Panjiayuan Market, Beijing

This is a market located in the south part of the city , also called as sunday market.
Many of the goods are not real antique, people comes here just to buy "Chinese "stuff, like pictures/budda status/woolden funiture/vase/porcelain/old carpet....etc...
You need to be expert if you want to find the real antique. I enjoy seeing these stuffs and people, just for fun..sometimes buy porcelian vase as gift to my foreign friends.

Bargain skill: Reference to "YA XIU"
Opening hour: Early morning to late afternoon
Saturday& Sunday only

Panjiayuan is the HUMONGOUS market that is a great place to buy your Chinese souvenirs.

There are giant bronze Buddhas, (fake or real) antique vases, Tibetan scriptures, exotic sculptures, furniture, religious and fable characters made from brass, porcelain, wood, embroideries, wooden chests, tea-sets, Chinese paintings, snuff bottles, fake coins with the holes, and lots and lots of kitsch Oriental souvenirs like Mao alarm clocks, .

A delight to visit. You can spend many hours browsing the market. Bargain HARD. Go EARLY on Saturdays and Sundays.

It is a huge market complex with many many vendors selling/trading interesting stuff.

Details see the site below or just search online, you should see lot (keywords 'panjiayuan beijing':

http://www.globetrekkertv.co.uk/destination_guide/asia/china/dirt_market.php

What to buy: Anything you could imagine that can be found in China. Antiques, authentic or replica, sourvenirs, art and crafts, daily use, anything, and just to have some fun there.

What to pay: Depends upon what you are buying. Most likely you have to pay by Chinese currency.