China is huge, and if you are visiting, you might want to buy something for yourself, as well as something for those back home.

So where are good places to shop?

Let's start by mentioning some bad places to shop:

at the airport (expensive)

on a tour where the guide takes you into every second shop

from street hawkers who pester you

So how about better places:

local markets

handicraft shops, particularly in ethnic minority areas

in art studios and places where you can see the products made.

So what makes good gifts to buy from China?

Chopsticks, silk, ethnic stuff, Tibetan stuff, Mao posters

And how much should you pay?

Some places will have marked prices, other places you have to bargain. Work out how much you want to pay for the item, first, then start bargaining.

Baodingshan (宝顶山, also known as Mount Baoding, Precious Summit Mountain, and Summit of Treasures) is a Buddhist site in Chongqing. The site is located on a limestone outcropping at an elevation of 500 meters, fifteen kilometers north of the city of Dazu, a market town that dates to 758 CE and the city is ringed by religious sites dating from 892 to 1249 CE. Primary construction at Baodingshan took place during the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279 CE) but it remained largely unknown to the outside world until its reopening to the public in the 1980s, the earliest documented research on the site dating to 1944. The site has since been designated a World Heritage Site since 1999, falling within the collective grouping of Dazu Rock Carvings, a reference to the district in which Baodingshan is located.[3] Dazu County covers 1400 square kilometers northwest of Chongqing on the road to Chengdu. During the Song Dynasty (960–1279 CE), this area of the Chengdu plain was considered one of the wealthiest regions in China.

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Hall of Prayer for Good HarvestThe Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests is a circular building which is 32 meters (105 feet) in diameter and 38 meters (125 feet) high, sitting on a huge round white marble platform named Altar for Grain Prayers. Covering over 5,900 square meters (64,000 square feet), the altar has a height of six meters, consisting of three floors; each of which is surrounded by carved white marble railings. The stairs connecting each floor are decorated with huge relief.

The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests has three layers of eaves; each layer is covered with blue colored glaze symbolizing the heaven. The layer-by-layer eave creates an atmosphere of getting closer to heaven.