Fujian (福建省) · 26 markets · 9 cities
26 markets in Fujian, grouped by city. The opening column is the part to read first: a country market stands empty except on its own dates. Chinese addresses are given as they are written, which is the form to show a driver.
Most common here: Everyday market (7), Country market (7), Fishing port (5). See all provinces, or what the six kinds of market are and why most of them are shut today.
4 markets
Fuzhou (福州)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Daming Road Night Market (达明路美食街（达明夜市）)Fuzhou’s night street beside the Three Lanes quarter, pedestrian only, five in the afternoon to eleven. Hand-made fish balls, paper-thin meat dumplings, oyster omelette and noodle soup, at 35 to 60 yuan a head.(鼓楼区达明路 186 号（三坊七巷马路对面），地铁1号线东街口站 B 口步行 400 米) | Night market | Daily · 19:00 to 21:00 |
| Fuzhou Mawei Seafood Wholesale Market (福州马尾海产品批发市场)Reported as the largest seafood wholesale market in Fuzhou, opening at three in the morning with catch from along the coast.(马尾区罗星街道) | Fishing port | Daily · 3:00 to 15:00 |
| Fuzhou New Asia Nantai Seafood Market (福州新亚细亚南台农贸市场)The smallest of Fuzhou’s three seafood wholesale markets and the closest to the centre, dealing mainly in river fish and shellfish.(台江区后洲街道) | Fishing port | Daily · 4:00 to 18:00 |
| Fuzhou Xianfeng Market (福州先锋市场)Two hundred metres across several lanes, filmed by state television two years running. Seafood, five-yuan piles of fruit, and a stall of twenty years selling braised food, fish balls and meat dumplings.(仓山区三叉街街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 5:00 to 19:00 |
4 markets
Nanping (南平)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Nanping Jianyang Beimen Market Day (南平建阳北门圩日)More than 500 stalls on market day, covering the county’s own produce: pressed duck, pomelo and citrus, fish balls and mushrooms.(建阳区潭城街道) | Country market | On set dates · 6:00 to 14:00 |
| Nanping Yanping Xiayang Market Day (南平延平峡阳赶圩)A kilometre of stalls from the main street to the market hall, on the 1st and 6th of the lunar month. Beef and mutton, dried goods roasted to order, hand-dried bamboo shoots and osmanthus cake.(延平区峡阳镇) | Country market | On set dates · 6:00 to 14:00 |
| Wuyishan Sangu Resort Market (武夷山三姑度假区集市)Six market days a month in a lane inside the resort area, known mainly to people who live there. Two-yuan flatbread, goose smoked in an iron pot on the spot, and hill vegetables.(武夷山市三姑度假区) | Country market | Lunar dates 5 of each ten-day run · 6:00 to 12:00 |
| Wuyishan Xingcun Tea Market (武夷山星村茶市赶圩)The tea fair of Wuyi, in a town that has traded leaf since the Qing. Buying of fresh leaf opens at five in the morning on the 4th and 9th of the lunar month, with rock tea, smoked goose and flatbread alongside.(武夷山市星村镇) | Country market | On set dates · 5:00 to 14:00 |
4 markets
Zhangzhou (漳州)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Zhangzhou Dongshan Tongling People’s Market (漳州东山铜陵人民市场)The old market of Dongshan island, built in 1991 and still called the old one. Squid, oysters and the island’s fried rolls, with wet and dry sections separated after a rebuild.(东山县铜陵镇) | Everyday market | Daily · 6:00 to 9:00 |
| Zhangzhou Zhao’an Nanzhao Grand Market (漳州诏安南诏大市场)The wholesale and retail centre of old Zhao’an, grown from an open-air market of the 1960s and rebuilt in 1979. Shrimp balls, boneless duck feet and the local rice porridge.(诏安县南诏镇) | Everyday market | Daily · 5:30 to 19:00 |
| Zhangzhou Zhao’an Qiaoyuan Seafood Market (漳州诏安桥园海鲜市场)A village seafood market on the Fujian and Guangdong border, reported as the largest of its kind in the province, with 200 fixed stalls and more than 600 million yuan a year in trade. Unloading runs from three in the morning.(诏安县桥东镇) | Fishing port | Daily · 2:00 to 18:00 |
| Zhangzhou Zhao’an Xijiao Night Market (漳州诏安西郊夜市)A produce market that turns into a night market after six, created by moving street stalls off Zhongshan Road. Barbecue, braised food and seafood until one in the morning.(诏安县南诏镇) | Night market | Daily · 18:00 to 1:00 |
3 markets
Putian (莆田)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Putian Hanjiang Minzhong Seafood Wholesale Market (莆田涵江闽中水产品批发市场)Three and a half hectares in use since 1997, one of the larger seafood wholesale markets in Fujian. Spanish mackerel, octopus, hairtail, cuttlefish, clams and crab from three in the morning.(涵江区安达路) | Fishing port | Daily · 3:00 to 15:00 |
