Pearls

In Hainan, many stores sell pearls, and qualities are in different levels. Only seawater pearls are Hainan's special local products. When buying pearls, you would better go to large jewels stores to avoid the imitations. A simple method to judge the quality of pearl is to rub two pearls, the smooth ones are false, and otherwise, they may be true. The profession method of judge the quality of pearl is to check its age, size, shape, color, perforation technologies, and so on. You may not control all these skills, and then you'd better to buy in credit standing stores.

Shells

Handicrafts that made of shells in different shapes and colors are worth possessing, which are available at basement and the ground floor of DC building located on Haixiu Road, including wind-bells, moppet, white jade shell, noctilucence shell, five-claw spiral shell, pearl shell, pudicity spiral shell, Tangguan spiral shell, seven-angle spiral shell, hog-ears shell, top shell and angle spiral shell.

Li Brocade

This is a featured multicolor cloth manually woven by Li people with cotton of kapok. Li Silk Works include: tube shirt, kerchief, lacing, belting, sheet and quilt (which is called "Aizhou quilt"). Spun, wove, dye and embroider are the four processes to produce Li silk woven works, which are usually in red, yellow, black or white. Its brightness and colorful patterns enjoy high reputation even in ancient times. The style of tube skirt is very similar to short skirt. Li Brocade is China’s oldest cotton textile.

Coconut Shell Carving

Made of hard coconut shells, coconut shell carvings produced in Hainan fall into over 20 varieties, including tin-, silver-, sandalwood- and shell-inlaid coconut shell carvings. The products have been sold to the countries in southeastern Asia, Europe and America, Hong Kong and Macau.

Coral Potted Landscape

Corals are beautiful "flowers" in the sea. Artisans of Hainan Province create beautiful potted landscapes with corals to display picturesque scenery of nature.

Coffee 

Hainan Province is China's main producer of coffee. Every year, when coffee beans are ripe, local people harvest them timely. Then they classify coffee beans according to their quality, dry them, add cream and white sugar to coffee beans, and bake or fry them at a low fire until they are ready. Hainan coffee has its own special taste.

Coconut

As one of the special products of Hainan Province, coconuts can be made into fine coconut mash, and coconut milk, candies and oil, in addition to coconut shell carvings. Coconut milk is good cool beverage.

Mango

Mango, known as the "King of Tropical Fruit," is one of the main kinds of fruit in Hainan. Mango trees can be seen everywhere in Hainan Province.

Areca

Areca is one of the precious medicines produced in south China. Areca can help get rid of indigestion, kill parasites, pervert flow of Qi (vital energy) in the lung and stomach, and induce diuresis.

Shopping malls

Hainan First Mall
Add.: Wanghai Business City, No.8 Haixiu Road, Haikou, Hainan, China

Shengsheng Department Store
Add.: Zhujiang Square, Binhai Avenue, Haikou, Hainan, China

DC Business City
Add.: No.10 Haixiu Avenue, Haikou, Hainan, China

Yuepusheng Business Building
Add.: No.7 Haixiu Road, Haikou, Hainan, China

Shopping Streets

Haixiu Avenueis the most bustling commercial street in Haikou, where the region around Haikou Hotel is covered by numerous shops selling tour souvenirs. Among these stores, jewels stores, particularly decorated, mainly sell South beads, crystals and turtle shells, which are special local products of Hainan.

Wholesale Fruit Market is a market full of different kinds of fruit include mangos, pineapples, jackfruits, coconuts, betel nuts, pawpaw, longan and lichee, loquat, naseberry, passionflower, wampee, carambola, etc. Many of these products are local in Hainan, and are seldom found in other areas. In addition, you can try to taste civet durian, a typical tropical fruit. You will have an unforgettable experience.

Dadongmen market, a seafood and dry cargo market, is your first choice to buy red striped snapper and sleeve-fish.

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