Anhui (安徽省) · 26 markets · 13 cities
26 markets in Anhui, 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 (14), Country market (4), Night market (3). See all provinces, or what the six kinds of market are and why most of them are shut today.
6 markets
Hefei (合肥)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Hefei Baishuiba Vegetable Market (合肥白水坝菜市场)A market that formed itself in 1950 and was built properly in 2000, serving the dense housing of northern Hefei.(庐阳区双岗街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 5:30 to 19:00 |
| Hefei Shuanggang Vegetable Market (合肥双岗菜市场)Formed in 1950 and moved indoors in 2017, with poultry and fish downstairs and vegetables above. Reckoned the cheapest market in Hefei, and farmers from Changfeng and Feidong sell direct.(庐阳区双岗街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 5:30 to 19:00 |
| Hefei Siwan Vegetable Market (合肥四湾菜市场)The choicer of Hefei’s old-town markets, about 15 to 20 per cent above Shuanggang and better stocked for it.(庐阳区逍遥津街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 5:30 to 19:00 |
| Hefei Zhongcai Market (合肥中菜市)Ten marked sections covering fish, frozen goods, mutton and beef, pork wholesale, grain and cured meat, vegetables, dried seasonings, fruit, and a poultry market at night.(庐阳区双岗街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 5:00 to 21:00 |
| Hefei Zhougudui Agricultural Wholesale Market (合肥周谷堆农产品批发市场)Hefei’s main wholesale yard, trading from half past four in the morning at prices well under the retail markets. Vegetables, fruit, seafood and frozen goods.(包河区淝河镇) | Seasonal fair | One season a year · 4:30 to 18:00 |
| Lei Jie Night Market Square (罍街夜市广场)A food quarter opened in 2013 in Huizhou style, white walls and horse-head gables under red lanterns, trading from four in the afternoon to two in the morning. Snacks from across Anhui, crayfish and barbecue.(包河区宁国南路与水阳江路交口（罍街），总建筑面积约 21.5 万㎡) | Night market | Daily · 18:00 to 23:00 |
3 markets
Lu’an (六安)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Lu’an Dushan Town Market (六安独山镇菜市场)A township market at the foot of the Dabie mountains, its stalls strung along the slope. Guanyin tofu, a green jelly set from tree leaves, is made only in these hills.(裕安区独山镇) | Everyday market | Daily · 5:30 to 14:00 |
| Lu’an Shuanghe Town Farmers Market (六安双河镇农贸市场)A township market where the vegetables still carry soil and several kinds of mugwort cake are made.(金安区双河镇) | Everyday market | Daily · 5:30 to 14:00 |
| Lu’an Subu Market (六安苏埠菜市场)A large township market that runs every day rather than on fixed dates, with farmers selling their own crop.(裕安区苏埠镇) | Everyday market | Daily · 5:30 to 14:00 |
3 markets
Wuhu (芜湖)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Wuhu Fenghuang Food Street (芜湖凤凰美食街)666 metres of stone lane built along a disused railway, now a graded scenic street. Sixty-odd businesses, most of them restaurants, including a century-old Wuhu name.(镜湖区赭山街道) | Night market | Daily · 10:00 to 22:00 |
| Wuhu Jihe Vegetable Market (芜湖吉和菜市场)Where Wuhu buys its own specialities at about half the price of the tourist streets, including vacuum-packed sunflower seeds and the local sauces.(镜湖区吉和街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 5:30 to 19:00 |
| Wuhu Shuangtong Alley Snack Street (芜湖双桐巷小吃街)A hundred metres described as holding the oldest snack shops in Wuhu, open around the clock. Beef noodles from two rival kitchens, chicken and rice noodles, duck soup and red bean sweet wine.(镜湖区中山路街道) | Night market | Daily · 10:00 to 21:00 |
2 markets
Anqing (安庆)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Anqing Longshiqiao Vegetable Market (安庆龙狮桥菜市场)Where Anqing’s cooks buy at four in the morning. By half past five the haggling over crates is fully under way.(迎江区龙狮桥乡) | Everyday market | Daily · 4:30 to 19:00 |
