Plan your Beijing tour? If you are not interested in shopping at high-end Beijing shopping malls, where everything seems to be overpriced at fixed prices, then why not dig into the plentiful free or flea markets where you can enjoy bargaining with the local vendors. If you are not familiar with the markets in Beijing, you may follow me to explore the top 10 Beijing markets below. I’m sure you will get what you want to memorize your Beijing trip.
Note: We have offered subway information on how to get to the following markets. You may use the Beijing subway map to guide you to get to these markets. Happy Shopping in Beijing!
Top # 01: Zoo Market 动物园服装批发市场
Shiji Tianle Market – Zoo Market
Brief introduction: This is a huge wholesale market group which is composed of seven markets. Beijing Zoo Market is mainly composed of 7 sub-markets:
1) 金开利德 (Jinkaili)
2) 天乐宫 (Tianlegong)
3) 天皓城 (Tianhaocheng)
4) 东鼎 (Dongding)
5) 聚龙 (Julong)
6) 世纪天乐 (Shijitianle)
7) 众合 (Hezhong)
1) 金开利德 (Jinkaili)
2) 天乐宫 (Tianlegong)
3) 天皓城 (Tianhaocheng)
4) 东鼎 (Dongding)
5) 聚龙 (Julong)
6) 世纪天乐 (Shijitianle)
7) 众合 (Hezhong)
And the most popular ones are Julong, Tianlegong and Shiji Tianle. Buy them here for half-price but be geared up for bargaining hard or buy in volume.
Everything is so cheap and so plentiful here!! Anywhere from 10-50 RMB for shirts, tops, jeans, pants, skirts, everything. Jewelry for about 10-15RMB. In some places they can be more expensive, but about 90% are the cheap prices listed above. Weekday mornings are the best time to come and be prepared to spend a few hours walking around. There are also various places to eat in the area: KFC and McDonalds, Yonghe Soy Milk, Pizza Hut, Yoshinoya, Dairy Queen, A&W, Mexican Restaurant …
Location: Around Beijing Zoo, Xizhimen Waidajie, Xicheng District
Tel: 010-68312001
Opening Hours: 9am-5pm
Subway: Take Subway Line 4, get off at Beijing Zoo Station ( 动物园）and exit from Exit D
Public Transport: Bus No.s 7, 27, 103, 105 and 111.206, 209, 319, 334, 347, 360, 362, 534, 601, 632, 634, 697, 714, 808, 814, 特4, Yuntong 104, Yuntong 105, Yuntong 106 or Yuntong 205 and get off at Beijing Zoo Station.
New Silk Market 秀水市场
Brief introduction: The old market has been demolished. The new market is open to the public. The new building with an area of 30,000 square meters, known as the New Silk Alley Market, has been completed. There are 1,600 booths in the new building. According to the developer of the building, the advantages of the old market will be available in the new one, targeting the shopping groups including foreign tourists and local white-collar workers.
Location: North of Dong Chang An Avenue, Jianguimenwai Street, Chaoyang District
Tel: 010-51699003
Opening Hours: 9am-9pm
Subway: take subway line 1 and get off at the station of Yonganli (永安里), and exit from Exit A
Public Transport: Bus No.1,9,28,37,43,120,126,403,639,640,668,728,and 729, arrival at Yonganli Station;
Beijing Yashow Market 三里屯雅秀市场
Brief introduction: Yashow is a paradise for bargain hunters in Beijing, a big draw for the tourist with some money to spend and some serious shopping to do too. It is located to the west of Sanlitun bar street in the northeast of Beijing. Yashow is surrounded by the bars, restaurants and cafes of the Sanlitun area, the hotest eating and drinking area for tourists in the city.
Location: Gongti Beilu 58, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Tel: 010-64150063
Opening Hours: 9am-9pm
Subway: take subway line 10 and get off at at the station of Tuanjiehu (团结湖), and exit from Exit D, then walk north to Gongti Beilu (Worker’s Stadium North Road) and turn left and walk to the market at Gongti Beilu 58 (No.58, Worker’s Stadium North Road).
