Xian City is a great place to do some fantastic Chinese souvenir shopping, especially for cultural items. Some excellent offerings specific to Xian include: Chinese calligraphy rubbings, Tang pottery replicas, Terracotta Warrior replicas, Folk paintings, Folk paper cuttings and Green porcelain. With its rapid economic development, Xian is regarded as one of the most important cities in northwestern China. There are many big shopping centers, department stores and supermarkets in and around the city, centered mainly along Dong Dajie, Nan Dajie and Jiefang Lu.

Xian Jiefang Road Business District
The area around Jiefang Road is Xi'an's thriving business district, and most retail stores are along Dongdajie and Xidajie, running east and west through the city, south of the Drum Tower. In the Muslim area of the city, near the Bell Tower, there is a huge outdoor market that sells almost everything you could ever want!  Clothing, antiques, musical instruments, Mao memorabilia as well as other souvenirs and cultural items are all for sale.

Peasant Painting Gallery in Xian
This is one of the most renowned gallery of Shaanxi folk crafts in the east outskirts of Xian City. Having been visited by many tourists, the gallery exhibits a great deal of Peasant Painting as well as other folk crafts such as paper-cutting and shadow puppet.  Professional craftsman in the gallery even can teach visitors to paint or cut.

Shu Yuan Men (The Arts Street)
It is a well-known street in the style of ancient towns under the ancient city wall behind the Forest of Steles in Xian. Various crafts and arts are sold on this crowded street all year long. Historical relics, calligraphy, paintings, antiques, jewels, and folk art fine works are all tourist favorites.

Xian Antique Market
The Antique Market is located at the intersection of Zhuque Lu and Nan Erhuan Lu (Southern 2nd Ring Road) near the Small Wild Goose Pagoda.  From large furniture to small coins, the market contains every possible antique known to collectors.

Xian Wenbaozhai Tour Shopping Center
Wenbaozhai Tour Shopping Center of Xian is one of the earliest designated tour shops for foreign travelers in the Northwest.  It is an important window opening Xian to the outside world, gaining the unanimous praise of Chinese from foreign guests.  Dealers sell silk rugs, woolen blankets, silk clothing, jewels, jade articles, calligraphy, paintings, historical relics, antiques, model clay figures of warriors and horses, plus bronze cars and horses - altogether 35 categories and more than 200 kinds of goods. The address is No.5 Yanta Lu Zhongduan.

Xian Friendship Store

If you want to purchase some Tang pottery replicas, try the Xian Friendship Store.Xian kept alive today by modern day replicas of Tang Dynasty pottery.  Tang Dynasty pottery, with its distinctive blue, green, and yellow color glazes is still hand-made as it was during the ancient dynasty.  Common themes include figurines and ceramic camels and horses. 

Century Ginwa Shopping Mall
Location: It is located between the ancient Bell tower and Drum tower.
It is a landscaped square with profound cultural connotations as well as a high quality, which now houses over sixty world-famous brands for discriminating customers, including Bally, Burberry, Dior, Givenchy, Lancome, Estee Lauder, and others - all of which make Ginwa a fashion center in Xian.

Kai Yuan Shopping Mall
Location: It is opposite to Ginwa Shopping Mall.
It is one of the biggest department stores and one of the most popular shopping places in Xian.  Among the good quality, the price or the service here are often praised by shoppers.

Other Xian Recommendations:

Xian Minsheng Department Store
Location: at No. 103, Jiefang Lu 

Xian Parkson Shopping Center
Location (three branches): Xian Luck Parkson: No 119, Dong Dajie (Opposite the Hyatt Regency Hotel)
Xian Shidai Parkson: Shidai Shengdian Plaza, Xi Dajie
Xian Chang'an Parkson: No 38, Chang'an Zhong Lu

Jia Shi Jie (Home Club):
Location: It is situated in Fen Xiang, Nan Dajie, at South Gate Branch (Downtown).
Bus: No. 600, 603 

Chang'an Lu Branch (South Suburb)
Location: It is at the northeast corner of the crossing of Shida Lu and Chang'an Lu.
Bus: No.19, 44, 101, 215, 239, 408, 600, and 603

Jin Hua Lu Branch (East Suburb)
Location: It is near the crossing of Changle Lu and Jinhua Lu.
Bus: No. 4, 10, 11, 13, 27, 43, 105, 209, 303, 402, 604, 605

Lian Hu Branch (West Suburb)
Location: It is located at the southwest of the crossing of Daqing Lu and Taoyuan Lu.
Bus: No.2, 12, 45, 103, 104, 207, 210, 222, 223, 224, 301, 303, 605, 803

North Suburb Branch
Location: It is located along the Bei Erhuan Lu (Northern 2nd Ring Road).
Bus: No. 18, 17, 238, 228, 236, 609, 600

Nan Erhuan Branch
Location: It is situated along the Nan Erhuan Lu (Southern 2nd Ring Road).
Bus: No.24, 46, 308, 311, 608

Yi Chu Lian Hua (Lotus Supercenter) TangYan Store
Location: It is at No. 3 Tangyan Lu (Southwest Suburb)
Operating Hours: 8:30 - 22:00
Bus: No.14, 34, 40, 107, 312, 400