| Anqing Siyanjing Vegetable Market (安庆四眼井菜市场)The core market of Anqing’s old town, and in August the place to see what comes out of the lotus ponds: root shoots, young seeds, water caltrop and tender lotus root.(大观区德宽路街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 5:30 to 19:00 |
2 markets
Bengbu (蚌埠)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Bengbu Daqing 3rd Road Market (蚌埠大庆三路菜市场)A housing-block market holding a fried dumpling stall of more than thirty years, thin-skinned and crisp underneath.(禹会区大庆街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 5:30 to 19:00 |
| Bengbu Taiping Street Vegetable Market (蚌埠太平街菜市场)The market that carries much of Bengbu’s breakfast, ringed by shops decades old. Sesame flatbread with pork loin, dry-tossed noodles and the peppery sa soup.(蚌山区太平街街道) | Everyday market | Daily · 5:00 to 19:00 |
2 markets
Fuyang (阜阳)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Fuyang Yingshang Nanzhao Market (阜阳颍上南照集)A daily fair in a town on the Huai, strong on river fish, with the pressed chicken the place is known for.(颍上县南照镇) | Country market | On set dates · 6:00 to 14:00 |
| Fuyang Yingzhou Jiulong Town Market (阜阳颍州九龙镇大集)A Sunday fair in northern Anhui, with land-boat dances, lion dancing and a matchmakers’ corner alongside the produce. Mung bean cakes, roast duck eggs and smoked chicken.(颍州区九龙镇) | Country market | Weekly · 6:00 to 14:00 |
2 markets
Huangshan (黄山)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Huangshan Tunxi Old Street (黄山屯溪老街)823 metres of Song, Ming and Qing shopfronts, listed among the country’s ten historic streets. Ink, inkstones, Maofeng tea and Huizhou pastries.(屯溪区老街街道) | Minority and craft market | Daily · 8:00 to 11:00 |
| Shexian Central Farmers Market (歙县中心农贸市场)The market inside the old Huizhou county town, at its best between six and nine. Fried dough patties, osmanthus rice dumplings, and roasted nuts and cured meat before the new year.(歙县徽城镇) | Everyday market | Daily · 6:00 to 18:00 |
1 market
Bozhou (亳州)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Bozhou Qiaocheng Shijiuli Herb Market (亳州谯城十九里药材市场)A village offshoot of Bozhou’s medicine trade, open on even days of the lunar month, where growers sell white peony and aster root direct.(谯城区十九里镇) | Seasonal fair | One season a year · 6:00 to 12:00 |
1 market
Chuzhou (滁州)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Chuzhou Ziwei Middle Road Weekend Market (滁州紫薇中路周末大集)A weekend fair that draws traders from across the provincial border, setting up at four or five in the morning. Nanqiao mushrooms and Chuzhou chrysanthemum among the local goods.(南谯区紫薇中路) | Country market | Weekly · 5:00 to 12:00 |
1 market
Huaibei (淮北)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Huaibei Dongganglou Morning Market (淮北东岗楼早市)Huaibei’s breakfast market. Five yuan buys a bowl of sa soup with a beef pastry, from half past five to nine.(相山区东岗楼) | Morning market | Daily · 5:30 to 9:00 |
1 market
Huainan (淮南)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Huainan Tianjia’an Renmin North Road Morning Market (淮南田家庵人民北路早市)A market that starts in the cycle lane before light: baskets on the kerb, plastic sheets shaken out, scales and weights. Huainan beef soup and flaky sesame cakes.(田家庵区公园街道) | Morning market | Daily · 5:00 to 9:00 |
1 market
Ma’anshan (马鞍山)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Maanshan Hanshan Yuncao Ancient Town Market (马鞍山含山运漕古镇菜市场)An open market by the river in a town that once supplied Cao Cao’s granaries. River fish, and water vegetables including caltrop greens.(含山县运漕镇) | Everyday market | Daily · 5:30 to 14:00 |
1 market
Tongling (铜陵)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Tongling Zongyang Qilin Town Market (铜陵枞阳麒麟镇大集)A fair on every 3rd, 6th and 9th day of the lunar month, drawing the townships around Qilin. Radishes the county is known for, river fish and poultry.(枞阳县麒麟镇) | Country market | On set dates · 6:00 to 14:00 |
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.