Public Transport: Bus: 113、115、406、416、431、701、758, 110、117、120、403、823
Top # 04: Panjiayuan Flea Market 潘家园旧货市场
Panjiayuan Flea Market 潘家园旧货市场
Brief introduction: Panjiayuan Flea Market, or Panjiayuan Market, or Panjiayuan Antique Market, or whatever names you use, is a must for those who like something really Chinese. From Monday to Thursday, it is open from 8:30am to 6:00pm. On weekend, it is open from 4:30am to 6:00pm. I suggest you go to Panjiayuan on weekends. Only on weekends, you will find some vendor coming from all parts of China to show their personal stuff or artifacts they collect and sell on the ground in a designatedted area in the market. They just put a piece of blanket on the floor and put what they have on it.
If you come here on other week days, you won’t see these free vendors. It is actually a huge market place for selling and collecting Chinese folk handcrafts, maybe the largest in Asia! What you will see are jewelry, ceramics,calligraphy, teapots, ethnic clothing, Buddha statues, paper lanterns, Cultural Revolution memorabilia, PLA belts, Ming- and Qing-style furniture, old pipes, opium scales, and painted human skulls and many many more.
Location: No.18, Huaweili Road, just 100 meters east of Panjiayuan Bridge on the east third ring road.
Tel: 5120-4671
Opening Hours: Monday to Thursday open from 8:30am to 6:00pm; On weekend, open from 4:30am to 6:00pm
Subway: take subway line 10 and get off at the station of Panjiayuan (潘家园）
Public Transport: Take bus 28, 300, 368, 607, 730, 810 or 907 and get off at Panjiayuan Station.
Beijing Antique City 古玩城
Brief introduction: Beijing Antique City ( former Beijing Curio City) is a brand new four-story building. It is located just to the west of Huawei Bridge on the east-south third ring road, about 300 meters south of Panjiayuan Flee Market, next to Days Hotel & Suites Beijing.
It is the largest Chinese antique trade center in Asia. Beijing antique city has a total floor space of 26400㎡. The building is elegantly decorated. At present it has antique over 600 dealers, mainly selling the classical furniture, the ancient clock and watch, the ancient rug, the ancient ceramics, the celebrity calligraphy and painting, the Baiyu ivory carving, the snuffbox, the ancient rug, the copperware image of Buddha, the ancient clock and watch, the ancient ceramic antique chinaware, the Tibetan cultural relic and much more.
Location: located just to the west of Huawei Bridge on the east-south third ring road, about 300 meters south of Panjiayuan Flee Market, next to Days Hotel & Suites Beijing
Tel: 5960-9999
Opening Hours: 10am-7pm
Subway: take subway line 10 and get off at the station of Panjiayuan (潘家园). Beijing Antique City is located to the south of Panjiayuan Flea Market.
Public Transport: Take bus 28, 300, 3 52, 378, 7 57, 830 or 986 and get off at Shilihe Station.
Top # 06: Hongqiao Pearl Market 红桥市场
Hongqiao Pearl Market 红桥市场
Brief introduction: The name of Hongqiao Pearl Market is a little bit misleading. This four-story building offers much more than just pearls. It actually provides everything from bags, shoes, clothes, silk, tea, table cloth, toys, souvenirs, to pears and jewellery. It is just located east of Temple of Heaven. Its main entrance – the west big gate faces the west to the road around the Temple of Heaven.
If you drive to the market, you are supposed to get off at its north side gate, newly opended to ease the traffic at the main entrance. The market has four stories. The first floor sells digital products, timepieces and glasses, Groceries, mobile phone parts and daily necessicities; the second floor offers clothes, shoes, cases and bags; the third floor provides pearls, jades and artifacts; the forth floor sells the high end jewellry.
