What is the most “cheap” tourist souvenir in Yunnan?

Yunnan is known as the South of the Colorful Clouds. It has beautiful natural scenery and fascinating cultural customs. Magnificent mountains, holy snow-capped mountains, pure lakes, inaccessible virgin forests, ancient towns with a long history and thousands of years of history, so many fascinating scenery have attracted countless Chinese and foreign tourists.

As more and more people travel, the number of tourists coming to Yunnan is also increasing year by year. When going out, in addition to appreciating the beautiful scenery and experiencing different ethnic customs, many people will take some tourist souvenirs home as souvenirs as souvenirs or as gifts to relatives and friends. The same is true for traveling to Yunnan. There are many unique things in Yunnan, such as flower cakes, Pu'er tea, etc. Most people will buy some to take back. In addition, there is another thing that Yunnan is very famous for, but when traveling to Yunnan, don’t buy it back. If you buy it, you will be cheated.

01 Yunnan’s most “cheating” tourist souvenirs

There are some “cheating” tourist souvenirs in tourist attractions across the country. The cost is extremely low, but the selling price is very high. Many people will also consciously avoid being cheated. Most of them are actually slightly more expensive, and even if they are cheated, the losses will not be huge. But if you are in Yunnan, you may be defrauded of thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands if you are not careful. Yunnan’s most deceptive travel souvenir is jade.

Jade has always had a very high status in China. Under the hype of many merchants, the price of jade is getting higher and higher. Yunnan is also a place rich in jade. Most tourist attractions have shops selling jade. Many people are attracted by the clear and translucent jade in the store, so they buy fake jade home at what they think is a cheap price.

02 The "routine" of Yunnan Jade

In the eyes of people who don't understand, jade is very valuable. It is for this reason that many merchants will deliberately shout out the price of jade. high. Most people don't understand the price of jade. It's easy to fall into the trap they have set long ago after listening to a seemingly professional introduction from a merchant. First they will tell you a very high price, and then they will sell it to you at a discounted price.

Most tourists will soon think that they must have made a big deal by buying it, so they spend a lot of money to buy it. However, most of these jade articles are actually very cheap. A jade article that may originally cost only 100 yuan will be sold for 10,000 yuan, or even higher. In most cases, these jade articles are just defective products and not of high value, but many tourists are still complacent about getting a bargain.

In addition to buying and selling jade in stores, there may be many vendors who will take the initiative to sell jade and exaggerate about what they have on hand, but there are basically no real good things. In addition to normal sales, there are many people who will set traps. For example, when you are looking at jade, you suddenly "accidentally" break a jade bracelet worth hundreds of thousands, and then ask you to compensate. This is actually a kind of fraud, but using psychology that most people don’t understand, many tourists will be deceived.

In short, there are too many tricks to buy jade in Yunnan. Therefore, when traveling to Yunnan, be sure not to have a bargain-hunting mentality and be fooled by merchants into buying valuable-looking jade. If you don’t understand jade at all, then don’t use jade as a tourist souvenir when traveling to Yunnan, because most of the time you will be cheated.

When traveling, the most important thing is to be happy, so when buying things, you must keep your eyes open. If you don’t understand valuable items, it is best not to buy them to avoid causing damage to your property. Huge loss.