous among all melon breeds in Lanzhou.Qingbaishi
Countryside in Lanzhou enjoys a great reputation for its high yield
of Bailan melons，commonly known as the Hometown of Bailan Melon.The
Bailan Melons produced in the countryside is one of the traditional
export products of Lanzhou.The breed is rich in vitamine,glair enzyme,calcium,phosphorus,iron,etc.
2)Dongguo Pear
Lanzhou Dongguo Pear is characterised by its freshly bright color,nice-looking shape,thin skin,fine pulp and moderate sourness and sweetness,enjoying a great reputation for years.The fruit is the export product of Lanzhou.Lanzhou Dongguo Pear is not only a kind of delicious fruit,but is a good treatment to cough. 3)(Ruan'er Pear)Soft Pear
Ruan'er Pear,produced in Lanzhou which is honored the City of Fruits,becomes
the most outstanding one among all kinds of pear breeds.The pear abounds
in fruit acid,malic acid,citric acid,cane sugar,glucose,etc.It has a
good curative effect on detoxifcation and stopping cough in addition
to high content of nutrition. 4）Lanzhou Vinegar People in Lanzhou, a 1,000-year-old small town in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, enjoy a quite different habit: drinking vinegar instead of tea. As a matter of fact, local people cannot go by without vinegar in their daily life: using vinegar as a kind of soft drinks to replace tea, using vinegar to entertain guests instead of alcohol and tea, and even pour vinegar in cooked rice as a tonic or health-care medicine to prevent certain diseases. Located at the foot of the Daba Mountain and by the River Jialing, a tributary of the Yangtze River, Lanzhou is home to Baoning Vinegar, one of the four brand-name vinegar products in China. 5)Lanzhou Bree Beef Noodle
Lanzhou Bree Beef Noodle is the most famous and characteristics
snack popular with common people in Lanzhou. 6)Tianshui Liangpi
Liangpi is the well-known snack of Tianshui City,almost every small restaurant and booth in Tianshui City are selling Liangpi.The snack,made of flour,is very popular in summer.It is a food that can really make you feel cool in summer. 7)Tianshui Liangfen
Tianshui Liangfen boasts its diverse varieties and flavors as well as excellent making ways.Its main materials include haricot,flour and pea.The snack is very popular with people in summer,and is also helpful to appetite. 8)Bacon Mutton
Zhangye Bacon Mutton ,enjoying a long history of hundreds years,takes high quality mutton as its material and is mixed with ginger,Snowcake Salt in Gaotai and other seasonings.It tastes sweet and delicious,and is the main food used to entertain guests by Zhangye people. |
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you may come across replica Buddha heads from the Maiji Grottoes. Those
interested in Chinese calligraphy should buy the Tao inkstone.
