Zhejiang (浙江省) · 26 markets · 8 cities
26 markets in Zhejiang, 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 (9), Fishing port (8), Morning market (4). See all provinces, or what the six kinds of market are and why most of them are shut today.
7 markets
Hangzhou (杭州)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Hangzhou Damanong Market (杭州大马弄菜市场)Two hundred metres of narrow lane, named for a Southern Song cavalry office, and the last street market of its kind in Hangzhou. Fish balls, crisp fish, tripe and dingsheng cakes from half past six.(上城区紫阳街道) | Morning market | Daily · 6:30 to 18:00 |
| Hangzhou Gudang Market (杭州古荡菜市)Started as a roadside market in 1996 and rebuilt three times since, most recently in 2025. Produce, food stalls, craft shops and coffee in one hall.(西湖区古荡街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 6:00 to 19:00 |
| Hangzhou Pingfeng Street Market (杭州屏风街菜市场)A plain community market in the centre of Hangzhou, hemmed in by older housing, with almost no visitors.(拱墅区天水街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 6:00 to 18:30 |
| Hangzhou Wanshouting Market (杭州万寿亭农贸市场)An old market near Wulin Square, mostly serving longtime residents, and one of the places the city has used to fold meal services for the elderly into a produce hall.(拱墅区武林街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 6:00 to 18:30 |
| Hefang Street (河坊街)A restored old street beside the Southern Song imperial way, with antique shops and long-standing Hangzhou names. Dingsheng cakes, dragon beard candy and lotus root powder.(上城区河坊街（近吴山广场），地铁1号线定安路站/7号线吴山广场站) | Old-street market | Daily · 9:00 to 22:00 |
| Wulin Night Market (武林夜市)The polished one, five to eleven on weekdays and from two at weekends, recommended by the city’s own tourism bureau. Pounded rice cake, fried chicken, Thai stalls and rice noodles.(拱墅区武林路步行街及龙游路（近西湖），地铁1号线凤起路站) | Night market | Daily · 17:00 to 23:00 |
| Wushan Night Market (吴山夜市)Trading since 1984 and described as the oldest night market in Hangzhou, open in any weather. Clothes and small goods at the near end, food at the far one: roast poultry, spring onion pancakes, stinky tofu and rice cakes.(上城区惠兴路/邮电路（近吴山广场），地铁1号线龙翔桥站/定安路站) | Night market | Daily · 18:00 to 23:00 |
4 markets
Wenzhou (温州)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Cangnan Zhefu Border Trade Aquatic City (温州苍南浙福边贸水产城)The clearing house for southern Zhejiang and eastern Fujian, opening at five in the afternoon. Market figures for 2025 put trade at 3.3 billion yuan, with crab volumes reported among the highest in the country.(温州市苍南县灵溪镇通福路与建兴西路交叉口（浙福边贸水产城）；周边渔港：炎亭（梭子蟹/皮皮虾）、霞关沿浦（外海深水鱼）、石砰（近海蟹/小拖网杂鱼）、赤溪中墩（近海野生小海货）) | Fishing port | Daily |
| Wenzhou Dananmen Farmers Market (温州大南门农贸市场)Unloading starts at three in the morning and hotel buyers arrive for first pick. Local seafood alongside imported ingredients, and the reason Wenzhou restaurants say they eat well.(鹿城区大南街道) | Fishing port | Daily · 3:00 to 18:00 |
| Wenzhou Puxieshi Farmers Market (温州蒲鞋市农贸市场)The indoor market rated highest in the city own surveys, bright and clean and cheaper than most, taking in traders moved from the open-air markets nearby.(鹿城区蒲鞋市街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 6:00 to 18:00 |
| Wenzhou Washi Lane Market (温州瓦市菜场（瓦市殿巷菜市场）)An open street market Wenzhou calls its stomach, boiling by six in the morning, with shops that have been in the lane for decades. Fish balls, glutinous rice, lamp-shade cakes and hand-torn chicken.(鹿城区五马街道) | Morning market | Daily · 6:00 to 11:00 |
3 markets
Ningbo (宁波)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Ningbo Baisha Market (宁波白沙菜市场)An old-town market where Ningbo buys its seafood, including the raw-marinated crab and salted hairtail the city is known for.(江北区白沙街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 6:00 to 18:00 |
| Ningbo Lulin Seafood Wholesale Market (宁波路林市场（宁波水产品批发市场）)A wholesale market that opens at six in the evening and runs to dawn. Since 2026 it has kept a marked-off area for late-night crab buying, which draws groups of young people after eleven.(江北区孔浦街道) | Fishing port | Daily · 23:00 to 2:00 |
