Top 10 Beijing Markets

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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 us to explore the top 10 Beijing markets below. I’m sure you will get what you want to enrich 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!

One thing you should know is that Beijing’s overall urban blueprint has been in the process of adjusting, upgrading and standardizing.  Many busy and noisy lively markets have been removed from the urban central areas and resettled in the relatively remote outskirts of Beijing.

Some lucky ones have been gentrified and placed indoors like Silk Market (now actually a huge 5-story mansion). Some of the vendors have been evacuating from the old market places and settled elsewhere. The golden “flea market” time in Beijing has been fading, gradually diluted by gentrification and disneyfication.

Normally all the markets are open all year round except Chinese Spring Festival. Most of the markets will be closed for 5 days during China Spring Festival (China’s lunar new year).

By the way, most of the department stores and shopping malls are still open during the biggest holiday in China. Most of the listed markets are mainly composed of private vendors who need to go home for family reunion for the big holiday.

Top 1: Silk Street Market 秀水街市场

Brief introduction: Placemaking in 1977. Renovation: 2019 ( JERDE is honoured to be part of the silk street renovation team). So the old silk street market has been demolished long before. The present Silk Street Market is actually a department-like store ( 5 above and 2 under ) with a floor area of 28,000 square meters.

The exterior of Silk Street Market Mansion

There are now over 500 booths in the building. According to the developer of the building, the advantages of the old market are still kept intact in the present market, targeting the international tourists and local white-collar workers.

Floor Information ( Silk Street Market )

The Silk Street Market cover multiple kinds of goods, including clothing ( F2 and F3); shoes and bags ( B1) ; silk, jewellery and handicrafts ( F4);Coffee, Haute Couture / Jewellery/Clothing alteration service, art gallery ( F5), Grocery Supermarket ( fruit and vegetables at B2), which are favoured by consumers all over the world.

Women’s Clothing and Apparel (F2 & F3)
Men’s Clothing and Apparel (F3)
Women’s Shoes (B1)
luggage & travel accessories ( B1)

Location: 8 Xiushui East Street, Jianwai Dajie, Chaoyang, Beijing 北京市朝阳区建外大街秀水东街8号
Tel::(010) 56767766
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

Top 2: 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. We suggest you go to Panjiayuan on weekends. Only on weekends, you will find some vendors coming from all parts of China to show their personal stuff or artifacts they collect and sell on the ground in a designated area in the market.

Panjiayuan Flea Market
Panjiayuan Flea 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 jewellery, ceramics, calligraphy, teapots, ethnic clothing, Buddha statues, paper lanterns, Cultural Revolution memorabilia, PLA belts, Ming- and Qing-style furniture, old pipes, opium scales, and many more.
Check out Panjiayuan Flea Market for more information.

Location: No.18, Huaweili Road, just 100 meters west of Panjiayuan Bridge on the southeast third ring road.
地址:北京市朝阳区潘家园桥华威里18号
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.

Top 3: Beijing Antique City 古玩城

Brief introduction: Beijing Antique City ( former Beijing Curio City) is a four-story building. It is located just to the west of Huawei Bridge on the southeast third ring road, about 300 meters south of Panjiayuan Flee Market.

It is the largest Chinese antique trade center in Asia.

Beijing Antique City
Beijing Antique City

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.

It also offers the ancient rug, the copper ware image of Buddha, the ancient clock and watch, the ancient ceramic antique chinaware, the Tibetan cultural relic and much more.

Location: 21 Dongsanhuan Nan Lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China (located just to the west of Huawei Bridge on the east-south third ring road, about 300 meters south of Panjiayuan Flee Market.)
地址:北京市朝阳区东三环南路21
Tel: 010-5960901,59609011

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 4: 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 the Temple of Heaven. Its main entrance – the west gate faces the road across the Temple of Heaven. If you drive to the market, you are supposed to get off at its north side gate.

Beijing Hongqiao Market
Beijing Hongqiao Market

The market has four stories. The first floor sells digital products, timepieces and glasses, Groceries, mobile phone parts and daily necessities; the second floor offers clothes, shoes, cases and bags; the third floor provides pearls, jades and artifacts; the forth floor sells the high-end jewellery. Check out Hongqiao Pearl Market for more information.

Location: 9 Tiantan Donglu, Dongcheng District (just opposite the east gate of Temple of Heaven)
地址:东城区天坛东路9号
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 north you will see the market.
Take bus: 39, 43, 60, 116, 610

Top 5: Liulichang Antique Street 琉璃厂

Brief introduction: On both sides of the street there are about 100 storefronts and vendors’ stalls selling collectibles and art supplies, including woodblock prints, copies of famous calligraphy, historic paintings (reproductions) and more.

Rongbaozhai 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.

Rongbaozhai’s business scope is very wide, ranging from ink, paper and inkstone, to fan albums; from painting and seal cutting to mounting a picture scroll, almost everything from ordinary people to cultural celebrities, all of them are enthusiastic customers of Rongbaozhai.

