Liaoning (辽宁省) · 27 markets · 6 cities
27 markets in Liaoning, 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: Fishing port (10), Country market (9), Morning market (5). See all provinces, or what the six kinds of market are and why most of them are shut today.
9 markets
Shenyang (沈阳)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Beita Market (北塔市场（前进市场）)A daily market for the Huanggu streets, laid out east to west beside the North Pagoda, with fresh produce and unfussy snack stalls.(皇姑区宁山东路，紧邻北塔) | Morning market | Times not recorded |
| Daxi Morning Market (大西早市)Plastic canopies and shopping trolleys, with little of it aimed at visitors. Mandarins by the bag, tomatoes, pickles and sea cucumber.(大西电子市场对面，太清宫街) | Morning market | Daily |
| Lishizhai Fair (李石寨大集)A fair in the Shenfu new district, packed in the weeks before a festival and quiet the rest of the year.(沈阳东南部沈抚新区) | Country market | Times not recorded |
| Puhe Fair (蒲河大集)Three hundred years old, opening on dates ending 2, 5 and 8. Apples by the bag, live poultry, pork cut on the spot, frozen goods and hill produce.(沈北新区蒲河（沈阳郊区最大农副产品大集）) | Country market | Dates ending 2, 5, 8 · 6:00 to 13:00 |
| Qigong Morning Market (工人村启工大早市（铁西劳动公园早市）)An old workers’ district market running half past four to nine, almost entirely local. Portions are large and prices low.(铁西区肇工南街（劳动公园北门外围）) | Morning market | Daily · 4:30 to 9:00 |
| Shi’erweilu Market (十二纬路菜市场)A produce market that keeps going into the evening, with cooked food counters along one side. Fried pork strips are the thing to buy and eat standing up.(沈河区，彩电塔夜市旁) | Everyday market | Times not recorded |
| Xiaoheyan Morning Market (小河沿早市（盛京第一早市）)Shenyang’s plainest morning market, open from half past four and used by the people who live around it. Pork stew, beef pastries, sesame flatbread, egg burgers, vinegar-splashed chicken frames and fresh doughnuts.(沈河区万泉公园西侧，依万泉河（南运河）畔) | Morning market | Daily |
| Zaohua Fair (造化大集)One of the larger fairs around Shenyang, on dates ending 3, 6 and 9 plus weekends, and running eleven days straight before the new year. Pork stew, sticky bean buns and northeastern preserves.(于洪区造化乡) | Country market | Dates ending 3, 6, 9, and weekends |
| Zhujia Fair (祝家大集)A fair of about a hundred years, opening on dates ending 1, 4 and 7. Walnuts and pine nuts, dandelion greens and sweet corn in season, meat and seafood.(浑南区祝家粮库院内（2021 年搬迁新址）) | Country market | Dates ending 1, 4, 7 · 7:00 to 14:00 |
6 markets
Dalian (大连)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Dalian Bay Fishery Port (大连湾黄海渔业小渔港)A small harbour where boats return through September, and the season’s first crab and mantis shrimp are sold off the deck.(大连湾（黄海渔业小渔港）) | Fishing port | Times not recorded |
| Laohutan Fisherman’s Wharf (老虎滩渔人码头)The only working fishing harbour inside Dalian. From September the inshore catch lands here and the boats can be watched coming in.(老虎滩（市区内唯一运行渔港）) | Fishing port | Times not recorded |
| Liaoyu International Seafood Market (辽渔国际水产品市场（含辽渔渔港码头）)Trade figures describe this as the largest seafood clearing house in northern China. Boats unload at the pier and the floor is at its busiest between two and three in the morning.(甘井子区中远路) | Fishing port | Daily · 2:00 to 3:00 |
| Pikou Port (皮口港（渔港生态链）)The whole chain inside 500 metres: boats dock, the catch is sorted, frozen, sold in the fish market, cooked in the restaurants and grilled again at the night market.(普兰店区皮口港（通往长山群岛的陆海枢纽）) | Fishing port | Times not recorded |