| Xiangshan Shipu China Aquatic City (宁波象山石浦中国水产城)Trading since the 1990s and reported to handle 800,000 tonnes a year, with about 30 per cent of the country’s pomfret and small yellow croaker passing through. Wholesale runs from nine at night to four in the morning.(宁波市象山县石浦港（中国水产城）) | Fishing port | Daily · 21:00 to 4:00 |
3 markets
Taizhou (台州)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Taizhou Jiaojiang Hongjia Country Market (台州椒江洪家集市)A fair on the 2nd and 7th of the lunar month that spreads in rings from the village market out along the river road. One lane sells nothing but crab claws, and new year brings lanterns, couplets and rice cake.(椒江区洪家街道) | Country market | Lunar dates 2 of each ten-day run · 6:00 to 12:00 |
| Taizhou Jiaojiang Wanjichi Farmers Market (台州椒江万济池农贸市场)A city market that has begun taking guided visitors, starting from the fresh hall downstairs. Taizhou seafood, ginger soup noodles and wheat shrimp.(椒江区海门街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 6:00 to 18:00 |
| Taizhou Wenling Songmen Seafood Wholesale Market (台州温岭松门水产品批发市场)Nine hectares and four quay sites, trading since 1993 and busiest between eight and midnight when the boats are in. Hairtail, cuttlefish, croaker, crab and dried fish.(温岭市松门镇) | Fishing port | Daily · 20:00 to 24:00 |
3 markets
Zhoushan (舟山)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Shenjiamen Fishing Port & Zhoushan International Aquatic City (舟山沈家门渔港 + 舟山国际水产城)Listed as one of three great fishing ports worldwide and the largest in China. Masts by day and lamps by night, with crab, prawns, hairtail, pomfret and eel in the trading hall.(舟山市普陀区沈家门街道（渔港沿滨港路/滨港西路）；舟山国际水产城位于沈家门兴普大道) | Fishing port | Daily · 5:00 to 18:00 |
| Zhoushan Shenjiamen Bingang Road Night Seafood Stalls (舟山沈家门滨港路夜排档)Sixty-odd seafood stalls in a line along the harbour road, four in the afternoon to ten at night, with printed prices. Buy at the East River market in the morning and eat here.(普陀区沈家门街道) | Night market | Daily · 16:00 to 22:00 |
| Zhoushan Shenjiamen Donghe Seafood Market (舟山沈家门东河市场)Described as the biggest sorted seafood market in Zhoushan, most of it run by fishing families. Before six the small yellow croaker is still stiff from the boat.(普陀区沈家门街道) | Fishing port | Daily · 5:00 to 17:00 |
2 markets
Jiaxing (嘉兴)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Jiaxing Xincheng Farmers Market (嘉兴新塍农贸市场)Rated a five-star township market by the province in 2024, built in a Chinese style with tiled eaves. 154 fixed stalls and 75 for growers selling their own, drawing shoppers from as far as Suzhou.(秀洲区新塍镇) | Everyday market | Daily · 6:00 to 18:00 |
| Jiaxing Yuehe Sunday Morning Book Market (嘉兴月河早市（周日旧书集市）)A second-hand book market held on Sunday mornings by the canal, from five until nine. Dealers and collectors set up before light, and old objects and scrolls are sold alongside the books.(南湖区新嘉街道) | Morning market | Weekly · 5:00 to 9:00 |
2 markets
Jinhua (金华)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Jinhua Lanximen Market (金华兰溪门市场)Described locally as the oldest market in Jinhua, and where its specialities meet: cured ham, Xuanping lotus seed, Buddha’s hand citron and river fish from the Wu.(婺城区城中街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 6:00 to 18:00 |
| Jinhua Shuguang Market (金华曙光菜场)A half-day market in a narrow lane, taking ten or twenty thousand people before noon, with a following among students as much as pensioners.(婺城区新狮街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 5:00 to 12:00 |
2 markets
Shaoxing (绍兴)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Shaoxing Cangqiao Zhijie Morning Market (绍兴仓桥直街早市)A morning market along a protected old street, with canal-side houses on either side. Shaoxing preserved food, yellow wine, stinky tofu, fennel beans and dried greens.(越城区府山街道) | Morning market | Daily · 6:00 to 10:00 |
| Shaoxing Shangyu Lihai Comprehensive Market (绍兴上虞沥海综合市场)Where Shangyu goes for small seafood from the south shore of Hangzhou Bay, from five in the morning. Latecomers get what is left.(上虞区沥海街道) | Fishing port | Daily · 5:00 to 12:00 |
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.