| Putian Xiuyu Daitou Market Morning Market (莆田秀屿埭头市场早市)A coastal township morning market where the calling is in Putian dialect. Golden rice cakes, ear-shaped pastries, spring onion cakes and orange-red sweets.(秀屿区埭头镇) | Morning market | Daily · 5:30 to 10:00 |
| Putian Zhenhai Farmers Market (莆田镇海农贸市场)Busiest at ten in the morning, when the seafood section fills with crab in roe, croaker, prawns and Spanish mackerel, scaled and packed at the stall.(荔城区镇海街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 5:30 to 19:00 |
3 markets
Quanzhou (泉州)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Quanzhou Shuimen Alley Morning Market (泉州水门巷早市)Where Quanzhou eats breakfast, on a flagstone lane with stalls that have held the same pitch for decades. Noodle paste, peanut soup, fritters, savoury rice and beef soup.(鲤城区海滨街道) | Morning market | Daily · 6:00 to 10:00 |
| Quanzhou West Street Market (泉州西街菜市场)Three floors opposite the church on West Street, market below and exhibition space above. Peanut soup, noodle paste, fried taro balls and sesame candy, with incense on the air from the temple nearby.(鲤城区开元街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 6:00 to 18:00 |
| Quanzhou Xianhou Street Morning Market (泉州县后街早市)A smaller morning market at the north gate of the old town, quieter than West Street. Family shops of twenty or thirty years, peanut soup cooked to a cream, fried taro balls and flaky pastries.(鲤城区开元街道) | Morning market | Daily · 6:30 to 10:00 |
2 markets
Longyan (龙岩)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Longyan Changting Gucheng Town Market (龙岩长汀古城镇赶集)A Hakka town fair on the 5th and 10th of the lunar month, in the place Hakka people call their first city. Oak-log mushrooms, wild-dug roots, bean curd and the local free-range chicken.(长汀县古城镇) | Country market | On set dates · 6:00 to 14:00 |
| Longyan Yongding Suburb Market Day (龙岩永定城郊圩日)A Hakka market day on the 4th and 9th of the lunar month, in the county of the round earth buildings. Cured chicken raised more than two hundred days, beef balls and taro parcels.(永定区城郊镇) | Country market | On set dates · 6:00 to 14:00 |
2 markets
Ningde (宁德)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Ningde Xiapu Gongzhong Farmers Market (宁德霞浦公众农贸市场)The main seafood market of Xiapu town, with prices chalked on a board and some stalls cutting them after three in the afternoon. Crab, croaker, razor clams and oysters, plus the local laver and dried fish.(霞浦县松城街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 5:00 to 18:00 |
| Ningde Xiapu Sansha Fishing Port (宁德霞浦三沙中心渔港)An open fish market from two in the morning, with boats landing between five and seven and fishermen selling with no middleman. Crab, mantis shrimp, wild croaker and razor clams, finished by seven.(霞浦县三沙镇) | Fishing port | Daily · 2:00 to 8:00 |
2 markets
Sanming (三明)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Sanming Mingcheng Agricultural Wholesale Market (三明名成农副产品批发市场)The main vegetable wholesale market of northwestern Fujian, six trading halls handling about 100,000 tonnes a year, with traders from more than twenty provinces.(三元区长安路) | Seasonal fair | One season a year · 3:00 to 15:00 |
| Sanming Ninghua Anyuan Town Market (三明宁化安远镇赶集)A Hakka market day in the town listed as the largest in Ninghua county. Breakfast is spoon noodles with pickled radish, and the green grass jelly costs three yuan.(宁化县安远镇) | Country market | On set dates · 6:00 to 14:00 |
2 markets
Xiamen (厦门)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Xiamen No.8 Market (Bashi) (厦门第八市场（八市）)The produce half of the century-old Bashi, covering the Kaihe and Yingping halls. Seafood arrives at three in the morning and is at its liveliest before nine.(思明区开元街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 6:00 to 21:30 |
| Xiamen Zengcuo’an Village (厦门曾厝垵)A former fishing village now given over to guesthouses, craft shops and snack stalls, and aimed at visitors more than residents. Oyster omelette, satay noodles and peanut soup.(思明区滨海街道) | Night market | Daily · 10:00 to 22:00 |
Going on the Right Day
Market dates move, and the ones that run on the lunar calendar move against the calendar on your phone. Tell our local team where you will be and on which dates, and they will say which of these are open while you are there and which are worth the detour.