Anshun Shopping
Anshun is rich in tourism commodity resources. Its traditional artworks include batiks, Buyi carpets, three types of Anshun knives, woodcarvings, imitated paleontological fossils, and pop candies.
Three Types of Anshun Knives
The three types of Anshun knives include: kitchen knives, scissors, leather knife. They are well known for their sharp and durable, lightweight and comfortable, attractive appearance. It is one of the traditional brand with more than 100 years production history.
Anshun Buyi (Minority Nationality) Carpet
Buyi is a minority nationality main located in Anshun, Guizhou Prov. The nationality still keep most of their traditional habit and life style, include hand make carpet. The carpet is made by choosed high quality wool, and the most popular color is white and blue; the design include pomegranate and peach which represent freedom, happiness and longevity, butterfly, fish and flowers which is a symbol of good luck and satisfactory life.
Anshun Local Opera Mask
The local opera has a history back to early Ming Dynasty, it has come to Anshun with garrison and their family at that time; and then, mix the military and local element, become a special army opera.The mask is painted wood carving, divied into civil officer,military officer, young general, elder general and female general. The color and carving show you the character of a mask. Such as, a young general mask is with plump forehead,salient brow ridge,large eyes, big eyeball; a female general mask is with slanted hpoenix eyes.