Summary

Hangzhou is now regarded as China��s richest small city. Marco Polo said it was the richest city in the world when he visited 800 years ago. Visiting Hangzhou and its Qinghefang Ancient Street that is a tourist-oriented shopping and dining street will allow for shopping and dining catered to tourist tastes.

Overview

Hanzhou is an old city, and the modern street sits where there were once rich Southern Song Empire residences and teahouses frequented by the politically powerful and wealthy in the city. During the end of the Southern Song Dynasty and Yuan Empire eras, Hangzhou was one of the biggest and perhaps the richest city in the world. Hanzhou is now once again probably the richest city in China in terms of per-capita wealth. The Hanzhou Museum of History and the West Lake Park area are places you can go during a visit to shop and dine on Qinghefang Ancient Street

The shops are mainly oriented for tourists, and they sell curios, paintings, souvenirs, crafts products, and works of art. There are also restaurants where you can try the cuisine of Hangzhou and Zhejiang Province. You can also find spicy Sichuan-style restaurants and northern-style restaurants. There are also restaurants featuring foreign food for the tourists. There are some teahouses and shops with long histories. There is a Chinese medicine shop there called Bao He with a very long history that you can have a look at. You might want to experiment with taking Chinese remedies. Many actually work. You can describe what ails you to the shopkeepers in the medicine shops. Traditional Chinese medicines are mainly herbal remedies.