Inner Mongolia (内蒙古自治区) · 15 markets · 6 cities
15 markets in Inner Mongolia, 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: Morning market (8), Country market (2), Border market (2). See all provinces, or what the six kinds of market are and why most of them are shut today.
5 markets
Hohhot (呼和浩特)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Beijiao Park Morning Market (北郊公园早市)An old Hohhot morning market running five to ten, supplied straight from farms nearby. Beef pastries hot from the oven, the local baked flatbread (焙子) and salted milk tea.(新城区北郊公园附近) | Morning market | Daily · 5:00 to 10:00 |
| Dongwayao Agricultural Products Wholesale Market (东瓦窑农副产品批发市场)Trading since 1986 on nine hectares, with more than 400 traders. Market figures for 2025 put 120,000 tonnes through it, supplying buyers as far away as Beijing and Tianjin.(赛罕区鄂尔多斯大街 195 号) | Everyday market | Daily |
| Hohhot Urban Morning Markets (呼和浩特市区早市群（牛街/文化宫/开泰）)Three markets under one entry. Niujie, in the Hui quarter, sells mutton, dairy and fried dough; Wenhuagong is the central one for cheap vegetables; Kaitai in Yuquan carries the widest range of meat and fresh food.(牛街早市（回民区牛街）；文化宫早市（市中心）；开泰市场早市（玉泉区）) | Morning market | Times not recorded |
| Kuanxiangzi Ethnic Food Street (宽巷子民族美食街)Five hundred metres of food street in the Hui quarter, named in 1931 and rebuilt in 2023. Steamed mutton dumplings (烧麦), offal soup, oven flatbread, dried beef and a thin fruit gruel.(回民区宽巷子（地铁1号线附属医院站B口步行8分钟）) | Night market | Times not recorded |
| Qiuling Park Morning Market (秋岭公园早市)One of the first markets the city licensed under its open-stall scheme, so the rows are laid out and numbered. Mostly local vegetables, six to half past nine.(赛罕区兴安南路附近（秋岭公园旁）) | Morning market | Daily · 6:00 to 9:30 |
3 markets
Baotou (包头)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| 202 Morning Market (202 早市（乌素图）)Grown from a few stalls outside the gate of the 202 factory in the 1980s into a full morning market, and still the clearest trace of that works community.(青山区乌素图) | Morning market | Times not recorded |
| Hongxing Morning Market (红星早市)The best known morning market in Baotou’s old east town, and the daily stop for the streets around it.(东河区红星桥附近) | Morning market | Times not recorded |
| Wu’er Morning Market (五二早市)Described locally as the oldest of Baotou’s morning markets, opening from about half past five. Busy enough that breakfast is a lap of the aisle.(青山区（包头最早早市）) | Morning market | Daily |
3 markets
Hulunbuir (呼伦贝尔)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Ewenki “Yidexi” Winter Meat Fair (鄂温克旗”伊德喜”冬储肉大集)Eleven Saturdays through the winter, when Ewenki herders bring beef and mutton they have slaughtered themselves. Milk skin, dried curd and grilled beef among 26 yurts, with craft stalls and horse racing alongside.(鄂温克族自治旗民族文化产业创业园) | Country market | Weekly · 10:00 to 16:00 |
| Hailar Hexi Morning Market (海拉尔河西早市)A large daily market where the mutton is butchered that morning. Wild mushrooms, crab apples and river wormwood shoots in season, with mutton soup and dried beef to eat standing up.(海拉尔区河西老城区) | Morning market | Times not recorded |
| Manzhouli Border Residents’ Mutual Trade Zone (满洲里边民互市贸易区)A century-old crossing point that customs figures credit with more than 60 per cent of China’s overland trade with Russia. Grain, timber and food products come through.(呼伦贝尔市满洲里市（中俄最大陆路口岸）) | Border market | Times not recorded |
2 markets
Ordos (鄂尔多斯)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Jiuchenggong Farmers’ Support Fair (九城宫助农集市)Four market days a month, on the 1st, 2nd, 15th and 16th of the lunar month. Meat straight from the pasture, free-range eggs and highland vegetables.(东胜区九城宫牧趣乐园停车场附近) | Country market | Lunar dates 1, 2, 15, 16 |
| Yikezhao Park Morning Market (伊克昭公园早市)Supplied by farmers and herders from around Ordos and open from six. Fried millet cakes, offal soup and fresh milk tea make the usual grassland breakfast.(东胜区伊克昭公园旁) | Morning market | Daily |
1 market
Erenhot (二连浩特)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Erenhot Border Residents’ Mutual Trade Zone (二连浩特边民互市贸易区)Customs figures rank this the largest land port between China and Mongolia. The goods move the other way: combed cashmere, frozen horse meat and Mongolian farm produce.(锡林郭勒盟二连浩特市（中蒙最大陆路口岸）) | Border market | Times not recorded |
1 market
Tongliao (通辽)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Tongliao Mongolian Yurt Craft Fair (通辽蒙古包文创市集（冰雪季）)A winter craft market held in yurts. Mongolian harness making listed as national intangible heritage, Horqin leather painting and pokerwork on gourds, with grilled beef and dairy to taste.(呼伦贝尔冰雪市集（兴安盟/通辽蒙古包展区，冬季巡展）) | Minority and craft market | Times not recorded |
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.