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Panjiayuan (Dirt Market) A Beijing Journey Shopping Recommendation
From trinkets to treasures, whatever your heart desires
can be found at Beijing's Panjiayuan Dirt Market. It is truly a treasure-trove of antiques, traditional handicrafts,
art work, calligraphy, pottery porcelain, jade, jewelry, books, cultural revolution memorabilia, and just plain good old "junk".
There is anything and everything a person could want. Panjiayuan is not a market just for tourists. Local Beijingers also
come here daily to bargain with the vendors.
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| A Little Bit of Everything |
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The market
started in the early 1990's in a dirt field a few kilometers south of the railroad tracks. Local Beijingers called
it the Dirt Market, which described its original floor. At the beginning, it was a local market and vendors
paid no rent. They just carried in what they wished to sell and spread it out on a blanket or the bare ground. Over time,
word spread about the market, and collectors came to search through the treasures. The name of the market, Panjiayuan,
translates to Pan Family Garden, and historical records reveal that the market site was long ago a typical clan village of
the Pan family.
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| Porcelain anf Pottery For Sale |
China's largest flea market, with over 3000 stalls, Panjiayuan has
bargains galore. The fun is in the searching. Keep an eye out for things you like, but be prepared to bargain hard.
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| Panjiayuan, A True Flea Market |
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| Need a pair of garden statues? |
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Return to Beijing Shopping Recommendations
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Beijing
Journey Travel Agency
China Tour Operator
No. 8, Guangqumen Waidajie, Tower A.,
Suite 1203, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China, 100022
Telephone: 0086-010-58612421
or 0086-13701172059 Skype: tonysun603 |
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