Liulichang Antique Street

Location: Liulichang Street, Xicheng District;
地址:西城区琉璃厂
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.

Top 6: Shilihe House Building Materials City 十里河家居建材城

Are you going to upgrade your home in Beijing? No matter  you are a do-it-yourselfer or would like outsource your home decor, Beijing Shilihe Household Building Materials City is your one-stop market.

Though its Chinese name “City” suggests its expansiveness, the market is less a city than a street, a household building materials commercial street. It is the largest home improvement market in Beijing, similar to a cluster of Home Depot stores in the States or Canada as well.

Getting there is just a breeze. It is located in the southeast corner of the Third Ring Road in Beijing. Take subway line 10 ( or Line 14 anf 17 ) and get off at the station of Shilihe Zhan ( 十里河站)and exit at Exit K2 or J , you will be on the market street ( located at 100 meters east of Shilihe Bridge, East Third Ring Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 北京市朝阳区东三环十里河桥东100米 (十号地铁K2出口).

Lights and Lighting Section of Shilihe House Building Materials City
A lights decoration store in the market

Location: 100 meters east of Shilihe Bridge, East Third Ring Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
北京市朝阳区东三环十里河桥东100米 (十号地铁K2出口)
Take subway line 10 ( or Line 14 anf 17 ) and get off at the station of Shilihe Zhan ( 十里河站)and exit at Exit K2 or J . Then walk along Dayangfang Road (大羊坊路), then you will see the a group of buildings for all the stuff you will need.
For more information, please click: Beijing Shilinhe Household Building Materials City.

Top 7 Sanyuanli Market (Food & Produce)三源里菜市场

Sanyuanli Market is located in Shunyuanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing. The market was built in October 1992, with a business area of 1560 square meters and 139 booths, selling vegetables, fruits, fresh meat, aquatic products, non-staple food seasonings, grain and oil, pasta tea, general merchandise and daily necessities. The market is a standardized community vegetable market of Beijing.

Fresh Produce in Sanyuanli Market

Sanyuanli Market has become the food and produce shopping channel for more than 10,000 households and 30,000 residents in Xinyuanli, Sanyuanli and Shunyuanli communities, as well as the surrounding hotels and restaurants. Guests from foreign embassies, hotels and foreign-related enterprises also frequently patronize this market.

ADD: Left side of Building 2, Shunyuanli, Ease Third Ring Road, Beijing
BUS: 403,300/YUNTONG104 at Sanyuanqiao Station
Subway: Line 10 Liangmaqiao Station

Top 8: Baoguosi Culture Market 报国寺文化市场

The old open-air Baoguosi Culture Market is closed. But the marekt is there keeping some of its delicate indoor markets. Today Baoguosi Cultural Market is still a cultural market based on Chinese books, stamps and coins. So you still can see some quiet and lively antique trade business going on inside the market ( indoor buildings ).

Brief introduction: “Baoguosi” means Baoguo Temple ( Serving the country Temple ). It was first constructed in the Liao Dynasty (916-1125) in the southern part of downtown Beijing. Baoguo Si was a Buddhist temple. The main hall of the temple has been now transformed into a coin hall, a book and newspaper hall, a ticket and certificate hall, a comic book hall, etc.

Baoguosi Cultural Market

Top 9: Yandai Xiejie Market 烟袋斜街

In Beijing, there still exist some places where you can see the old streets, typical Northern Chinese buildings and authentic Beijing folk culture despite of the fast pace of the local urbanization and gentrification.

Yandai Xiejie ( or Yandai Byway or Old Pipe Street 烟袋斜街) is one of such old commercial streets that showcase Beijing’s past. Yandai Byway was originally formed in Yuan Dynasty (1271 – 1368) and further developed and reached its height in late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Yandai, literally “Smoking Pipes”, was once lined up with many shops selling smoking pipes, hence the name of Yandai.

Silk Blouses and silk clothes for ladies

Today the general outline of the byway is still intact with many buildings sticking to their originality – shop front residence. Beside keeping the tradition of selling smoking pipes, antiques and jade, the lean street also sells silk, tea, Beijing snacks,etc. There are trendy bars and small eateries on the street.

Location: The 232-meter-long market street is located about 50 meters south of Drum Tower. For more information, please check out How to Visit Yandai Xiejie.

Top 10 Nanluoguxiang Hutong 南锣鼓巷

Now almost every Beijing first-time visitor wants to be lost in the maze of Nanluoguxiang hutong teemed with side lanes. People want to be lost in the past, in the tradition, in the passing passengers, in a fad and in the future. Time is flying here and getting older.

Vendors at Nanluoguxiang Hutong

The 786-meter long south-north Nanluoguxiang Hutong is lined with numerous trendy bars, yummy restaurants, unique hostels, lively themed stores and itinerant vendors.

Nanluoguxiang is easily accessible by Subway Line 6 and get off at the station of Nanluoguxiang. Then enter the south entrance to Nanluoguxiang and exit from its north. For more information, please check out How to visit Nanluoguxiang.


