You may be traveling to China just before Christmas, hoping to bring some souvenirs back to your motherland for giving away or collecting them yourself. You may be a person who has lived in China for some time, and want to bring some gifts to friends while returning to hometown for Christmas holiday. With so many options available, shopping can be time consuming, confusing and exhausting. Although Christmas is two weeks away, don’t panic. We hope the following tips could make it easier for you.
1. Tea
Tea should be a gift that everyone can think of quickly. There are many types of Chinese tea. You can definitely find some sorts that are not available in the Asian supermarket in your country. Check out the tea markets for special teas or for other tea related products such as tea pots, cups and the entire set. These are easy to find in big cities in China. If you are a fan of milk tea, you can even buy a milk tea set and materials. With those great things, you can create a warm, sweet and fragrant atmosphere for you and your family and friends.
Sorts of teas with different colors and aromas
2. Báijiǔ – Chinese Spirits
This popularity of this gift has been verified by many foreigners. A good bottle of Báijiǔ could cost up to thousands yuan. The prices of Báijiǔ have a wide range depends on the quality. As a gift, you can get one good bottle only with hundreds yuan. While the female friends prefer to try new teas with your new tea set, the men around the table would love to raise the shots and share stories. Just like other spirits, Báijiǔ brings you talking and laughing.
Chinese Spirits
3. Accessories and Jewelry
Silk products are an old favorite. Sometimes nice silk clothing are very expensive. But accessories like scarf, handkerchief are mostly affordable and will be elegant options. Beautiful jewelry are nice choices as well. They are mostly inexpensive and various. Like earrings, necklaces and bracelets etc. There are a lot of shops in cities especially in the tourists areas, so you have plenty of opportunities for purchases.
Silk scarf
4. Cooling Oil
This is also a good choice as long as you will find out that the price of this little one is much higer than buying in China. This oil soothes mosquito bites and can be a booster against tiredness with its strong mint-like smell. It is a good friend to you, specially in summer. And it is so small and handy which could be carried by the side all the time. This would make your friends remind the one who presented this gift..
Cooling Oil
5. Fans
Many people love the beautiful patterns on fans. It can include ink landscape painting or calligraphies. They are arts that are already famous throughout the world, you can buy a smaller one to cooling yourself down or a bigger one as a decoration hanging up on the wall.
Chinese Style Fans
6. Chinese lanterns
These beautiful items are cute and also suitable for kids. They are made of paper and there will be many interesting patterns on it. They can bring light at night. A small Chinese lantern weighs very little.
Chinese Lanterns
However, don’t give yourself too much pressure when choosing holiday presents. After all, the main purpose of giving gifts is to express your love. One friend has told me “I won’t take anything from China back for Christmas gifts. I have too many persons to send, the gifts will be very heavy. So no…”. What would you like to say? Feel free to offer your ideas by leaving comments below this.
