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Souvenir Shopping: Cultural Treasures and Customs in China

Explore the artistry behind Chinese souvenirs like tie-dyed cloth, marble crafts, Bai people's costumes, and more. Discover the etiquette and regulations around souvenir shopping. Delve into the unique traditions and stories behind each handcrafted piece. Get insights into valuable medicinal herbs and jade artifacts.

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Souvenir Shopping: Cultural Treasures and Customs in China

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  1. Module Four Session 3 Skills for Shopping Recommendation

  2. Lead-in Questions 1. Do you like to buy souvenir in your travel? Tell some personal experiences. 2. Why are visitors interested in souvenir-shopping?

  3. Vocabulary souvenir , marble, tie-die cloth, texture, quality, ornament, embroidery, ethnic flavor, woodcut, instrument, handicraft, antique

  4. Contents: The right situation to recommend The right time to recommend The detail introduction (material, production base, value, process to make, price…) The regulations of Customs in souvenirs

  5. Case 1 Tie-dyed cloth of Bai people (Bandhnu cloth) (P209):

  6. The process to produce the cloth: • Colorant(indigo-blue liquid extracted from herbs and plants). • Cloth(cotton or flax cloth) • Procedures(pattern-designing, sewing, needle drills, dyeing, thread-removing, poaching and washing, elegant patterns come in to being)

  7. Case 2 Marble crafts in Dali

  8. be polished, vases, stationery( ink slab), ornaments, natural veins, traditional Chinese painting, classification---colored marble, grey marble, dark marble,white marble

  9. Case 3 The costume of Bai People

  10. White shirt, red vest, colorful apron with embroidery 2. The headdress: indicates the four famous and distinctive views in Dali

  11. Tassel: • flutter in the breeze---wind • embroidered flowers: the fresh flowers in Shangguan • White velvet on top: the snow on the top of Cangshan Mountain • The crescent shape: the moon reflected in Erhai Lake

  12. Case 4 ---Tea: Pu’er Tea (see P 212) the name of a significant market for tea trade, south, fermented , brick tea

  13. Lump tea Compressed tea Pancake tea

  14. Flower tea: 桂花茶： Osmanthus tea

  15. Chrysanthemum tea

  16. Jasmine tea

  17. Rose tea

  18. Case 5 :Medicinal herbs: pseudo-jinseng

  19. Cordyceps ( compound, worm in winter, fungus, plant in summer) • Medicinal value: a tonic effect for weakness after illness

  20. fresh dry gastrodia Medicinal value: to cure convulsion ( 惊风抽搐) and delirium (神志昏迷).

  21. Case 6: Embroidery of Yis P88: handicraft, a long history, a diversity of techniques, various products, such as ethnic costumes, headbands, aprons, shoes, backpacks, tablecloths, curtains, etc. to be continued

  22. Case 7: Jade ---Jade City “Teng Chong”: jade and jewel processing, trade and distribution

  23. Jade pendants Jade bracelets Jade rings

  24. Discussion: 1. What should a tour guide inform foreign visitors who intend to buy Chinese medicines (medicinal herbs)?

  25. ---To keep the invoice with Foreign Exchange Purchase Seal ---the quantity of the medicine should not exceed the reasonable quantity for personal use. ---Musk is forbidden to take abroad. ---Rhinoceros’ horns and tiger bones are forbidden to be outbound nor inbound medicine.

  26. 2. In China , is it possible for foreign visitors to buy some antiques (including ancient books, paintings and calligraphy works)? What should a local guide do in this case?

  27. Keywords:certificated antique shops, not in stalls in markets, three items should be preserved for Custom Check :the formal antique invoice, antique-appraising identification, antique seal

  28. Homework: Facing US visitors who are interested in tea culture in China, in what way will you recommend tea in Yunnan? ( 500-word recommendation at least)

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