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Shenzhen Hongfa Temple is located in Shenzhen Xianhu Botanical Garden. It is backed by Wutong Mountain and faces the Xianhu Lake. The surrounding natural scenery is very beautiful. The history is not long, being built in 1985, but the scale is second to none in the local area. On the first day and the fifteenth, there are countless believers who come to burn incense and worship Buddha. Approximately 2.2 km walk from the entrance of Xianhu (Fairy Lake) Botanical Garden, you can see the true atmosphere of Hongfa Temple. The green mountains and green hills along the way have beautiful scenery. There are Tianwang Hall,Read More →

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The location of the observation deck is the Diwang Building. This building is a well-known landmark in Shenzhen. It is on the 384-meter-high top floor, 69th floor. You can look south to Hong Kong and overlook Shenzhen. Diwang Tour is also known as the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Window. It is also a themed high-rise sightseeing tourist attraction. With the melodious music on the elevator, it takes only 50 seconds to reach the top floor of the 384-meter-high Diwang Building, which has a novel and exciting multi-dimensional dynamic film, a documentary digital folding slide projector documentary, and fifteen interesting landscapes. Address: 69F, Diwang Building, Luohu District, Shenzhen Open hours: 8:30-23:00 WWW: http://www.szmvc.com.cnRead More →

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Here is a new addition to the mega shopping district that is Dongmen Market, an area renowned for discount clothes shopping. 1234Space is a mid-range price shopping mall with easy access to Loajie Metro Station. It features a mix of food and beverage plus brand name clothes, jewellery, and lifestyle products. Some brand names include Teenie Weenie, Tommy Hilfiger, MyPlay Ash, Gap, Monki, Converse and many more. The big tenant is H&M which spans 3 levels. The mall has a great range of restaurants including the seemingly popular Green Tea and Hong Kong restaurants, plus at least 4 coffee shops including Starbucks, Pacific Coffee, BLTRead More →

In: Explore Shenzhen, Shopping
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For many, Luohu is the first taste of Shenzhen, or maybe even China that many people get. It’s where the city’s major train station is based and it’s also the largest overland port for people moving between Hong Kong and Shenzhen/Mainland China. It’s also the base of some of the city’s great shopping destinations including Luohu Commercial City, Dongmen clothes markets, and the luxury shopping malls including MixC, King Glory Plaza, and KK Mall. If you have come across the Luohu/Lo Wu border from Hong Kong or arrived by train to the Shenzhen Railway Station then the shopping trip begins almost immediately. The first stopRead More →

In: Markets, Shopping
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There’s is no shortage of places to buy womens shoes in Shenzhen, there’s far too many to mention here! So, lets take a look at some of the places where you can get a bargain and some places where you can get mens shoes in large sizes. Go to any major department style stores you’ll find plenty of places selling shoes. You might find yourself surprised though, as they might not be as cheap as you would have thought, in some cases the prices are oddly similar to western prices. Most of the major department stores and malls, such as SunPlaza, MOI, Coastal City, Haiya and Rainbow,Read More →

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Located on Taoyuan Road, just west of Sungang Arts and Crafts City is Bagualing Car Parts Market. Here you can find two clusters of maybe 100 shops selling auto parts for all types of cars on the road in Shenzhen. If your a mechanic, you’ll probably feel right at home! There’s also a store here selling what looked to be quality tools including sockets, spanners etc. Each of the auto parts shops seem to have a niche, whether it’s parts of certain kind, like brakes or mufflers, or for a particular make of car. There’s also an auto accessories store selling car stereos, GPS, seat covers, floorRead More →