Silk Street & Pearl Market (Xiushui)
Silk Street & Pearl Market (Xiushui)
3.5
9:30 AM - 9:00 PM
Monday
9:30 AM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday
9:30 AM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday
9:30 AM - 9:00 PM
Thursday
9:30 AM - 9:00 PM
Friday
9:30 AM - 9:00 PM
Saturday
9:30 AM - 9:00 PM
Sunday
9:30 AM - 9:00 PM
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In addition to a wide variety of silk products, this popular market offers cashmere garments, leather goods, shoes, watches and traditional handicrafts.
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Priti
Mumbai, India25 contributions
Nov 2019
This is really nice market with fake of lot of good brands like Gucci, Chanel, LV, YSL and many more. The copy is really nice looks almost like original. They bargain a lot so you should be good to get a hard bargain then you can get stuff at really cheap price. The market also is very neat and nicely arranged unlike similar markets in some other cities where its overcrowded and not so clean and tidy.
Written January 8, 2020
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johnatherton49
Lewes, UK2 contributions
Oct 2023 • Solo
In 2012 Silk Street (Beijing) was a bustling indoor market with many small open units for buying anything but more importantly buying fake branded goods - most of good quality and cheap if you bargained well. Now sadly it is a shadow of its former self, with nearly half the shops boarded up and vacant. Yes the individual shops are more enclosed, well presented and light but no more branded goods with just a few exceptions. Most goods are unknown brands or deliberately mis-spelt brands such that they may be of a decent quality but there is no added-value in buying them. Indeed when I went to a shopping mall to buy western branded goods (at fixed prices) I even found these were more expensive than at home. Perhaps in some smaller popular cities there are shopping bargains to be had but sadly not in Beijing anymore.
Written October 20, 2023
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Musician2018
Winnipeg, Canada15 contributions
Apr 2022 • Friends
As of April 2022, this market is nearly empty. I’ve lived in Beijing since 2018 and this market used to be fantastic for gifts, art, fake electronics, handbags and shoes and currently nearly all the floors have only a few stalls open. There were signs saying it will be open soon. There’s also an amazing coffee shop on the top floor with a nice view and great coffee.
Written April 9, 2022
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Eric H
Palm Beach Gardens, FL27 contributions
Feb 2024 • Solo
I was kind of shocked when I got there. The place is a ghost town. Half of the stores are empty and very few customers. No more friendly banter with the girls who tell me how smart and good looking i am.
Up side is that you can get better deals because of the lack of traffic.
Up side is that you can get better deals because of the lack of traffic.
Written February 22, 2024
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Seebuyfly
2 contributions
Nov 2023 • Couples
Unfortunately the market as we have known it for many many years is no longer. No more copy goods.
Only local brands. So no more fun going there. Government is no longer allowing to sell the fake goods at this place. As I write it is still sold at Shanghai science market.
Only local brands. So no more fun going there. Government is no longer allowing to sell the fake goods at this place. As I write it is still sold at Shanghai science market.
Written November 1, 2023
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sineadkirk
Chessington, UK45 contributions
Dec 2023 • Friends
Terrible - this place is not what it used to be famous for! Limited amount of shops open and none offering the 'goods' you'd be expecting. 'Everything has changed since covid' is what the shope owners told me.
Written December 29, 2023
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Yvonne B O
1 contribution
Apr 2024 • Solo
I often travel solo because I really like it. On this trip I met some amazingly friendly people. I am a painter and designer. On my first day to the pearl market I met whole saler Xio, from double wings jewelry who had wonderful real gems. You can give him your design and it’s done the next day.
He even called a cab, paid for it by phone (I paid him back of course) and eventually he walked down with me to the cab.
Wirth a visit.
He even called a cab, paid for it by phone (I paid him back of course) and eventually he walked down with me to the cab.
Wirth a visit.
Written April 10, 2024
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Max Powers
3 contributions
Dec 2023 • Friends
In its endless quest to make China the most boring country on the planet, the Chinese government cracked down on this place and it is now a total waste of time.
If you’re reading this, DO NOT go here. It’s nothing like it used to be.
If you’re reading this, DO NOT go here. It’s nothing like it used to be.
Written December 6, 2023
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ggtoronto5
Toronto, Canada80 contributions
Apr 2023 • Business
This is an amazing market for bespoke suits, silk scarves, a few fake bags and clothes. They have revamp it and now it is more of upscale little boutiques. They have little shops divided into various areas. You can get Rx glasses for 40-50$. Silk scarves from $14. If you want fake you have to ask for it and they will pull out a few pieces. It is no long in the open. It is so worth the visit. I have some suits made for $250. Amazing
I did go to the other pearl market. Didn’t care for that at all. Very run down. We spent 15 minutes there and left.
