Fashionable followers always like going to such international fashion cities like Paris and Milan for searching some romantic ornaments. However, exploring some special but old items will also be a romantic experience. Instead of travelling a lot, you can find some novel and fashionable gadgets on Gulou Street, which is also known as Gulou Dajie, in Beijing. We’ve put a list together here at visit Beijing.com to suggest some special stores, so let’s begin our romantic adventure.
Longxiang Animation
Though both adults and children love cartoons, only senior fans know the value of collecting cartoon models. It is really a great store if you are real animation enthusiasts because you'll find a number of attractive cartoon models at the store, including transformers, the out-of-printer and some cartoon images. What’ more, you can also find new PSPs, Nintendo DS Lites and a lot of game cards there. When staying here, you can not only recall your memories of your youth time, but also experience a kind of tranquility in heart.
Address: No.151, Guloudong Dajie, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Haoyun Musical Instruments
There are many rock youths on Gulou Street in Beijing which is very attractive to foreign travelers. Such fact is mainly attributing to the opening of MAO Livehouse, which enables many stores dealing with musical instrument on the street. With a relatively complete range of products, workers at Haoyun Instruments always would like to help you find your desired instruments. The shop assistants themselves are all proficient at playing instruments. Don’t be shy if you are a student or have little money, you can ask them for advices and share your own experience. If you are a guitar enthusiast, you will absolutely love here. They carry all the famous brands, including FENDER, CORT, JACKSON, ESP, and GIBSON. Price for guitars starts at RMB 488, and may go up to tens of thousands yuan for a FENDER used by Jimi Hendrix. If you’re lucky, you may find some famous Chinese Rock N Roll bands come here to buy some instruments. You can also order some sophisticated instruments from a foreign country.
Address: No.27, Guloudong Dajie, Dongcheng District, Beijing
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Just like its strange name, the store is very distinctive. It provides various small T-shirts, showy stockings and woolen caps, multifarious bracelets, finger rings and medallions to add brilliance to your punk style. You’ll fall in love with such a store if you love the punk style and pursue cool freedom rather than charm.
Address: No.151, Guloudong Dajie, Dongcheng District, Beijing
