In the many curio stores, boutiques and emporiums, you can find almost anything from silk flowers to chamberpots. The most active night market can also be found here. This area is especially lively from 5 to 8pm when shoppers and theatre-goers throng the streets. Carpets For small tapestries and hand-made carpets at low prices, go to one of the eight carpet factories in Tianjin. Patterns range from the traditional to the modern.
Prices are generally reasonable.
One of the best places to get a carpet is at the Tianjin ditan sanchang factory at 99, Qiongzhou Dao in Hexi District. Kites A good place to buy kites is at the Arts and Crafts factory on Huanghe Dao. Here you can find the Wei kites, named after the master craftsman, Wei Yuan Tai, who is the founder of this particular branch of kite-making. Clay figurines Master Zhang Mingshan was the founder of the Zhang school of clay figurines. Tourists who desire a clay figurine from the Zhang school can select one from the workshop at Machang Dao.