Location: 36 Tiantan Donglu, Chongwen District (just opposit the east gate of Temple of Heaven)
Tel: 6711-8984
Opening Hours: 8:30am-7pm
Subway: take Subway Line 5 and get off at the station of Tiantandongmen ( East Gate of Temple of Heaven 天坛东门). Then walk to the south you will see the market.
Take bus 39, 43, 60, 116, 610
Tianya Hongqiao Jewellery Market 天雅红桥市场
Brief introduction: On the east side of Hongqiao Pearl Market is the recently opened Tianya Hongqiao Jewellery Market, a complement to the well-known Hongqiao Pearl Market. It is a five-story builing with two underground floors selling almost the same stuff as Hongqiao Pearl Market. The newly established building is lavishly decorated.
Location: Fahuasi Jie 136, Chongwen District, Beijing
Tel: 010-8766 7127
Opening Hours: 8:30am-7pm
Subway: take Subway Line 5 and get off at the station of Tiantandongmen ( East Gate of Temple of Heaven 天坛东门). Tianya Hongqiao Jewellery Market is located just to the west of Hongqiao Pearl Market.
Take bus 39, 43, 60, 116, 610
Top # 08: Liulichang Antique Street 琉璃厂
Liulichang Antique Street 琉璃厂
Brief introduction: On both side of the street there are plenty of storefronts and vendor’s stalls selling collectibles and art supplies, including the renowned Rongbaozhai, the most prominent shop on the west section of Liulichang. It sells woodblock prints, copies of famous calligraphy, historic paintings (reproductions), and art supplies.
It is one of Beijing’s top art shops and well worth browsing. Actually Rongbaozhai is located on the west section of Liulichang Street. To get to Liulichang Xijie ( the west section of Liulichang Street) on your right side, you have to across the main street.
Location: Liulichang Street, Xuanwu District;
Opening Hours: 8:30am-7pm
Subway: take subway line 2 and get off at the station of Hepingmen （和平门), and exit from the Exit C2 (check old Beijing Walking Tour for more information.)
Bus No.s 6, 14, 15, 25, 50, 53, 57, 102 and 105.
Baoguosi Culture Market 报国寺文化市场
Brief introduction: “Baoguosi” means Baoguo Temple ( Serving the country Temple ). It was first contructed in the Liao Dynasty (916-1125) in the southern part of downtown Beijing. Baoguo Si was a Buddhist temple. During the Ming Dynasty, it was used to hold a member of the royal family.
By the early Qing dynasty, the temple had already been turned into a popular bazaar for books and flowers. So Baoguosi Temple is more like antique marketplace than a temple. But it still keeps the appearance of a temple. It has three halls. Two of the three halls as well as the buildings circling the temple wall are used either as warehouses or showrooms.
Now it has expanded to include an antique market(also known as Baoguosi Collection Market or Baoguosi Culture Market), a souvenirs and gifts market, coin markets and a stamp collection market. Traders there also sell miscellaneous items as jade, coins, Buddha statues, old books, calligraphy works, paintings and many more!
Location: 1 Guang’anmen Neidajie , Xuanwu District, Beijing
Tel: 6303-0976
Opening Hours: 8:30am-5pm
Subway: Take subway line 4 and get off at the station of Caishikou (菜市口), exit from the exit A. Then have a long walk to the west along the Guanganmendajie (Guangan Gate Inner Street 广安门内大街), you will see the market on your right side.
Take bus 42, 57, 410, 617 or 620 and get off at Guanganmen Station
Top # 10: Zhongguancun Electronics Market Beijing 中关村电子市场
Zhongguancun Electronics Market Beijing 中关村电子市场
Brief introduction: Zhongguancun electronics shopping market provides a wide range of options for those who are interested in purchasing equipment ranging from MP3 players, mobile phones, cameras, computers and anything linked to Electronics.
