No matter you are in Jiuzhaigou or Huanglong, if you are lucky you will get some particular local items such as Qiang embroidery, shading apple, Chinese herbs and Tibetan handworks. How to gain the ideal real local items? Here are the shopping tips in Jiuzhaigou.

1. You can buy some medicinal materials from Jiuzhaigou as it is a kingdom of plant. Many famous medicinal materials of Jiuzhaigou are aweto, saffron, Sichuan fritillaria and muskiness, etc. Buying the medicinal materials from Jiuzhaigou, you"d better choose them from famous or reliable drugstore or from national hold drugstores. From the reliable drugstores, you can get real medicinal materials and avoid from the fake materials. Some small shops also have these medicinal materials and they can give your cheaper price, but there is no quality guarantee for the goods. You should not desire for petty gain and at last be deceived and regretful. On the road to Jiuzhaigou, you will meet many beekeepers. What they provide is natural and sterling honey. The honey has curative effect towards lots of ailments. At the same time the honey from beekeepers is cheap in price.
2. Yak meat is also the hot products for shopping in Jiuzhaigou. Yak meat as well boasts high reputation. It gets nice aroma and together with some wild taste. If you like, you can buy some vacuum-packed cooked yak meat from large and credit standing stores or shops. Again, do not hanker after cheap prices as you may buy degenerative yak meat.
3. Tibetan flavor ornaments, Tibetan knives, Buddha beads, the "stone of God", turquoise, jade items, Irish Diamond and embroideries of Qiang minority all are inviting products for shopping in Jiuzhaigou. Buying Buddha beads, jade articles or turquoise and so on, you must pay attention to distinguish them from fake ones. Qiang embroideries are particular nice choices. They have flowery patterns and vivid, bright figures. Among all the embroidery products, Yunyun Shoes and embroidery aprons are the two most representational items. Qiang embroideries prevail in places where the Qiang Race inhabit. The embroideries are full of folk flavors. At last, you have to deliver the Tibetan knives by mailing, as they can not be checked by air.
4. When doing shopping in Jiuzhaigou, you should bargain whenever and wherever. As long as you bargain politely, you will be successful easily. If the shop keepers insist the price they offered, you might as well exert your last method-turning about to leave. It is in al probability that the vender will call you back and show his decision of striking a bargain.
5. Tourists who are the fist time to Jiuzhaigou may do shopping in a hurry. It is inadvisable to shopping as soon as you arrive at Jiuzhaigou. You should buy souvenirs or other products in last several days of your itinerary. If you do shopping crazily at the beginning of Jiuzhaigou Itinerary all the big and small packages and bags will get you in trouble during after days. If you indeed want to buy some Sichuan local products home you can buy them in Chengdu.

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