Valentine's Day surely provides some shops their best business of the year.
Chocolate is another traditional gift. The heart-shaped ones are the most popular. But some unusual shapes also do very well. There are cars, Mah Jongg tiles, and even chocolates shaped as Chinese chess pieces.
Different from ordinary chocolate shops, this one allows its customers to take an active role in creating the product. After all, a gift made by oneself bears more meaning and is more special.
Chocolate shop customer Zhao Yi said, "I can practice my hand skills, and put my thoughts into it. Everyone can buy things as gifts. This has more meaning because it's my own design and shows my own feelings. "
Usually the chocolates are sold by weight, but for Valentine's Day, the special offers start at 69 yuan, or just under 10 US dollars, for as many chocolates as you can fit into different-sized boxes.
It is difficult to even find a space at the table outside this shop, and almost all the customers are women.
Fire-ice chocolate shop owner Han Song said, "Girls are more interested in this do-it-yourself type of product. Also in our understanding of Valentine's Day, boys give girls flowers and girls give chocolates in return."
