EXPLORING JIANGNAN DADAO BEI: GUANGZHOU’S WEDDING DRESS STREET
As the largest comprehensive professional wedding dresses market, Jiangnan Avenue Wedding Dresses Street (江南大道北婚紗街) or Guangzhou Wedding Street is one of the biggest wedding stuff shopping place of China and the biggest distributor of wedding dresses in Guangdong Province.
It is located at the northern end of Jiangnan Avenue in Haizhu district of Guangzhou city attracting distributors from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and even Southeast Asia. If you're looking for a wedding dress and wedding accessories then this is probably a place you really want to check out.
The area is a mix of malls, packed with independently run stores, along with street side shop fronts and lanes that lead to even more shops. There are expensive shops where you can really binge through to mom and pop style shops where you can get a real bargain.
Each store has its own features and it's worth doing some strolling. Most of the shops showcase western wedding dresses and evening dresses, but you can still find some good stores offering Chinese style dresses.
A place if women come they will wish to stay there for a whole day, because the place is full of too much beautiful dresses.
The place offers you both traditional Chinese wedding dresses and western wedding dresses of your choice. The place also offers you lot of nice evening dresses. Don't get us wrong. This place is sure to provide ample varieties for men as well.
PRICE RANGE
The price of the wedding dresses here are diverse, you will find dresses of every price range. Most of the stuff here are at the middle and lower ends of the price range, but there are also some which are high-class wedding dresses of more beautiful patterns and different colors. The price of the dresses range from 500RMB to 5000RMB.
While visiting, you can select the color and design of your choice which they have already available and then you can give the order to make your size. You can also change the color if you have any in your mind. The time taken by the shopkeepers to complete the order is usually about 2 weeks.
It is advisable to wear sandals while visiting the shops, because shop owners ask you to remove your shoes. If you want to buy dresses of low range, the shops in the lane are best suited to get the dress of your choice. You can also take the option of renting the dress of your choice if you do not have a high budget.
If we talk about the traditional Chinese Wedding dresses, there are very few shops who sell these dresses. These dresses are hand-made and due to the much hard work and struggle put in them, the owners demand high prices for the suits for only three days rent.
Here are some tips of shopping in Guangzhou Wedding Street
1.Be patient.
Although most of those shops there has their own style for the dresses. But you can still find some similar ones. So be patient to search for another shop, if you do not get a better price for the stuff which you want to buy or order.
2.Speak Mandarin or Cantonese.
Most of the shop owner or worker do not know how to speak English. So if you can speak Mandarin or Cantonese it will be quite helpful, especially Cantonese. Because the local language of Guangzhou is Cantonese.
It will help when you are bargaining in Cantonese. However, one can always use translation software if you are not fluent speakers of Chinese or take along a Chinese friend to help you choose the dress and translate.
Take your time in the street. It is not just the wedding dress itself, but the process of selecting, trying and appreciating that is fascinating.
What can you get there: Wedding dresses and Bridal accessories.
Open hours: Generally from 10:00am -19:00pm
How to get there: Metro Line 2, Jiangnan West Station or the 2nd Workers' Cultural Palace? station.
Address: Jiangnan Avenue, Haizhu District, Guangzhou.
Chinese Name: 江南大道北婚紗街