I did go to the other pearl market. Didn’t care for that at all. Very run down. We spent 15 minutes there and left.
Written April 7, 2023
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aussiewanderers
Sydney, Australia607 contributions
By Western standards, it is criminally fraudulent to sell something which is not what it is purported to be. By Chinese standards, it is totally buyer beware, and if you are foolish enough to be fooled, they have won the game and you have lost, while both of you have had some fun bargaining.
Trying to buy real silk in China is a real headache unless you know what you are doing. We did some research before leaving but that was inadequate and we only learnt how to approach it while spending 5 weeks in China. Here is what we learnt so you can benefit from our experience.
There are 4 challenges: Finding a place that sells genuine silk, Distinguishing genuine silk from polyester, Determining the quality grade of silk, and Finding silk at its cheapest price rather than a tourist-oriented ripoff price.
1. Outlets for genuine silk
Generally speaking (there will be exceptions), you won't find genuine silk in a tourist-oriented market (eg, Beijing's Silk Market or Pearl Market, or clothing shops in Guilin or Yangshuo). It will be polyester with a tag saying 100% pure silk. To find genuine silk, you will have to go to either a genuine silk market (hard to find but one exists in Hangzhou) or to a government silk factory (guaranteed to be silk but very expensive by Chinese standards) or to a chain store in which you can have some faith (like Silk Depot) but much more expensive than prices in a genuine silk market. Ditto for the big department stores in Beijing and Shanghai. If you are buying something so bulky that you need it shipped home, the Govt factory outlet is the way to go. They will arrange shipping very reliably we were told (can't vouch for the reliability yet as we haven't yet received our silk quilt in the mail!)
2. Distinguishing silk from polyester
There are 3 ways we learnt while in China. Do these tests no matter where you are buying your silk, as there are no consumer protection laws in China and you can't rust anyone, not even a Govt factory outlet.
Method 1; Generally, polyester has brighter shinier colours than silk, whose colours are a little duller. Caution is needed howver as silk can be processed to be just as bright and shiny as polyester. So this test is not foolproof
Metod 2; Rub two surfaces of the garment together between your fingers. Polyester is shiny and smooth and will feel as though it rubs with a lubricant - smooth and no sound of friction. Much silk feels rougher to the touch when rubbed and makes a faint "grating' noise when rubbed. Again, this test is not foolproof as silk can be processed to be shiny and smooth
Method 3: The acid test is to burn some of the material with a cigarette lighter. Real silk burns with a white smoke and leaves a fine powdery black ash. The smoke smells like burnt protein (such as burnt meat). Polyester burns with a grey or black smoke, smells like burning plastic and leaves an ash like melted plastic rather than powder. Most shops will do this for you if ask. However, be on your guard because the shops are cunning. The most frequent deception is that they will burn a thread taken from the tag saying "100% silk". You think they do this to preserve the garment but the deception is that the tag itself is 100% silk but the garment it is attached to is polyester!! Another trap is to be sure that the threads are taken from the garment you are thinking of purchasing and not some other material. This test is relatively conclusive.
3. Determining the quality grade of silk.
We couldn't find any tests for this, other than, once you are convinced it is silk, knowing that generally, the finer the material feels, the better the quality of silk it has been made with. We found this was particualrly evident in men's ties. The rougher textured ties were less costly than the smoother more malleable ties.
4. Getting silk at the cheapest price
Many different people will tell you many different things about the best place to buy silk, and none fo them can be believed. Guides will tell you that the place they are taking you to is the best place (usually to Govt factory outlets) but they are motivated by commissions they recieve on all youir purchases. Many people assert that Suzhou (about 100kms out of Shanghai) is the best place to buy silk but that was not our experience. There is a huge govt factory outlet store in Suzhou to which all the guides take tourists because it pays commissions. Even rickshaw drivers in Suzhou will try to talk you into being taken there by them! There is supposed to be a genuine silk market in Suzhou (shops in a particular street named by Lonely Planet) but there were few such shops with limited range when we checked it out . We concluded that the Govt store has out-competed these stores. We found the best genuine silk market in Hangzhou, also about 100kms out of Shanghai. Along Xinhua and Ti Yu Chang Rd. It is referred to by some as "China Silk Town" and its where the local Chinese go to buy their silk stuff. There are about 100 shops, some selling bolts of material, others clothes and a few selling bedroom items such as quilts and covers. Sales assitants have little English, so it is best to get your guide or hotel to write down in Chinese what you want and a few relevant questions about it (eg, size, quality, colour aspects). The shop assistants are very creative and willing to respond in sign language. To give you an idea of the savings in prospect, here are the prices we found for a King sized pure silk quilt cover with 2 matching pillow cases:
Suzhou Govt Silkk factory - 2200 RMB
Shanghai Silk factory - 1900 RMB
Hangzhou Silk Town - 1250 RMB with 2 extra matching pillow cases thrown in.
