The flea markets of Shanghai will leave no one indifferent: walking through the stalls, you can find both trinkets and valuable antiques. Nevertheless, most often in such markets they sell counterfeits, which are often bought by tourists as memorable gifts.
Dongtai Lu Antiques Market Flea Market
The market, open daily (lively trade is conducted on weekends) from 9 am to 6 pm, invites everyone to acquire old handicrafts, wood, jade and copper products, bronze figurines, calligraphy kits, inkpots, bird cages, ceramic plates, 60s posters, music players, paper lanterns, lighters, bamboo rosary, silk dresses, embroidery, costumes and decorations from Chinese theaters, oil paintings, hooks for storing keys and bags, old tea and candy cans, a variety of masks, antique lamps and other vintage gizmos.
And also, walking between the counters, you can see people playing cards or mahjong.
Flea Market Duolun Road Antique Market
Here shoppers will get into the 1930s atmosphere and can buy antiques in the form of ceramics, fine art, calligraphy, textiles, books, posters and magazines, vintage jewelry and more.
Flea Market Fang Bang Road Indoor Antique Market
In this market, open on weekdays from 09:00 to 17:00, and on weekends from 5 am to 6 pm, everyone will have a chance to become the owner of porcelain, ethnic bags, stamps, toys, jade products, Buddhist figurines, traditional b / by furniture, posters from the 50s, yellowed photographs, coins of the Qing dynasty.
Shopping in Shanghai
Going to Shanghai, it is worth considering that sales will be able to "run into" on the eve of public holidays - October 1, "Russian" and Chinese New Years, May 1, September 15-17 (Mid-Autumn Festival). During such periods, discounts reach 70-80%. Seasonal sales (4 times a year) can also please shopaholics.
In Chinese stores, everyone can get confused about discounts: they are indicated there in percentage terms in a form that is unusual for a European. So, if the price tag says "30%", then the discount on the item is 70%.
While vacationing in Shanghai, it is worth walking along the 6-kilometer Nanjinglu Street (famous for over 600 shops). Well, from the rest it is worth taking away qipao (women's dress), products made of silk, bamboo (cane, flute) and straw, tea, rice vodka, fans, incense.
