There are many special local products for shopping in Zhangjiajie. Zhangjiajie is particularly famous for Chinese goosebeery, tea, grapefruit, Shi Er, kudzu, bacon, venison, dried tofu, batik, Tu Minority brocade, tortoise figure stone, stickup drawing, and Minority Strip.

Zhangjiajie Chinese Goosebeery
Chinese Goosebeery (kiwifruit) widely spread in Zhangjiajie especially Mt. Tianzi (Tianzishan) and Bobo Valley. As this fruit is found by macaque, people call it "Mihoutao" literally "Macaque Peach". There are about over 20-breed of Chinese goosebeery in Zhangjiajie. Chinese goosebeery belongs to liane. Its pulp in verdure or light yellow is slightly vinegary and sweet. Chinese goosebeery is extremely fresh and delicacy in taste. It contains much vitamin C which is 5 to 10 times of orange and 50 to 80 times of apple. It also contains other nourishment such as vitamin A, farina, calcium, magnesium and aminophenol and so on. Chinese goosebeery has been made into cans, dried fruit, fructose, jam and so on; and it is popular both in and outside.

Zhangjiajie Kudzu
Kudzu is a kind of arrowroot. In Zhangjiejie, the mountains, there are a lot of wild kudu. Kudu is one of the three treasures in Zhangjiajie. Kudu can be eaten directly after peeling off. It can also be made into farina. Usually, people shop the farina of the kudzu. The kudzu after cleaning by water, then being broken into pieces and being epurated repeatedly and then is dried naturally. After all the processes, kudu becomes powder. Having methods is to boil arrowroot with some cold boiled water and mixing round at the same time. Then add white sugar, the white kudzu powder after boiling will turn into glittering paste like jelly. Kudu has unique delicacy taste and has the function of relieving inflammation. It is the representative of pure green food. Tourists can find white kudu powder everywhere in Zhangjiajie. But, some of them are fake ones made from sweet potato. So tourists should differentiate the goods carefully and they would better do shopping from normal stores or super markets.

Zhangjiajie Juefen
Juefen is one of the three treasures in Zhangjiajie. Juefen is product of bracken - "Juegen" in Chinese. It is similar to the arrowroot. Juefen is epurated powder from bracken (Chinese bracken). It was originally from Qin and Han Dynasty in the remote mountains of Zhangjiajie. The taste of Juefen is smooth and tender. Juefen belongs to a special starch containing many necessary microelements such as glutamic acid, zinc, calcium Selenium and so on. The recordation about Juefen was found on (Ben Cao Gang Mu) by Li Shizhen. It recorded bracken has the function of accelerate assimilation, strengthening stomach, promoting blood, lowering blood pressure and losing weight and so on.

Zhangjiajie Duzhong Tea
Zhangjiajie can be regarded as the home town of tea. Duzhong Tea is a kind of tea made by a kind of Chinese herbal medicine- Eucommia ulmoides oliv which belongs to defoliated arbor. The leaves are the material of making Duzhong Tea. Usually drinking Duzhong Tea can lose weight. Besides, it can control hypertension, and upgrade low blood pressure. According to different machining meanings, Duzhong Tea turns takes on 3 colors-green, yellow and henna. How to discern the real Duzhong Tea? As Duzhong Tea is made from Eufommia ulmoides oliv, it will Zhangjiajie Sweet-smelling Grapefruit
Sweet-smelling grapefruit is one of the five famous grapefruits in China. Zhangjiajie teems with this fruit, particular the Wulingyuan Area. Wulingyuan of Zhangjiajie has a history of planting sweet-smelling grapefruit for more than 200 years. Zhangjiajie grapefruit with golden and smooth pericarp is sweet smelling. The flesh in color white or cream is tender and fresh. The sweet-smelling grapefruit is as well full of juice too.

