Underground downtown is a maze of shopping stalls. This is a good place to get very cheap stuff, though if you are foreign you will be quoted an astronomical initial price. Pretty irritating to be quoted 4X a fair price for shoes which appear to be factory rejects fixed with rubber cement. The underground malls are a good place to go if you are caught in the rain and if you have an hour or so to kill you can stop for a manicure or pedicure - simple or intricate pictures and designs can be painted on your nails for 10-20 rmb. A set of acrylics is rarely over 25 rmb, and the precision of the little paintbrushes as they work is really amazing. I think it must come from Chinese calligraphy practice.
Tattoo parlours' highly graphic advertising. The buzz of a tattoo needle is also common here, and sometimes the customer is getting worked on right out in the open.
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