The markets below have been either closed or moved somewhere else due to Beijing urban development:

Dahongmen Clothing Wholesale Market 大红门服装批发市场 ( Moved)

( Closed) Important Notice: The vendors have evacuated from the market and settled elsewhere. No More!

This huge market, oft-lauded as the largest clothing market north of Yangtze River in China.

It is located on Beijing’s south axis road starting from Muxiyuan (木樨园) on the south third ring road in the north to the northern bank of Liangshui River (凉水河北岸) , about 7  km south of Tiananmen Square.

The market is composed of 24 comprehensive markets covering clothing, shoes, hats as well as food, antiques and paintings jewelry, cultural and creative products. The most well-known markets include Dahongmen Clothing City (大红门服装城) and Dahongmen Shoes City  (大红门鞋城).

Address: 15 Yongnan Road (south of Dahongmen Birdge ), Fengtai District
Chinese Add: 北京市丰台区永南路15号(大红门桥南)
Contact: 67226658

Business Hours:
Dahongmen Early Morning Market (大红门早市):4:30 am – 10:00 am
Dahongmen Clothing Wholesale Market (大红门服装批发市场) : 9:00am – 5:00 pm
Tianya Clothing Plaza (天雅服装大厦) : 9:00 am – 5:00pm
Jingwen Clothing Market (京温服装市场):9:00 am – 5:00pm
Dahongmen Shoes City (大红门鞋城):7:00 am – 4:00pm

Beijing Tianyi Small Commodities Wholesale Market 北京天意小商品批发市场( Closed)

  (permanently closed and removed)
Beijing Tianyi Market has over 2000 suppliers from all over China with over 60,000 small products.

The market has a business area of 11000 square meters with 20 business halls and 1550 booths.

The market can almost meet your need for  some cheap accessories. It is better to buy large quantities, let’ s say 10 pieces and it is easy to bargain in bulk-buy. The market sells everything such as hairstyles, electronics, souvenirs, toys,  Jewels, door keys, bags, tissues, clothes, cuddly toys, cosmetics, plants, shoes, phone accessories, office supplies,  bookshops, school supplies and many more!!

Business Hour: 7:30am – 5:30pm
Add: No. 259, Fuchengmen Outer Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, China, 100037
中国北京市西城区阜成门外大街259号 邮政编码: 100037
Subway line 2: Take subway line 2 and get off at the station of “Fuchengmen station”(阜成门), exit from Exit A, then walk westward along Fuchengmen Outer Street (阜成门外大街) for about 1.2 km, coming across 2 traffic lights,  you will see  the market on your right side ( No.259).

Zoo Market 动物园服装批发市场 ( Closed & Moved)

Important Notice: The vendors have evacuated from the market and settled elsewhere. No More!

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).

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: 5:00am – 3:00pm
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.

Tip: Hassle-free Beijing Guided Tours

If you don’t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours,  here are some options for Beijing guided tours:

Car Rental in Beijing
Beijing Day Tour
Beijing Tour Packages
Beijing Winter Tour
Great Wall Tour
Beijing Tours
China City Tours
China Tour

Further Readings


Best Time to Visit Beijing
How to plan a trip to Beijing

Top 10 Attractions in Beijing
How to Visit Forbidden City
How to Visit Temple of Heaven
How to Visit Summer Palace
How to Visit Ming Tombs
How to Visit the Great Wall of China
How to Visit Tiananmen Square
How to Visit Hutongs
How to Visit Olympic Sites

Top 10 Markets in Beijing
Top 10 Shopping Malls in Beijing
Beijing Shopping

Wangfujing Night Snack Street
Qianmen Commercial Street
Beijing Huguosi Street

Chinese version of the travel guide:

北京10大小商品批发或旧货市场

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379 thoughts on “Top 10 Beijing Markets

  1. 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

  2. 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 ??/

  3. 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).

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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!

  9. 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

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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

  13. 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/

  14. 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

  15. 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.

  16. Hello Rj,

    Maybe you can go to the Zoo Market by the Beijing Zoo Station of Subway Line 4.

  17. 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!

  18. 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.

  19. 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

  20. 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.

  21. 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?

  22. 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.

  23. 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.

  24. 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.

  25. 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.

  26. hello
    i want to know which money is better for exchange and shopping in beijing Euro or dollar or yuan ?
    thanks

  27. 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.

  28. 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!

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. Hello Sanjeev Bhatt

    Just go to the Silk Market for clothes and bags. About 6km from your hotel, taxi fare approx. RMB22

  32. 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

  33. Hello Bob,

    It is better to go to the Silk Market Building. The Zoo Market is a littl bit difficult to navigate.

  34. Hi. What is the nearest market for souvenir items here in our hotel, city inn chaoyang? Thanks.

  35. 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?

  36. 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.

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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.

  40. I will be coming to Beijing with friends which is the markets for Male suits and Baby wear

  41. 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!

  42. Hello Varsha,

    You may go to Panjiayuan Flea Market (潘家园旧货市场). You should bargain!

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