Zhangjiajie Shi Er
Shi Er also named Yan Er in Chinese is a kind of black lichen grown on rocks. Shi Er usually grows on humid rocks. It is a kind of fungus food with enough nutrition. Shi Er was recorded in (Ben Cao Gang Mu) by Li Shizhen. It also has medicinal functions. Having Shi Er in summer can diminish inflammation. It as well has the functions of tonic and lower blood pressure. Shi Er can be used for stewing chicken, chops and pig"s trotters. Dried Shi Er is very light, so it is convenient for bringing home. Shopping Shi Er and brining home to cook dishes is a wonderful idea.

Zhangjiajie Venison Bacon
The bacon made of venison is the special local meat products in Zhangjiajie. The bacon is made be people who live in mountains of Zhangjiajie. Those people marinate the wild boar, rabbit, birds and so on other wild animals for half a month and then process the meat by sootiness. Bacon of the venison is choice dish on tables. Famous venison except wild boar and wild rabbit, there are also Tu Minority mutton, beef, raccoon dog and so on.

Zhangjiajie Dried Salty Tofu
There is a famous dried salty tofu produced in Sangzhi County. The popularity of dried salty tofu in Sangzhi County was early from Qing Dynasty. Dried salty tofu still is rich in nutrition which is not less then milk. Dried salty tofu as well has the functions of expelling heat, eliminating the polyphagia and strengthening the middle warmer, etc.

Zhangjiajie Batik (Laran)
Laran is a traditional folk craftwork in Chinese Tu Minority. The batik is one of the three printing crafts in old China. No matter in villages or stockaded villages of Zhangjiajie, girls learn batik from when they are a child. The skills often are devoluted generation after generation. In most Zhangjiajie villages, every family has its own wax knives and dye vats. The batik usually is made by women. They can draw all kinds of fancy pictures on cloth optionally. And the cloth is the handmade cloth by them. The Tu Minority batik is lovely in style. And the patterns are from the natural elements such as flowers, birds, fish and insects and people"s daily works and activities. The batik can be made into clothes and bags etc.

Zhangjiajie Tu Minority Stickup Drawings
Tu Minority Stickup Drawings refer to affixing materials on a three-ply to form into a fine picture. This is a unique drawing method which adopts the absolutely natural resources. Materials for the pictures are sandstone, bark, bamboo shoot shell and rags. These pictures with no paper, no paint, no brush, no prepared Chinese ink are natural pictures. Tu Minority Stickup Drawings present people the landscape of Zhangjiajie and the life styles of the old villages. The Tu Minority stickup pictures are very popular among tourist both inside and abroad.

Zhangjiajie Tu Minority Brocade
Tu Minority Brocade is also called Xilankap. It is a absolutely necessary item in Tu Minority daily lives. Tu Minority people can not live without the brocade. Tu Minority brocade can be made into clothes and décor. They are nice gifts among Tu Minority. It is now made into varied craftworks and is very popular among tourists. It is one of the best souvenirs in Zhangjiajie for shopping.

Zhangjiajie Tortoise Figure Stone
The tortoise figure stone is the local special products in Mt. Tianzi of Zhangjiajie. It is the fossil of the coral aggregation. The stripe of the stone is very similar to the texture of the turtle shell. That is the reason of naming this fossil for tortoise figure stone. The stone just needs slightly polishing and then being put into water, its tortoise texture will present at once. The stone can be carved in to all kinds of carvings. There are stone tortoises, stone cows, stone horses, stone dragons, stone leopards, stone pandas, stone dogs, stone inkslabs, stone incense burners and so on. Carvings made from these figure stones are vivid in shapes. Some of them are useful daily tools.

Zhangjiajie Shopping Tips
1. If you want to buy wild Chinese goosebeery from Zhangjiajie, you should choose small size ones. The big in size are planted by manual work. Real wildness Chinese goodsebeeries are only a bit large in size than eggs. If you want bring them home, you would better choose fresh or unbaked Chinese goosebeery, because full-blown ones are easily mashed.
2. Do not buy "curios", "peculiar stones" or "precious herbs" in a hurry. Unless you are a connoisseur of that, or you will be deceived easily.
3. Some people hawk "Human-Figure Polygonum multiflorum" in mountains areas. They are fakes, and please do not buy that.

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