Open on the weekends only, this colorful and fascinating market offers a huge assortment of antiques and oddities by more than 3,000 registered stallholders.

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Modeled after France's 17th-century Château Maison-Laffitte, this Chinese replica includes a hotel, spa and wine museum.

Dozens of food stalls with screaming vendors characterize this noisy street market, which offers everything from fish and roasted meats to vegetables and noodles.

The Silk Market - the New Xiushui Market is fun and yes, everything is fake. It takes a lot of patience, time and back and forth with the calculator, but the people are wonderful. Start at the top...

This huge store sells a wide range of traditional Chinese goods and handicrafts including watercolor paintings, cashmere clothing, porcelain, jade, rugs and traditional Chinese medicine.

Lined with billowing red lanterns, this busy all-night food boulevard stretches more than a mile-and-a-quarter and is lined with more than 100 restaurants featuring local cuisines from the different provinces.