石藝大街 — Attraction in Hualien City

Nice little place to walk and buy some local souvenirs. Most of the shops sell similar things, jewelry and other crafts made of stone. You can also find few bigger pieces of art. Not the biggest atraction in Hualien, but it is worth a visit as it is so close to Dongdamen night market. Every day at 19:30 you can watch an Aboriginal dance show, which is very nice! If you speak Chinese, you will learn a bit about Taiwan’s tribes (at least I think, I don’t speak Chinese so I just assumed...

The number 7 store is soooooo impressive for me, they have lots geodes and so many types of jades, even the owner she doesn’t know how to speak EN, but we do have a wonderful chat with google translate lmao.

Anyway, if this’s ur first time to come to here, just go look around, trust me u won’t be...

Wholesale market for jade and other precious stones. Only 1 or 2 shops worth your time the other stalls are mainly ripping off tourists. Do note that many items are not price tagged and you only find out the price after asking, some haggling...