Guangxi (广西壮族自治区) · 25 markets · 10 cities
25 markets in Guangxi, 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: Night market (7), Country market (6), Fishing port (3). See all provinces, or what the six kinds of market are and why most of them are shut today.
5 markets
Guilin (桂林)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Dongxi Alley (东西巷)A restored lane quarter with former residences among the shops, free to enter and lit at night. Guilin rice noodles, beer fish, oil tea and water chestnut cake.(秀峰区解放东路 18 号（正阳步行街旁）) | Old-street market | Daily · 10:00 to 22:00 |
| Guilin Damian Periodic Market (桂林大面圩)A market ground outside Guilin traced to the Song, keeping to dates ending 3, 6 and 9 ever since. Villagers trade along crossing lanes, and the look of it has not been tidied.(灵川县大面圩) | Country market | On set dates · 6:00 to 14:00 |
| Guilin Heishan Morning Market (桂林黑山早市)A morning market close to Elephant Trunk Hill, at its fullest between eight and nine. Seasonal vegetables, rice noodles, oil tea and mugwort cakes.(象山区环城西一路206号) | Morning market | Daily · 5:30 to 11:00 |
| Guilin Ximen Market (桂林西门市场)Described as the largest produce market in Guilin, wholesale from before dawn and retail all day. Fruit and vegetables, live fish, poultry and cured meat, with sugar cakes and Gongcheng oil tea.(象山区市区) | Morning market | Daily · 6:30 to 9:30 |
| Zhengyang Walking Street (正阳步行街)The central pedestrian street of Guilin, open around the clock, with the bell tower lit at night. Rice noodles, glutinous rice and mugwort cakes.(秀峰区正阳路 29 号（近杉湖北路）) | Night market | Daily · 10:00 to 23:00 |
4 markets
Beihai (北海)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Beihai Nanzhu Market (北海南珠市场)Where Beihai shops rather than where it takes visitors, strong on seafood and the pearl products the city is named for.(海城区市区) | Everyday market | Daily · 5:30 to 19:00 |
| Beihai Qiaogang Dianjian Fishing Port Morning Market (北海侨港电建渔港早市)Wholesale prices straight off the boat, five to nine in the morning, with the market a short walk from the quay. Mantis shrimp, squid and oysters at a fraction of restaurant prices.(广西北海市银海区侨港镇电建渔港码头（侨港镇港湾路8号一带）) | Fishing port | Daily · 5:00 to 9:00 |
| Beihai Qiaogang Vietnamese Style Street (北海侨港风情街)Built in 1978 to settle Chinese returning from Vietnam and described as the largest such settlement in the country. Eight or nine in ten residents have a Vietnamese background, and the cooking shows it: rolled rice noodles, baguettes and crab noodle soup.(银海区侨港镇侨南路/侨北路) | Fishing port | Daily · 18:30 to 22:00 |
| Beihai Waisha Seafood Island (北海外沙海鲜岛)A seafood island at the end of a causeway, with a Vietnamese street and a Tanka culture area. Sunset over the returning boats is why people come at five.(海城区外沙岛) | Fishing port | Daily · 10:00 to 24:00 |
4 markets
Liuzhou (柳州)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Liuzhou Qingyun Market (青云夜市/青云市场)A market by day and a night market after six, in the part of Liuzhou with the thickest street life. Snail noodles and pickled fruit throughout.(城中区青云市场（五星步行街沿线）) | Night market | Daily · 8:30 to 12:00 |
| Liuzhou Qingyun People’s Market (柳州青云民生市场)Five in the morning to half past twelve for the market, seven in the evening for the night stalls. Five yuan is a full breakfast, and the dew dumplings here are savoury, filled with mushroom and pork.(城中区青云路8号) | Night market | Daily · 7:00 to 9:00 |
| Liuzhou Shengli BBQ City Night Market (柳州胜利烧烤城)Liuzhou’s barbecue quarter, six in the evening to two in the morning, with fried-ice shops that have held the same pitch for years. Grilled oysters, stir-fried snails and beef offal.(柳北区红碑路北二巷胜利商贸城农贸市场旁) | Night market | Daily · 18:00 to 2:00 |
| Liuzhou Wuxing Walking Street & Night Markets (五星步行街 + 风情港/谷埠夜市)The night quarter of the city that gave the country its snail rice noodles. Duck foot casserole, fried ice, cassava pudding and pickled fruit, with one of the markets running to two in the morning.(城中区解放南路 88 号（五星步行街，约 800 米）；风情港便民夜市（城中区曙光东路与立新路东 500 米）；谷埠街夜市（柳南区谷埠街国际商城）) | Night market | Daily · 18:00 to 21:00 |
3 markets
