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What souvenirs should I bring back to Beijing?

The 25 most worthy souvenirs for you to take away from Beijing

Things for the elderly

Things to wear on your head

1. Sheng Xifu's sheepskin hat is 260 yuan/head

Where to find it: Sheng Xifu, No. 196 Wangfujing Street, Dongcheng District

What he is wearing

2. Rui Fenxiang's long robe and mandarin jacket costs 480 yuan to 2,500 yuan/piece

Where to find it: Ruifuxiang, No. 190 Wangfujing Street

It is stepped on

3. Neiliansheng’s cloth shoes range from 160 yuan to 700 yuan per pair

Where to find them: Neiliansheng, No. 34, Dashilan Street, Qianmen (6301 4863)

Orally

4. Tongrentang’s tonics

From Beijing-made Niuhuang Jiedu Tablets (22 yuan/box), one of Tongrentang’s top ten famous medicines, to tonics worth tens of thousands of yuan. Tongrentang pearl powder at 238 yuan/box and supplements at the same price are popular gifts.

Where to find it: Beijing Tongrentang Wangfujing Pharmacy

Price in a cup

5. Old Beijing Scented Tea

Where to find it It: Wu Yutai Beixinqiao Main Store, No. 44 Dongsi North Street, Dongcheng District

Hung in the house

6. Fu Lu Shou lacquer plate Chinese knot 458 yuan/piece

For children

Let the children see the Barbie dolls and Transformers of old Beijing!

Old Beijing, gadgets

7. Rabbit Yeer

Where to find it: A Little Light, No. 80 Nanluogu Lane

8. Hairy Monkey

Where to find it: Beijing Xinhua Bookstore Gulou Branch

9. Siheyuan Puzzle 40 yuan/piece

Based on the old Beijing Siheyuan puzzle The finished puzzle is a good gift for older children. The disadvantage is that it is not small in size and is not convenient to carry.

Where to find it: Beijing Xinhua Bookstore Gulou Store

10. Fuwa spherical puzzle 290 yuan/set

Where to find it: Olympic licensed merchandise retail store Oriental Xintiandi Store, West Gate of Oriental Xintiandi Shopping Mall, No. 200 Wangfujing Street, Dongcheng District

Old Beijing childhood on your feet

11. Beijing style cloth tiger shoes 48 yuan/pair

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Where to find it: Neiliansheng, No. 34 Dashilan Street, Qianmen, brought to young people

Beijing’s “guide”

12. Xingmu Water Pipe Lamp 48 yuan-120 yuan/piece

Where to find it: Xingmu Store, No. 35 Nanluogu Lane

13. Old Beijing paper-cuts 1 yuan-100 yuan/piece

All the paper-cuts in this high-quality and cheap old Beijing paper-cutting shop in the alley are hand-carved by the shop owner. The exquisiteness exudes Beijing’s unique simplicity and vicissitudes. Compared with the reserved ones in Baigongfang and Craft Building, Similar ornaments have more vitality. As a formal gift, we recommend the large-scale old Beijing street scene paper-cuts hanging on the wall (about 100 yuan/piece) and the 1-yuan paper-cut series known as the “lowest price in the world.”

Where to find it: Old Beijing Paper-cutting Shop, No. 110 Nanluogu Lane

14. Old Beijing Clay Figurine Painted Sculpture 10-100 Yuan

Clay figurine doll here In recent years, they have been highly praised by foreign youths. Compared with the exaggerated modern cartoon dolls, the old Beijing clay figurine sculptures are nostalgic and return to nature.

Where to find it: Clay Figure Zhang, Floor B1, Xindong’an Market, No. 138 Wangfujing Street, Dongcheng District

15. Old Beijing architectural model series 140-220 yuan/piece

Whether it is a series of models of Beijing's "Gate" and "Siheyuan" or models of daily life scenes in old Beijing, they are all very popular souvenirs in recent years. They are made of rubber and are palm-sized. Recommended series of life scenes, such as fried dough sticks in the alley, children placing flowers under the wall, etc., are lifelike. Among all souvenirs, this is the only gadget that makes daily life in old Beijing not only visible, but also tangible. Compared with the average price of about 200 yuan in Gongmei Building, I recommend similar products in Nanluoguxiang and Houhai areas for more than 100 yuan.

Where to find it: A little light, No. 80 Nanluogu Lane, Beijing

Beijing time on small pieces of paper

16. "Demolition" series of photographic postcards approx. 15 yuan

A southern gay man named Kuang Han is obsessed with old Beijing hutongs. He took more than 3,000 photos of Beijing hutongs facing demolition and made a book with the theme of "demolition" (5-15 yuan) , bookmarks, postcard series. It is recommended that literary and artistic young people buy a set to take home as a souvenir.

Where to find it: ARUYO, No. 44 Nanluogu Lane (6400 3383)

.Old Beijing pattern poker and postcards, photo series 15-85 yuan/box

If you must stuff an old Beijing-style paper product in your souvenir luggage, then we recommend the high-quality and low-priced old Beijing Hutongs and Siheyuan photo pokers (15 yuan/box) from Panjiayuan Flea Market You can bargain down to about 8 yuan.

In addition, there is also a scroll-style photo of Beijing in a paper tube which is quite interesting (85 yuan/box).

Where to find it: Panjiayuan Flea Market, No. 18 Huawei Lane, Panjiayuan Road, Chaoyang District

18. Band-Aid Beijing Elements T-shirt 98 yuan/piece

< p> Subway tickets, house numbers of old houses, and “taxi 1.2 yuan/km” price tags are very familiar objects to contemporary Beijingers. They are the new symbols of Beijing that are no less precious than those treasured by our ancestors. It is recommended that taxis cost 1.2 yuan/km, Kung Pao Chicken T-shirt (98 yuan/piece).

Where to find it: Band-Aid 8, No. 61, Nanluogu Lane

19. Passenger T-shirt 90-150 yuan/piece

Where to find it: "Guoke" Cultural Store, No. 108 Nanluogu Lane, Dongzhimen, south of the Central Academy of Drama

20.GRIFTED Peking Opera style Tsing Yi hand puppets 199 yuan/piece

GRIFTED, No. 32 Nanluogu Lane< /p>

For middle-aged people

Gifts for fathers and mothers should be practical, and the ones they wear on their bodies and use in their hands will please them the most.

For mothers

21. Beijing embroidery silk scarf 598 yuan/piece

Jin Xin Jing embroidery shop, No. 1, Fuxiang Alley, Nanluogu Lane

22. Customized handmade Beijing embroidery cheongsam

23. Xing Lanxiang’s utensils cost 50-200 yuan/piece

Where to find it: Jingcheng Baigongfang, Beijing Gongmei Building Stall on the second floor; Material Shop, No. 12, Guangming Road B, Chongwen District, Beijing, Chongwen District

For dads

24. Beijing Tooth Carving

Tooth Carving Counter, Third floor of Gongmei Building, Wangfujing, Beijing

25. Wang Mazi’s scissors