Hangzhou’s Hefang Street (???) is a vibrant old street that will keep you entertained. Shopping in stores that are more than 100 years old, discovering diminishing arts & crafts, drinking the famous Longjin tea and having fun playing dress up! Hefang Street had always been an important place for trade some 800 years ever since the Southern Song Dynasty. In 2000, the street has been made a pedestrian street and renovated to depict old Hangzhou. At one end of Hefang Street is the happy laughing Buddha, welcoming you to explore a world of traditional Chinese arts and various kinds of unique trades. Some shops are original shops that withstood the test of time and remained for the past 100 + years, while some are more modern shops renovated to fit in with the whole “old-time-atmosphere”.To start with, the Fang Hui Chun Tang (????) traditional Chinese medicine store is one of the oldest stores in the area that is more than 300 years old. You can go there for traditional Chinese medicine therapy, or you can check out some of the rarest herbs on display.