| Taoyuan Market (桃源市场)Six to nine is when the seafood is complete. Shops next door will cook the morning’s purchases for a fee.(中山区，地铁 5 号线桃源站) | Fishing port | Times not recorded |
| Xin Changxing Market (新长兴市场)The main city market for buying seafood in Dalian, from about half past seven. Live crab, mantis shrimp and local prawns.(市区（沙河口区一带）) | Fishing port | Times not recorded |
5 markets
Dandong (丹东)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Dandong Guomenwan Mutual Trade Zone Morning Market (丹东国门湾互贸区早市（中朝边民互市）)A morning market on the Yalu, five to half past nine, where North Korean seafood reaches the stalls and prices fall as the morning ends.(辽宁省丹东市丹东新区国门湾互贸区园区内（中朝边境，鸭绿江畔）) | Border market | Daily · 8:00 to 12:00 |
| Donggang Fishery Port / Huanghai Seafood Wholesale Market (东港渔港 + 黄海海鲜批发市场)Fishermen land at five. Yellow clams are what Donggang is known for, with crab and mantis shrimp alongside, and stalls at the gate will cook them.(丹东东港市（距市区约 40 分钟车程）) | Fishing port | Daily |
| Jinhai Road Seafood Market (金海路海鲜市场)Chilled yellow clams from across the river at about ten yuan a catty, with a long-standing cook stall behind stall number three.(丹东市区) | Fishing port | Times not recorded |
| Qingnianhu Seafood Market (青年湖水产市场)A seafood street with cooking stalls attached, and local peaches when autumn comes.(丹东市区) | Fishing port | Times not recorded |
| Sidaoqiao Seafood Market (四道桥海鲜市场)Open through the day to eight in the evening. Yellow clams, crab and mantis shrimp, cooked inside the market for about seventy yuan a head.(振兴区四道桥) | Fishing port | Daily · 10:00 to 20:00 |
4 markets
Yingkou (营口)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Boluopu Fair (博洛铺大集)Seven or eight hundred metres of stalls on the 3rd, 6th and 9th of the lunar month, close enough to the road to draw traders from further out.(大石桥市博洛铺镇（紧邻 202 国道）) | Country market | Lunar dates 3, 6, 9 of each ten-day run |
| Hongqi Fair (红旗大集（鲅鱼圈）)Three hundred years old and listed as provincial intangible heritage, covering thirteen hectares with some 3,700 traders. Seafood, hill produce, sticky bean buns and mutton soup, with folk opera and shadow puppetry alongside.(鲅鱼圈区火山大街与日月大道交汇处（红旗镇），紧邻沈海高速和 202 国道) | Country market | Dates ending 2, 5, 8, 0, and weekends · 8:00 to 12:00 |
| Meigouying Fair (没沟营大集)A city fair, smaller than Wanfu and Boluopu though on the same circuit.(营口市站前区) | Country market | Times not recorded |
| Wanfu Fair (万福大集)A hundred-year fair, described locally as the first of Yingkou’s five township markets.(盖州市万福镇) | Country market | Times not recorded |
2 markets
Jinzhou (锦州)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Linghe Night Market (凌河夜市)Five in the afternoon to ten at night, built around Jinzhou barbecue, which is listed as intangible heritage. Small mutton skewers over charcoal, grilled scallops, iron-plate squid and clams.(锦州市凌河区) | Night market | Daily · 17:00 to 22:00 |
| Shiqiaozi Morning Market (石桥子早市（”亚洲第一早市”）)Reported locally as the largest morning market in Asia, 1.2 kilometres long with more than 1,200 stalls and open every day of the year from half past four. Molten-centre fried cakes, rice and egg wraps, smoked chicken frames and millet tea.(古塔区北京路 45 号（向阳街一带）) | Morning market | Daily |
1 market
Panjin (盘锦)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Shaling Fair (沙岭大集)Running since the end of the Xianfeng reign, more than 160 years, and described in Chinese reports as one of the largest fairs in the country. Busiest through the new year season.(盘山县沙岭镇) | Country 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.