Panjiayuan Collection Market

Hours & Admission Price Peak Season
Jan.-Dec.
0:00-24:00
Free Low Season
Jan.-Dec.
0:00-24:00
Free Address & Phone +86 10-51204673 100 meters southwest of the Panjiayuan Bridge at the East Third Ring South Road, Chaoyang Dist Transportation Take Bus No. 36, 51, 64, 713, 802, 300 and get off at Panjiayuan station or Huawei Xili. Notes

As the most popular antique market in China, Panjiayuan Collection Market is the largest and most comprehensive one of its kind. It is the right choice if you want to visit only one market in Beijing.

Panjiayuan Collection Market is located at the southeast corner of the 3rd Ring Road in Beijing. Covering an area of 48,500 square meters, it is China's most comprehensive and largest collecting and distributing center of antique goods and handicrafts. The over 4000 stalls in the market mainly deal with antiques, crafts, collectibles and decorations. Their owners belong to different ethnic groups from other parts of China.

The market is very popular among tourists from both China and abroad and almost everyone can find something. Even Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former First Lady of the United States, have purchased things at here. Climb the Great Wall at Badaling, eat the Roast Duck, visit the Forbidden City and wander at Panjiayuan have become the must for the foreign tourists to China.

Panjiayuan Collection Market is also called Ghost Market. Don’t be scared by the name as there is a legend about this. At the end of Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), many high ranking officials’ family fortune declined. In order to keep their living, the family members took out the curios to sell in the market. However, this behavior was considered disrepute in their eyes. So they made the trade with cheap price at midnight, the time which was considered ghost would appear. Gradually, the market got famous for its cheap and good curios.

Today, the market becomes the largest one in China dealing with craftworks like porcelain, jewels and jades, ancient propaganda pictures, calligraphies and paintings, traditional Chinese furniture, stamps, etc. There are six areas in the market namely booth area, ancient house area, classical furniture area, modern collection area, stone carvings area and dining area.

The market opens all year round. Weekend is the best time to visit the market. From Monday to Friday, it opens from 8:30 to 17:30 while on Saturday and Sunday, it opens from 4:30 to 17:30.

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