Foreign-related shops in Pyongyang, north of China: Only RMB is accepted for tourists from the south. What domestic products can be repurchased?

When we travel to North Korea, we can use RMB or US dollars for shopping in North Korea. Some places can also use euros and yen. You can spend money in RMB in hotels. But the shops here don't accept coins and slightly damaged banknotes. The waiters in most foreign-related shops in North Korea can speak a few words of Chinese. Places that foreign tourists can reach, whether restaurants or bars, can be found in a corner, where Korean specialties, cosmetics or clothing are sold.

What kind of goods can Korean tourists buy when they travel to North China? With curiosity, I walked into the "foreign tourist shop" in North Korea. North Korea is a supply-oriented country, and there are few commercial activities of free trade. The Korean people also depend on the supply system for food, clothing, housing and transportation. Shops in North Korea often serve as supply stations, and many North Koreans can go to the shops with tickets to get necessities.

Traveling to North Korea is not allowed to travel freely, but only with a group tour, and the routes are arranged by North Korean tour guides in advance. If you want to shop, you need to go to a designated foreign-related store. Foreign tourists are not allowed to shop in any local store. The picture shows a shop specially prepared for foreigners on the way to visit the city. The tour guide asked everyone to have a rest, and the tourists from China got off and went shopping.

The shops here don't just go shopping. The tour guide will take us to a special tourist shop, where everything is available, including daily necessities, skin care products, cosmetics, and various souvenirs with Korean characteristics. The picture shows the "foreign tourist store" in Kaesong, North Korea. The prices of these national costumes are not cheap, ranging from 300 yuan to 1000 yuan.

Shopping in other countries, you need to exchange local currency to buy goods, but in North Korea, it is different. North Korea can shop directly in RMB. At present, the exchange rate between Korean won and RMB is about 1200: 1.

The price of cigarettes in North Korean shops ranges from 200 yuan RMB to 1 RMB. I bought two boxes of Korean cigarettes at 50 RMB each. The process of shopping in North Korea is basically the same as that in China. First, select the goods, then print the receipt and pay at the cashier.

The goods in the "foreign tourist shop" are dazzling. Shops in North Korea can't pay by credit card, only by cash. Dollar and RMB are still widely used. The picture shows that the shelves are basically tonics produced locally in North Korea, such as velvet antler, ginseng, wild Korean ginseng, Angong Niuhuang pills and so on.

North Korea's tour guides, shops, hotels and some service industries are served by many young and beautiful girls, who smile sweetly at their guests and speak with gentle and sweet voices. Every slim girl wears bright Korean national costumes or suits and skirts. Our guide Xiaojin shivered with cold when the temperature was extremely low. Asked why she didn't wear pants, she said, no, this dress is their work clothes.

The uncle of a tour group in China saw a shop selling wild Korean ginseng and learned that one box was 1000 yuan, so he told the clerk to ask for ten boxes. The clerk was shocked and went to get the goods with a shocked face. This is probably the first time he has met such a generous Chinese uncle. Grandpa and colleagues said that such a good Korean ginseng would cost more than 10,000 yuan in China. The picture shows the "foreign tourist store" in Kaesong, North Korea.

Angong Niuhuang Pill is the most popular product bought by Koreans in northern China, because it has always used rhinoceros horn, and it is said that its efficacy is guaranteed. Angong Niuhuang Pills in China are expensive, and Tongrentang's pills are more than 500 yuan each. Here is a box from 200 yuan to 600 yuan (6 capsules per small box), which is really cheap. The most bought brands are Qibu brand and Cedar brand. Personally, I suggest that the price of Cedar brand is only half that of Qibu, and it is the only stone box in North Korea that packs Angong Niuhuang Pills, with a longer shelf life. Because China Customs stipulates that only two boxes of medicines can be brought into the country, and in North Korea, at most two boxes can be brought back to China.

Compared with high-grade tonics, China tourists like it, and North Korea's tobacco and alcohol are also very popular. Commodities such as daily necessities and clothes are relatively poor and no one cares. The picture shows snacks and snacks produced by North Korea itself. The colorful packaging is very beautiful and meets international standards.

When traveling in Pyongyang, North Korea, I passed some big shops in Pyongyang. Many times, there are no customers in the store, while the store in Nuoda often has only one or two salespeople. They are so laid back that they don't need to sell anything at all.

There are many beautiful copper bowls and chopsticks in the container, and these copper bowls and chopsticks are not very expensive, so they are worth buying back as souvenirs.

In addition, suggested products that can be purchased:

1, Feng Long, the first generation of cigarettes in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. 727 cigarettes, which were produced to commemorate the armistice between North and South, were considered as the top brands in North Korea. Yalu River has fine smoke, mellow taste, elegant aroma, smooth entrance, slightly sweet aftertaste and strong comfort. Sailing cigarettes, this kind is cigar mixed cigarettes. China Customs stipulates that you can only bring two articles.

2. The best seller is Kaesong Korean ginseng, which belongs to perennial roots. Korean ginseng in Kaesong is produced in Kaesong, North Korea. Authentic Korean ginseng refers to ginseng produced in the Korean peninsula. It has a history of thousands of years in Korea. Since the Korean era, it has been widely planted and spread in Kaesong, North Korea, and is recognized as the best ginseng by the world, and is known as "the first ginseng in the world".

3. There are "Kaesong Korean ginseng wine", "Taiping wine", "Renxing wine", "Pyongyang shochu" and "Baitoushan black bean wine", each bottle is about 3,000 yuan, which is mainly used for weddings and 60th birthday banquets. "Kaesong Korean ginseng wine" is brewed by the famous spring water of Moon Terrace, the former site of Kaesong Korean Palace, so it is very popular. However, since it was exported to South Korea, it has been in short supply, and it has been produced in many places in Kaesong. There is also snake wine, a famous wine that North Korea is proud of, brewed with vipers. Although "Yang De Liquor" and "Mengshan Liquor" are local famous wines, they are considered as "famous wines" because they are produced in Pingnan Yang De and Mengshan, which are famous for their good water.