The market is huge, composed of several shopping malls or shopping buildings! The most frequented areas include Dinghao electronic market 鼎好电子商城, Taipingyang digital market 太平洋数码城, Zhonghai electronic market 中海电子市场, Off-price shopping mall 上品优价百货, Zhongguancun plaza shopping mall 中关村广场购物中心 and many more.
Location: 27 Hai Dian Road,Hai Dian District, Beijing
Tel: 010-81191011
Opening Hours: 9.00am-9.00pm
Subway: take subway line 10 or 4 and get off at the station of Haidian Huangzhuang (海淀黄庄), exit from Exit C1 or C2.
Bus: 26, 47, 302, 332, 320, 323, 732, 801, 862, 982, 983, Yuntong 105, Yuntong 106
Any questions, please drop a line.
Hello Admin
Between Zoo market and Yashow market which one is the best for clothing. Mainly women’s leather jackets ( can be fake). Many thanks
Hello Brett，
As far as I know, the Zoo Market has more choices.
Hey I will be staying at Beijing Continental Grand hotel and wish to buy clothes for male & female. Which market would be near from there ??/
Hello Monali Lobo,
You may go to Beijing Zoo Market. Take subway line 8 from your nearest station of Olympic Sports Center (奥体中心), interchange for Subway line 2 at Gulu Dajie（鼓楼大街）, get off at the station of Beijing Zoo (北京动物园).
hi. am going to beijing on 18may. am staying in beijing hwa apartment. where is the nearest good quality and cheap market to buy clothes and winter clothes for kids? how to get there by subway? thanx.
Hello Aida,
Beijing hwa apartment has a super location in terms ofshopping. It is located in Xidan Commercial Area, within a walking distance to Xidan Joy City that has 13-story complex equipped with the world’s longest escalator. It also has the largest digital cinema in China and the largest cosmetic shop in Beijing.
Add: 131 Xidan Beidajie, Xicheng District, Beijing
Web: http://www.xidanjoycity.com/
Also Xidan Shopping Center and HWA Shopping City are close to your hotel.
Hi…I will be going to Beijing in May and will be staying at the Park Hyatt, Beijing. Was wondering where is the nearest shopping market with good quality and reasonably priced clothes, bedspreads, lace tabletops and souvenier items. Appreciate your advice, tq.
Hello Suhaidah,
Just go to the Silk Market, a walking distance to your hotel.
Hello Admin,
We will arrive in Beijing airport for a ten hour stopover on 15 June, what market would you recommend to have a nice few hours wandering and looking at interesting things?
Thank you.
Hello Linda，
You may go to Silk Market 秀水市场.
How to get to the silk market from Beijing Capital airport?
Well just take the airport express train directly from the airport to its final stop of Dongzhimen (东直门）, then interchange for Subway line 2, get off at the third stop of Jianguomen (建国门）to the south , then again interchang for subway line 1 and get off at the first stop of Yonganli(永安里) to the east direction , and exit from Exit A. You will see the multi-storey building of Silk Market with tons of stuff! Or you take a taxi directly from the airport to the silk market that costs you RMB 80 or so.
Have a good shopping!
i am staying right next to the beijing west railway station and i am looking for nearby flea markets or second hand trade markets antiques can you please suggest any that might be nearby
thank you
Hello Heaney,
The antique market close to Beijing West Railway Station is Baoguosi Culture Market (报国寺文化市场). As how to get there, please check the No.9 Baoguosi Culture Market on this page.
Hello
Culd you recomand me a place to looking for nice , good quality and cheap chinese table game like Chess, Go, and other stuff like this!? I stay in Beijing near Wungfangjing street.
