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What should I buy for a trip to Zhouzhuang? Zhouzhuang is recommended as a tourist shopping feature.

Zhouzhuang people are ingenious and have developed many high-level traditional crafts in the past 900 years. Zhouzhuang Bamboo Weaving and Zhuanglu are representative works. Specialty Zhuanglu: The bronze stoves produced in Zhouzhuang are praised by people for their exquisite craftsmanship and diverse colors. He won the prize at the Nanyang missionary alliance and enjoyed the reputation of "Zhuanglu". Its shapes are drum, square, hexagon and octagon. The lid and the upper part of the furnace body are engraved with moire, flowers, insects and birds, which are called utensils. They are really exquisite handicrafts. Bamboo weaving: Zhouzhuang bamboo weaving has a long history. In the Qing dynasty, bamboo weaving was formed in the north of Zhenbei, making baskets, dustpans, reeds, plaques, couches, barrels, mats, baskets and other production and living appliances. Zhouzhuang bamboo weaving is fine, durable and famous in four townships and eight neighbors. In order to cooperate with the development of tourism, small, exquisite and practical bamboo handicrafts are favored by tourists. Wansan Liquor: Zhouzhuang is rich in rice, and the brewing industry is very developed, among which liquor is the best. Steam the new glutinous rice into rice, add medicinal liquor and put it in a jar. When it becomes fermented wine, filter out the distiller's grains, add river water and store it in the jar, and then put the jar against the wall. A month later, it became "clear against the wall", with clear color and delicious taste. Comb Art: On the ancient "Cultural Street" in Zhenfeng Street, next to the mysterious building opposite Jubaoxuan, you can see the process of making various combs, semi-finished products in production, and artistic combs of different materials. Home-made cloth: You can see various home-made cloth workshops and a demonstration of spinning and weaving technology on the spot near the source of the procedural road in Zhenfeng Street Scenic Area of Zhouzhuang. At the same time, you can also buy all kinds of finished cloth and homespun to make all kinds of clothes. Zhouzhuang cloth shoes: Cloth shoes are breathable, comfortable to wear and feel like stepping on the ground. More and more people are willing to return to nature, wear a pair of cloth shoes, and put them on at rest to feel a kind of "rustic" comfort. Cloth shoes are sometimes sold in street stalls in the city, but most of them are not made of thousands of layers. After wearing for a few days, Zhouzhuang cloth shoes are absolutely authentic. Teapot: The teapot in Zhouzhuang is also very unique. Teapots in other places are mostly made of ceramics, while teapots in Zhouzhuang are made of stone carvings. The relief on the teapot wall is vivid and rich in image. Friends who are good at tea should not miss it. As the representative of Jiangnan water town, Suzhou embroidery, pearls and other Jiangnan specialties can also be seen everywhere here. Buy more decorative paintings depicting the beautiful scenery of the four seasons in the water town, with small and exquisite frames, and you can "take" the water town home. Shopping Street Zhouzhuang Cultural Street is very lively, which can be described as a gathering place of traditional culture. On both sides of Cultural Street, there are many shops, such as teahouses and pharmacies, people who spin cotton while ironing clothes, people who weave bamboo utensils and knead dough, people who make wood and write calligraphy ... Here, tourists can relax and appreciate the traditional cultural charm that is rare in the city on weekdays.