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One Day Tour of Antique Market in Beijing
The experience:
Those who love novels such as Grave Robber Chronicles or Ghost Blows Out The Light are sure to be familiar with Panjiayuan, this is the place where the treasure hunters always appear. Renowned as the best place for treasure hunting and trying your luck, everything you can think of (or can't think of) can be found here. Here you can find a wide variety of all sorts of things, but it is a challenge to determine whether they are authentic or not! This is the place to come if you like antiques, walk around and experience the rich Chinese folk culture and charm of antiques.
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－Starting Time: Departure at 08:00 from your hotel
－Location of Departure: Your hotel (Pick-up can be arranged anywhere within Beijing's 3rd Ring Road)
－Tour Duration: 8 hours
－Return Transporation: The driver will drive you back to your hotel.
－Recommendation: This route is best visited on Saturdays and Sundays
* Please provide your pick-up and drop-off locations when booking the tour.
－Highlights－
＃The largest and most complete antique/flea market in Beijing
＃Chinese folk culture features
＃Part of everyday life for the locals
＃Diverse and complete with all kinds of goods
＃A complete collection of local crafts.
＃Treasures from Chinese culture.
＃A place rich with the features of Old Beijing
＃One of the largest flea market cities in the world
＃An ongoing jewellerly exhibition in Beijing
－Tour Overview－
Professional driver and licensed guide accompanying you to experience the charm of antiques and the fun of treasure hunting
＊Panjiayuan Flea Market
Panjiayuan is the largest flea market in the country, selling all kinds of goods and curios from crafts and collectables to porcelains, woodcrafts and furnitures. There are over 3000 stalls here run by people from all 24 provinces in the country, there are even several minority people selling their ethnic goods here. Other than food, there is indeed a wide variety of goods to be found here.
＊Baoguosi Culture Market
Baoguosi Culture Market is located at Baoguosi West Alley in Xicheng (West City), originally the "Serving the Country Temple (Patriotic Temple)", it is now a cultural market selling mainly books, stamps and old money. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Baoguosi had already been the best-known book market in Beijing, having being established even earlier by several years than the Beijing Glass Factory Book Market. This used to be the place roamed by the men of literature at that time, leaving behind several legends and stories. In Year 18 of the Kangxi Era (1679), large portions of the Baoguosi building had collapsed from the Jingshi Earthquake. In Year 19 of the Qianlong Era (1754), the building was reconstructed and named "Da Baoguo Ciren Temple (Great Patriotic Mercy Temple)"
＊Beijing Glass Factory (Liulichang)
The Beijing Glass Factory is located outside the Heping Men (Peace Gate) in Beijing, it is one of the most famous cultural street of Beijing. Since the Qing Dynasty, many scholars attending the imperial examination would gather around here, as a result, there are now many stores selling books, brushes, ink and paper, developing a rich cultural atmosphere. There are many shops selling antiques, calligraphy and paintings.
＊Hongqiao (Red Bridge) Market
Hongqiao (Red Bridge) Market is the largest market in the world for pearl retail, the pearls of Hongqiao are very well-known worldwide. The market is located at No. 9 Tiantan Road, Dongcheng (East City)District in Beijing, it is an 8-story old-styled building less than 200 meters from the East Gate of Tiantan Park (Temple of Heaven)
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