Hi,
I am Tya from Indonesia , i will stay in Sofitel Wanda Hotel in April 15th 2013. could you please suggest meif i would like go to Silk Market and Zoo Market . Is it far from my hotel ?
could you please suggest me , i would like take 1 day tour to Great Wall . do you have a reference for it ?
awaiting you kind information soon
Thank you
regards,
Tya
Hello Tya,
1. The distance between Sofitel Wanda Hotel and Silk Market: 5km
Walking: 1 hour
Taxi: about RMB19
Subway: take subway line 1 at the station of Dawang Road (大望路) and get off at the station of Yonganli (永安里), exit from the exit A
2. The distance between Sofitel Wanda Hotel and Zoo Market: 16km
Taxi: about RMB45
Subway: take subway line 1 at the station of Dawang Road (大望路) and get off at the station of Fuxingmen (复兴门), interchange for subway line 2 and get off at the station of Xizhimen (西直门), and agaun interchange for
Subway 4 and get off at the station of Beijing Zoo （北京动物园), exit from Exit D.
3. Suggested Great Wall Day Tour：
1） Great Wall Bus Tour: http://www.tour-beijing.com/coach_tours/
2) Great Wall Private Tour: http://www.tour-beijing.com/hiking_tours/
Hello Catalin,
Go for a try at Silk Market.
I am interested in buying reasonably prices party blouses and tops size xtra large please let me know which market I can find these clothes.I am leaving on the 17 of April 2013
Hello Sabina，
Try your luck at Silk Market.
Hi,
We will be staying in BackHome Beijing Guest House in
No.58 Xisi North 5th Tiao next week. Wheres the closest and best market do u suggest for us to visit? Something thats near a subway station.
Hello Rj,
Maybe you can go to the Zoo Market by the Beijing Zoo Station of Subway Line 4.
Hi Admin,
I’ll be in Beijing 13-18 May and will be staying at Forbidden City Hotel (北京鸿瑞阁宾馆)
Address : No.5 Nanheyan Street, Dongcheng District, Dongcheng
Which market would you recommend for clothes, bags, shoes, accessories (basically everything!) for male & female.
Would you recommend hiring the hotel van or we are better off taking public transport? (there’ll be 8 of us).
Thanks!
Hello Emma，
Suggest you go to the Silk Market which is about 5.7km from your Forbidden City Hotel.
1. You may take a taxi that costs you about RMB 22 from your hotel to the Silk Market.
2. You also can use public transportation. You walk along Nanheyan Street to the south direction, soon you will come across the most famou east – west street in Beijing – Chang An Street (or Chang’an Avenue), you just turn right and you will see the Exit B of East Tiananmen Station of Subway Line 1. You take the subway line 1 to the east direction and pass 3 stations and get off at station of Yonganli (永安里), exit from the Exit A. The Silk Market is just by the Exit A of the subway station. The subway fare: RMB2 (very cheap!), but you will expect crowded passngers inside the subway station.
The walking distance from your hotel to the the Exit B of East Tiananmen Station of Subway Line 1 is about 1.2km.
I’ll be in Beijing 2 May and I will stay in RADISSON BLUE
Which market would you recommend for clothes, bags, shoes, accessories (basically everything!) for male & female.
Thank you
Hello Elsile,
Persoanlly, I suggest you go to the Silk Market.
Hi, I am going to be in Beijing on 18th May fo five nights. I am staying at Prime Hotel. Want to find a discount market for branded clothes and shoes near by. Can some one tell me where and how to get there.
I am travelling to Beijing & Shanghai from 17 May to 25 May 2013.
Staying at Days inn Joiest in Beijing and Lotel in Shanghai. Which is good place to shop ready made garments for ladies and Gents, Camera, Chinese Craft Etc. Which flee market you recommend and Zoo Market Or Silk Market is cheaper? Which is close to Joiest Days Inn?
Hello Kumar,
The Silk market is closer to Joiest Days Inn. Personally, I prefer the Silk Market, clean, well ordered and easily navigated. As for the prices, it mainly depends on your skill of bargaining.
