Jiangsu (江苏省) · 24 markets · 12 cities
24 markets in Jiangsu, 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 (12), Night market (4), Morning market (3). See all provinces, or what the six kinds of market are and why most of them are shut today.
4 markets
Nanjing (南京)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Nanjing Kexiang New Market (南京科巷新市集（科巷菜市场）)A market born in 1936, rebuilt in 2020 and updated again in 2025. Roast duck, honeyed lotus root and cakes baked to order behind the produce hall.(秦淮区大行宫街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 6:00 to 19:00 |
| Nanjing Nanhu Market (南京南湖菜市场)The market for a large block of older Nanjing housing, with duck blood soup and roast duck shops around it and almost no visitors.(建邺区南湖街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 6:00 to 18:30 |
| Nanjing Nengrenli Farmers Market (南京能仁里农贸市场)A market hidden in an old residential block, used once as a film location and short of visitors. Osmanthus rice wine dumplings, vegetable cakes and gardenia flowers in season.(雨花台区雨花街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 6:00 to 18:00 |
| Nanjing Sanqiba Lane Market (南京三七八巷菜市场)A narrow-lane market in the old southern city, kept alive through a 2017 rebuild. Silent egg dumplings, honeyed lotus root, rice wine with red dates and steamed cakes.(秦淮区夫子庙街道) | Morning market | Daily · 6:00 to 11:00 |
4 markets
Suzhou (苏州)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Suzhou Caixiang Yicun Market (苏州彩香一村菜场)The quietest of the four markets Suzhou names, inside an old housing estate, divided into meat, poultry, fruit, vegetable and dried goods sections.(姑苏区彩香街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 6:00 to 18:00 |
| Suzhou Fengmen Hengjie Morning Market (苏州葑门横街早市)The morning half of Fengmen Heng Street, half past five to eleven, when the water vegetables Suzhou calls its eight immortals come in. Crab shell pastries, radish cakes and fried fish alongside.(姑苏区葑门街道) | Morning market | Daily · 5:30 to 11:00 |
| Suzhou Shuangta Market (苏州双塔市集)Rebuilt by a Japanese design studio into the market Suzhou shows off, with craft stalls and coffee among the produce. Still used for the daily shop.(姑苏区双塔街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 7:00 to 19:00 |
| Suzhou Xinminqiao Market (苏州新民桥菜市场)One of the four markets Suzhou residents name themselves, 8,000 square metres and 232 stalls beside Shantang Street. Vegetables below, fish and meat above, snack shops around the outside.(姑苏区山塘街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 6:00 to 18:00 |
4 markets
Wuxi (无锡)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Chong’an Temple Walk & Hubin Commercial Street (崇安寺步行街 + 湖滨商业街)Wuxi’s answer to the snack quarters of Shanghai and Nanjing. Soup dumplings from the old house, taro in syrup and magnolia cakes.(梁溪区中山路与人民路交叉口（崇安寺）；滨湖区湖滨商业街) | Night market | Daily · 19:30 to 22:30 |
| Nanchan Temple Night Market (南禅寺夜市)A night market beside a thousand-year-old temple on the old Grand Canal, five in the afternoon until late. Roast pork knuckle, purple rice cakes, Wuxi soup dumplings and sweet spare ribs.(梁溪区古运河畔（南禅寺），地铁1号线南禅寺站直达) | Night market | Daily |
| Wuxi Chaoyang Farmers Market (无锡朝阳农贸市场)Nearly a thousand stalls across two hectares beside Nanchan Temple, open since 1998 and taking about 30,000 people a day. Sweet spare ribs, soup dumplings and clear gluten balls.(梁溪区南禅寺街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 5:00 to 18:00 |
| Wuxi Sheng’an Market (无锡盛岸菜市场)A community market on the canal road in Liangxi, reachable by metro, known in the district for its plum blossom cakes.(梁溪区盛岸街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 6:00 to 18:30 |
2 markets
Huai’an (淮安)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Huai’an Fengdeng Road Market (淮安丰登路菜市场)A market under the flats where ten yuan buys breakfast. Eel noodles, chicken cake and the local twisted crisp.(清江浦区府前街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 5:30 to 18:00 |
