Silk Street Market
Beijing China
2014

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Street


Silk Street, aka Silk Market or Silk Street Market, is a shopping center in Chaoyang District, Beijing, that accommodates over 1,700 retail vendors, notorious among international tourists for their wide selection of counterfeit designer brand apparel.

Xiushui Street (Silk Market) is a popular shopping market in Beijing that it is important as the Forbidden City and the Great Wall of China.

It locates in No. 8 Xiushui East Street, which is a short walk from the Chaoyang business district with its many foreign embassies and consulates (where you’ll need to go if you loose your passport or find yourself in some other unfortunate incident), large and looming hotel chains and office buildings. Xiushui Street is accessible by taking subway Line 1 to Yonganli Station and the northwest exit will take you straight to the underground Xiushui market.

The Xiushui Silk Street dates back to 1982, when a group of young people got together and decided to start a business at Silk Eastern Road and open stalls selling foreign imports and silk. Gradually more vendors moved in, selling traditional Chinese silks and craft objects, and in 1985 Silk Street was officially born.
The surprising thing is that it has grown from one or two stalls to one of the top attractions for visitors in Beijing in a relatively short time. No doubt due to its attractive prices.

Next to the original market is the Beijing Silk Street new mall which opened in 2005. It has five floors above ground and three underground. It is at about 28,000 sq meters containing 1,500 stalls for your shopping requirements. The Silk Market has some of the finest silk products and a massive amount of different categories of goods on sell. You’ll find shoes, bags, accessories, leather, clothing, knits, ties, handicrafts, jewellery, antiques, calligraphy prints and paintings. Besides, coffee shops and restaurant chains such as Lavazza, Subway and Beijing’s famous Quanjude roast duck are included.

https://www.mybeijingchina.com/beijing-attractions/xiushui-street/