Livin' In The Chonx

Chaotianmen Pi fa Shi Chang 朝天门批发市场
• Hours ~5 am-3 pm. Try to get there earlier, by 10 am most of the goods have already been picked over.
This is where clothing stores from all over the region come to stock up. The advantage of shopping here is that you can buy […]

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Jie Yue Jie 节约街
This open air market is located in the small streets and alleys connecting Xinhua Road and Shanxi Road. It is very much like a dollar store except spread out over several streets. This is the best place to buy cheap holiday decorations, hair accessories, cleaning supplies, Mahjong sets, and other […]

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Jin Hai Yang Shi Chang 金海洋市场
This wholesale market carries everything under the sun.  On the first two floors it sells clothing like many of the other markets, but as you go further up there is much more available than just clothes.  Here you can find things for around your house from cleaning supplies to ‘antique’ […]

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Sheng Fang Chuang Shang Yong Pin Shi Chang 省纺床上用品市场
This wholesaler sells everything you need for your bed, at much lower prices than they sell at the department stores. Sheets, pillowcases, duvets, those bamboo mats people put on their beds in the summer to stay cool, you name it they’ve got it.
Bus Tip: 交易市场(道门口) or […]

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Wai Mao Shi Chang 外贸市场
This is one of the places where you can find clothing that is made for exporting out of the country. Here you can find cheap Adidas and Nike workout gear, or shirts with Abercrombie and Calvin Klein emblazoned across them sold at local prices instead of at the huge markup […]

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Bu Liao Pi Fa Chang 布料批发场
• Hours around 4am-11am (many sellers start closing shop around 10)
Located off Shanxi Road, underneath the Silver Star Market (银星商场), is a large wholesale market that sells miles upon miles of cloth. Here you can purchase all the material you need for the tailor to make […]

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