| Huai’an Hehuachi Market (淮安荷花池菜市场)A century-old market beside the Grand Canal, in a city UNESCO lists for its cooking. Peppery soup, wontons, fried dough and the twisted crisp Huai’an is known for.(清江浦区淮海街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 5:30 to 18:00 |
2 markets
Lianyungang (连云港)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Lianyungang Haitang Road Seafood Market (连云港海棠路海鲜市场（海棠农贸市场）)The main retail seafood market in northern Jiangsu, with printed prices and a checked scale at every stall, close to the pier. Crab, mantis shrimp, hairtail and pomfret.(连云区墟沟街道) | Fishing port | Daily · 5:00 to 18:00 |
| Lianyungang Xugou Seafood Food City (连云港墟沟海鲜美食城)Rows of seafood restaurants with printed prices, ten in the morning to nine at night. The usual order is to buy at the Haitang Road market and have it cooked here.(连云区墟沟街道) | Night market | Daily · 10:00 to 21:00 |
2 markets
Xuzhou (徐州)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Xuzhou Julong Night Market (徐州巨龙夜市（巨龙淘宝夜市）)The best known night market in Xuzhou, moved several times and now at Duanzhuang. Barbecue, cold noodles, mutton and griddle bread, five in the afternoon to eleven.(泉山区段庄街道) | Night market | Daily · 17:00 to 23:00 |
| Xuzhou Mashan Country Market (徐州马山大集)Built on the site of a cement works and reported as the busiest fair around Xuzhou within five or six years, taking seven or eight thousand people a day. Griddle bread, pancakes and mutton soup.(铜山区汉王镇) | Country market | On set dates · 5:00 to 12:00 |
1 market
Changzhou (常州)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Changzhou Hongmei Market (常州红梅菜市场)A market that runs as its own small society, with several generations of Changzhou families and retired mill workers in it. Salted sesame flatbread, bean curd soup and crab soup dumplings.(天宁区红梅街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 6:00 to 18:00 |
1 market
Nantong (南通)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Nantong Qidong Lvsi Yingang Seafood Market (南通启东吕四盈港水产品市场)Listed as one of the largest artificial fishing harbours in the country, landing 300,000 tonnes a year. Boats unload between one and six in the morning, and market figures put daily crab trading above four thousand tonnes.(启东市吕四港镇) | Fishing port | Daily · 1:00 to 18:00 |
1 market
Suqian (宿迁)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Suqian Xiaodian Country Market (宿迁晓店大集)A fair on the 3rd, 5th, 8th and 10th of the lunar month, in a town where the lunar calendar still sets the week. Dough sticks frying from half past five.(湖滨新区晓店街道) | Country market | Lunar dates 3, 5, 8, 10 · 5:30 to 12:00 |
1 market
Taizhou (泰州)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Taizhou Hanxi Street Morning Market (泰州涵西街早市)A morning market in a Ming and Qing lane, half past five to ten. Shredded dried tofu, fish soup noodles, crab roe dumplings and sesame flatbread.(海陵区城中街道) | Morning market | Daily · 5:30 to 10:00 |
1 market
Yancheng (盐城)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Yancheng Dafeng Liuzhuang Country Market (盐城大丰刘庄大集)A country fair on the 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th and 30th of the solar month, running since the end of the Qing. Fish soup noodles and lotus root dumplings among the farm stalls.(大丰区刘庄镇) | Country market | On set dates · 6:00 to 12:00 |
1 market
Zhenjiang (镇江)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Zhenjiang Yong’an Road Market (镇江永安路菜市场)A lane market where the food shops outnumber the stalls. Pot-lid noodles, jellied pork and wild greens, with sesame oil pressed nearby.(京口区大市口街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 6:00 to 18:00 |
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.