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Monday, 23 February 2009 02:34

Panjiayuan Antique Market, a major attraction for visitors from China and the other countries for a long time, is the largest market for folk art in China. Stalls selling paintings and penmanship, jewellery and jade, folk art, old books, coins and other paraphernalia are open year round. The weekend bazaar attracts dealers and buyers from around the country.

Panjiayuan Antique Market is a few minutes walk from Jinsong subway station on Line 10. Alternatively, you can take No. 36, 34, and 434 buses to reach Panjiayuan Antique Market.

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Panjiayuan Antiques Market: The market deals mainly in antiques and arts and crafts. It also has the reputation of being the most inexpensive antiques market in Beijing, attracting foreign and domestic tourists.

Beijing's Dirt (cheap) Market: From trinkets to treasures, Mao caps to Ming pottery, whatever your heart desires from any part of the Middle Kingdom - village handicrafts, Yinxing teapots, Tibetan trunks - will likely be found at Panjiayuan, Beijing's infamous dirt market.

Panjiayuan offers treasure trove for antique lovers: Always bargain hard and remember that the final price should be no more than one-third of the vendor's original asking price.

Discovering Panjiayuan: It´s home to the biggest – and some say the cheapest – antiques market in all of China. The Panjiayuan Flea Market has, in recent years, become a major tourist attraction.

Who Wants to Be Suckered by Beijing Shopping Traps? (Not You): Optimistic estimates peg at 70-80% the probability of being sold a fake antiquity in Panjiayuan. The more realistic observers quote a figure of 98%.

 

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