Hello Rachel,
You may take the subway from your hotel to the Silk Market.
1. First walk from your hotel to the east direction for about 570m and ente the Subway station of Dong Si (东四站）of Subway Line 5 and interchange for Subway Line 1 at the station of Dong Dan (东单), then take subway line 1 to the east diretion and get off at the next station of Yonganli (永安里) and exit Exit A, you will see the Silk Market Building.
I have 12 hrs layover at Beijing airport terminal 3 together with my 8 yr old child on May 28 ’13, we would like to go to the nearest cheap market for small stuff can we pay dollars buying things. What do we do we don’t wanna miss our flight too.
Hello Rosa,
You may go to the Silk Market. But in China, US$ is not the currency in Circulation. You’d betetr to exchange your money into RMB (local money) at the Beijing airport.
hello
i want to know which money is better for exchange and shopping in beijing Euro or dollar or yuan ?
thanks
Hello Bahar,
Only yuan is in circulation in China. You can cash your Euro or Dollar into yuan through the banks at the Beijing airport or your hotel in Beijing.
Hello. can you please recommend both markets and shopping malls that are close to the China World Hotel? also to the Courtyard Marriott Northeast Beijing. thank you!
Hello Anita，
1. Market and Malls mnear China World Hotel
1）The Silk Market ( 10 minutes walking )
2) Shin Kong Place
3) Beijing Yintai Center
4) The Place
5) China World Hotel itself has a shopping mall ( high-end)
2. Malls near the Courtyard Marriott Northeast Beijing
1) Solana – Beijing Lifestyle Shopping Mall
2) Beijing Lufthansa Center Shopping Mall
http://goshopbeijing.com/beijing-lufthansa-center-shopping-mall-353.html
I m visiting Beijing tommorrow , shall stay at Hotel Crown Plaza at Wang Fujing aven can you advise any nearest fake market to buy watches, shoes and ladies bags
Hello Sanjeev Bhatt
Just go to the Silk Market for clothes and bags. About 6km from your hotel, taxi fare approx. RMB22
Hi there! I will be staying at the Beijing Marriott Hotel Northeast on 8-11 May 2013. I would like to buy some cheap clothes (i.e. t-shirts, blouses etc.) and silk material.
Where do you suggest? Which market is nearer, Zoo or Silk?
Tq
Hello Bob,
It is better to go to the Silk Market Building. The Zoo Market is a littl bit difficult to navigate.
Hi. What is the nearest market for souvenir items here in our hotel, city inn chaoyang? Thanks.
Hello Ysa,
Go to the Silk Market. Have a good time!
Hi, I am looking to have curtains made in Beijing and also to have some suits tailored. Could you possibly recommend where I should go?
Hello Eugene,
You may go to the third floor of the Silk Market ( New Silk Market Building ) listed as number 2 of the Top 10 Beijing Markets.
I will be in Beijing from 25 – 29 May, am looking for cheap but stylish bags, sneakers and costume jewellery. Of all the markets you talk about, which is the one where I can get all these things? What is the average price of bags or sneakers?
Thanks
How do I use subway to go to Tianle costumes market
Hello Pd,
The market is in the Beijing Zoo Market area. Please takeTake Subway Line 4, get off at Beijing Zoo Station ( 动物园）and exit from Exit D.
Tianle costumes market 北京天乐服装批发市场 or 世纪天乐国际服装市场 (010)88351818
Hello Jozi,
You may go to the Silk Market (the New Silk Market Building). Not sure about the current prices and it mainly depends on your ability of bargaining.
I will be coming to Beijing with friends which is the markets for Male suits and Baby wear
Hello Langford,
Just go to the Silk Market listed as No.02. There are a great number of choices. But you have to be touch bargaining. Good luck!
i want to buy white porcelain ,please do tell me where i can buy some
Hello Varsha,
You may go to Panjiayuan Flea Market (潘家园旧货市场). You should bargain!