Though Chizhou is a small city, it is home to Jiuhua Mountain, one of China’s Four Great Buddhist Mountains. Therefore, local specialties produced on Jiuhua Mountain and Buddhist-themed tourist souvenirs top the shopping list for visitors to Chizhou. Jiuhua Buddhist Tea, stone mushrooms and polygonatum are hugely popular among tourists. Besides, Buddha statues, consecrated Diting mythical beasts, Buddhist scriptures, prayer beads, amulets and Qingyang folding fans all make fine collectibles or gifts for family and friends.

If time permits, you may stroll along Qiupu Commercial Pedestrian Street and Baihe Pedestrian Street. There you can pick out your favorite souvenirs to take home while experiencing the liveliness and prosperity of downtown Chizhou.

Chizhou’s specialties cover a wide range of bamboo crafts such as bamboo chairs, bamboo beds and bamboo pen containers, as well as medicinal ingredients and teas including Qijing Dogwood Fruit and Huangshixi Spring Tea. Numerous statues are available inside the Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area, with exquisite wood carvings, jade carvings and stone carvings well worth buying.

Centenarian bowls are regarded as auspicious Buddhist ornaments. They feature slanted straight bellies and flat ring feet with unglazed inner foot walls, and the words "Jiuhua Mountain Hundred-Year Temple" are inscribed on the outer surface.

From ancient times, craftsmen in Jiuhua Mountain and surrounding villages have sculpted statues of Ksitigarbha, arhats, Guanyin and other Buddhist figures. Classified into clay sculptures, plaster sculptures, wood carvings, jade carvings and stone carvings, these statues boast superb craftsmanship.