Located in the southeast corner of the city, this free open-air market, commonly called the Jinsong Market, does business on Saturday and Sunday mornings. It's not for the faint-hearted.
Peasants haul in their treasures on bicycles, broken-down trucks and by foot.
Antique dealers arrive early to get the best bargains - the real things, not the fakes. Dealers appear in the darkness with a flashlight in one hand, a magnifying glass in the other. The peasants hunker down over their treasures spread out before them on a blanket, a jar of hot tea in one hand, a calculator in the other. At this early hour, the buyers and sellers are all local. The foreigners come later in the mornings and tend to buy kitsch.