Shopping
1) Almond
Sweet almond drinks are sold in tanks by street vendors. A powder form is sold in packets everywhere. Chengde is quite famous for jade pillows. Pillows with little flat round pieces of jade sewn together that are especially comfortable in the summer heat.
2) Warabi Vegetable
Called the king of mountainous vegetables, it is a wild vegetable. It is tender and crunchy with small leaves and light flower. It leads other vegetables in value and enjoys a high reputation at domestic and foreien markets.
3) Apricot Kernel
It is a special product of Chengde. Nourished and tasty, it can be fried to be a dish eaten while drinking wine. Also it can be used to make a drink good for decreasing blood fat and stimulating appetite.
4) Hanging Brocades
The hanging brocades produced by Chengde Silk Factory are magnificent and beautiful. For instance the hanging brocades "Mountain Resort" is woven with silk thread in more than 20 kinds of colors. It depicts 36 scenic spots in the resort including House of Mists and Rains, Lake-Center and Jinshan Pavilions with inscriptions by Emperors Kangxi and Qianlong.
5) Wood Carvings
Local special precious timber has been used as raw material for wood carvings, which are practical and rare handicrafts with special features of mountainous city. Mountain walnut is a local product and its hard shell can be made into beautiful carvings.
6) Teng's Cloth-pasted Painting
A new style of painting combining brushwork with sculpture, embroidery, paperhanging, and paper-cutting, it is an art form invented by the folk artist Teng Teng. These attractive paintings can be hung on the wall or laid on a table as a truly wonderful decoration.