Jilin (吉林省) · 14 markets · 6 cities
14 markets in Jilin, 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 (4), Seasonal fair (3), Everyday market (2). See all provinces, or what the six kinds of market are and why most of them are shut today.
4 markets
Changchun (长春)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Bozhong Xincheng Market (博众新城惠民农贸市场)A large covered produce market with room to park, still crowded at nine or ten in the morning.(长春市区（宽城区一带）) | Everyday market | Times not recorded |
| Dongling South Street Morning Market (东岭南街早市)A neighbourhood market in Nanguan, heavy on staples. Steamed buns, flower rolls and large griddle pancakes, with stalls packing up soon after ten.(南关区东岭南街) | Morning market | Times not recorded |
| Xingfu Huimin Morning Market (幸福惠民早市（南湖中街）)An indoor hall with open-air stalls around it, where farmers sell what is in season. Breakfast runs to egg burgers, fried cakes, tofu pudding and stir-fried rice noodles.(南湖中街（朝阳区）) | Morning market | Daily |
| Yongxing Farmers’ Market (永兴农贸市场（永兴早市）)Nine lettered zones and more than a hundred traders, with the food stalls along the west side. Egg burgers, savoury pancakes, deep-fried lotus root and aubergine, and frozen pears in winter.(南关区大马路 100 号（大马路与长春大街交会南侧）) | Morning market | Daily · 5:00 to 10:00 |
4 markets
Yanji (延吉)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Beida Night Market (北大夜市)Thirty years in the same place, and the crowd is local. Whole pollack grilled over charcoal, rice sausage, sweet and sour pork, and cold noodles under melted cheese.(延吉市区北大（延边大学一带）) | Night market | Daily |
| Henan Yuanhang Night Market (河南远航夜市)A student night market with prices to match. Chicken feet, stir-fried rice cake, fish cake soup and pork belly buns.(延吉市区河南) | Night market | Times not recorded |
| Yanji Floating Market (水上市场（东方水上市场）)A 200 metre arcade holding more than 300 stalls, open from about five in the morning. Korean-Chinese cooking throughout: pounded rice cake (打糕) beaten with a mallet on the spot, rice sausage, ginseng chicken soup and dried pollack.(延吉市烟集河畔（沿河长廊）) | Morning market | Daily · 5:00 to 9:00 |
| Yanji West Market (西市场)The best known general market in Yanbian, with fresh food and snacks on the ground floor and regional products on the two above. Kimchi is vacuum-packed for posting, and the top floor rents hanbok by the hour.(延吉市区（近水上市场）) | Everyday market | Daily · 8:00 to 17:00 |
2 markets
Huichun (珲春)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Hunchun China-Russia Border Trade Zone (珲春中俄互市贸易区（含海鲜街）)Hunchun sits where China, Russia and North Korea meet, and this is the only land port for Russian trade in the province. Russian chocolate, rye loaves and cosmetics on one street, king crab and live seafood on the next.(珲春市口岸大路北 50 米) | Border market | Daily · 9:00 to 18:00 |
| Hunchun Quanhe Port Mutual Trade Zone & Morning Market (珲春圈河口岸互市区 + 珲春早市（中朝/中俄）)A city with no coast of its own that trades in seafood, taking live crab and Russian catch through a dedicated customs lane. The morning market opens at four and sells Korean-Chinese breakfast.(吉林省延边朝鲜族自治州珲春市（圈河口岸与朝鲜罗先市隔图们江相望）；珲春早市两处：新西市场南侧、沿河西街周边（高铁站方向）) | Border market | One season a year · 8:30 to 17:30 |
2 markets
Jilin City (吉林)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Songhua Lake Kai-Jiang Fish Fair (松花湖开江鱼大集（季节性）)Three weeks in spring, after the ice breaks on the reservoir, when the first fish of the year is sold and cooked on the spot.(吉林市松花湖坝东广场/大东广场 + 孟家村鱼餐一条街、庆岭活鱼一条街) | Seasonal fair | One season a year |
| Wula Street Manchu Town Fair (乌拉街满族镇大集)A Manchu town fair beside the Songhua, with roots in barter between river and hill villages. River fish, hill produce, fried dough sticks, and a cold rice cake that sells out before noon.(吉林市龙潭区乌拉街满族镇（新城西门/十字街）) | Country market | Weekly |
1 market
Fusong (抚松)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Wanliang Changbai Mountain Ginseng Market (万良长白山人参市场)Chinese trade figures put more than 80 per cent of the country’s ginseng through this one market. Dried root trades all year on the 5th and the 10th of each month, and fresh root has a season of about a hundred days from September.(白山市抚松县万良镇) | Seasonal fair | The 5 and 10 of each month |
1 market
Songyuan (松原)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Chagan Lake Winter Fishing Market (查干湖冬捕鱼市)Winter netting under the ice, listed as national intangible heritage, with the first fish of the season sold at auction. The rest of the catch is bought straight off the ice.(松原市前郭尔罗斯蒙古族自治县查干湖) | Seasonal fair | One season a year |
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.