Nanning (南宁)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Nanning Dancun Agricultural Market (南宁淡村农贸市场)Listed as one of the largest wholesale and retail food markets in Guangxi, 210,000 square metres with more than 4,000 traders and 20 billion yuan a year. Open around the clock, with the noodle women out from four.(江南区五一东路7号淡村商贸城) | Morning market | Daily · 6:00 to 9:00 |
| Nanning Jianzheng Road Night Market (南宁建政路夜市)A produce market by day and a food street by night, six in the evening to one. The dry-tossed rice noodles are the reason residents come and visitors mostly do not.(青秀区建政路南一里) | Night market | Daily · 19:30 to 22:30 |
| Nanning Zhongshan Road Night Market (中山路夜市（中山路1952美食夜市街）)Nanning’s night quarter under restored arcades, with a Ming bell tower at one end, busiest from six until two. Old-friend rice noodles, pickled fruit, grilled oysters, rolled rice noodles and Vietnamese late food.(青秀区中山路（南宁最密集夜市小吃生态），地铁1/2号线朝阳广场站、1号线新民路站步行 5-10 分钟) | Night market | Daily |
2 markets
Baise (百色)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Jingxi Longbang Border Market (靖西龙邦口岸边境集市)A border market day on the 4th and 9th of the lunar month at a pass fortified in the Qing. Vietnamese durian and jackfruit, hill produce, and a song fair on the 13th of the fifth lunar month.(靖西市龙邦镇（中越边境）) | Country market | Lunar dates 4, 9 of each ten-day run · 7:00 to 15:00 |
| Jingxi Yuexu Border Market (靖西岳圩口岸边境集市)A border market day drawing more than a thousand people, on the 4th and 9th of the lunar month. Vietnamese goods, medicinal herbs, Zhuang embroidery and pickled fruit.(靖西市岳圩镇（中越边境）) | Country market | Lunar dates 4, 9 of each ten-day run · 7:00 to 14:00 |
2 markets
Chongzuo (崇左)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Pingxiang Nongyao Border Trade Point (凭祥弄尧（弄怀）边民互市点)Listed as one of the two largest of Guangxi’s original 25 border trading points, upgraded to a full trade zone in 2025. Fruit, nuts and seafood in, light industrial goods out.(凭祥市弄尧（中越边境）) | Border market | Daily · 8:00 to 17:00 |
| Pingxiang Puzhai Border Trade Market (凭祥浦寨边民互市区)A graded scenic area on the Chinese side of boundary marker 1090, combining border trade with sightseeing. Vietnamese fruit, nuts, seafood, rosewood and small appliances.(凭祥市浦寨（中越边境1090号界碑中方一侧）) | Border market | Daily · 9:00 to 15:00 |
2 markets
Wuzhou (梧州)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Wuzhou Dadong Market (梧州大东市场)An old market inside a protected historic quarter. Wonton, rice rolls, turtle jelly and paper-wrapped chicken, without the queue of the famous shops.(万秀区大东上路（大东路历史文化街区）) | Everyday market | Daily · 6:00 to 19:00 |
| Wuzhou Daoshui Periodic Market (梧州倒水圩)A trading centre for medicinal herbs, rattan and bamboo as much as food, on the 3rd, 6th and 9th of the lunar month, drawing villages from two counties.(长洲区倒水镇) | Country market | Lunar dates 3, 6, 9 of each ten-day run · 6:00 to 15:00 |
1 market
Hechi (河池)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Bama Poyue Periodic Market (河池巴马坡月集市)A market every third day in the Bama longevity valley, when Yao, Zhuang and Han women come down from the hills with baskets. Wild yam, pumpkin shoots, hemp oil and the local small pig.(巴马瑶族自治县坡月村（甲篆镇）) | Country market | On set dates · 6:00 to 14:00 |
1 market
Hezhou (贺州)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Fuchuan Fuyang Periodic Market (贺州富川富阳圩)The county market of a Yao autonomous county, on dates ending 1, 4 and 7. Yao produce, the navel oranges the county is known for, smoked bacon and oil tea.(富川瑶族自治县富阳镇（县城）) | Country market | On set dates · 6:00 to 16:00 |
1 market
Pingxiang (凭祥)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Pingxiang Puzhai Border Trade Zone (凭祥浦寨边境贸易区)Described as one of the largest border trading points with Vietnam, where most shops stock Vietnamese goods. Durian, dried mango and coffee at about half mainland prices, with rosewood trinkets alongside. Fruit is freshest between eight and ten.(广西凭祥市浦寨（中越边境，毗邻越南谅山省新清口岸）；从友谊关出来坐专线大巴10分钟（票价3元）) | Border market | Daily · 9:00 to 21:00 |
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.