So we saved more than 1000RMB (about USD145) by not purchasing in Suzhou as many people recommended.
Trying to buy real silk in China is a real headache unless you know what you are doing. We did some research before leaving but that was inadequate and we only learnt how to approach it while spending 5 weeks in China. Here is what we learnt so you can benefit from our experience.
There are 4 challenges: Finding a place that sells genuine silk, Distinguishing genuine silk from polyester, Determining the quality grade of silk, and Finding silk at its cheapest price rather than a tourist-oriented ripoff price.
1. Outlets for genuine silk
Generally speaking (there will be exceptions), you won't find genuine silk in a tourist-oriented market (eg, Beijing's Silk Market or Pearl Market, or clothing shops in Guilin or Yangshuo). It will be polyester with a tag saying 100% pure silk. To find genuine silk, you will have to go to either a genuine silk market (hard to find but one exists in Hangzhou) or to a government silk factory (guaranteed to be silk but very expensive by Chinese standards) or to a chain store in which you can have some faith (like Silk Depot) but much more expensive than prices in a genuine silk market. Ditto for the big department stores in Beijing and Shanghai. If you are buying something so bulky that you need it shipped home, the Govt factory outlet is the way to go. They will arrange shipping very reliably we were told (can't vouch for the reliability yet as we haven't yet received our silk quilt in the mail!)
2. Distinguishing silk from polyester
There are 3 ways we learnt while in China. Do these tests no matter where you are buying your silk, as there are no consumer protection laws in China and you can't rust anyone, not even a Govt factory outlet.
Method 1; Generally, polyester has brighter shinier colours than silk, whose colours are a little duller. Caution is needed howver as silk can be processed to be just as bright and shiny as polyester. So this test is not foolproof
Metod 2; Rub two surfaces of the garment together between your fingers. Polyester is shiny and smooth and will feel as though it rubs with a lubricant - smooth and no sound of friction. Much silk feels rougher to the touch when rubbed and makes a faint "grating' noise when rubbed. Again, this test is not foolproof as silk can be processed to be shiny and smooth
Method 3: The acid test is to burn some of the material with a cigarette lighter. Real silk burns with a white smoke and leaves a fine powdery black ash. The smoke smells like burnt protein (such as burnt meat). Polyester burns with a grey or black smoke, smells like burning plastic and leaves an ash like melted plastic rather than powder. Most shops will do this for you if ask. However, be on your guard because the shops are cunning. The most frequent deception is that they will burn a thread taken from the tag saying "100% silk". You think they do this to preserve the garment but the deception is that the tag itself is 100% silk but the garment it is attached to is polyester!! Another trap is to be sure that the threads are taken from the garment you are thinking of purchasing and not some other material. This test is relatively conclusive.
3. Determining the quality grade of silk.
We couldn't find any tests for this, other than, once you are convinced it is silk, knowing that generally, the finer the material feels, the better the quality of silk it has been made with. We found this was particualrly evident in men's ties. The rougher textured ties were less costly than the smoother more malleable ties.
4. Getting silk at the cheapest price
Many different people will tell you many different things about the best place to buy silk, and none fo them can be believed. Guides will tell you that the place they are taking you to is the best place (usually to Govt factory outlets) but they are motivated by commissions they recieve on all youir purchases. Many people assert that Suzhou (about 100kms out of Shanghai) is the best place to buy silk but that was not our experience. There is a huge govt factory outlet store in Suzhou to which all the guides take tourists because it pays commissions. Even rickshaw drivers in Suzhou will try to talk you into being taken there by them! There is supposed to be a genuine silk market in Suzhou (shops in a particular street named by Lonely Planet) but there were few such shops with limited range when we checked it out . We concluded that the Govt store has out-competed these stores. We found the best genuine silk market in Hangzhou, also about 100kms out of Shanghai. Along Xinhua and Ti Yu Chang Rd. It is referred to by some as "China Silk Town" and its where the local Chinese go to buy their silk stuff. There are about 100 shops, some selling bolts of material, others clothes and a few selling bedroom items such as quilts and covers. Sales assitants have little English, so it is best to get your guide or hotel to write down in Chinese what you want and a few relevant questions about it (eg, size, quality, colour aspects). The shop assistants are very creative and willing to respond in sign language. To give you an idea of the savings in prospect, here are the prices we found for a King sized pure silk quilt cover with 2 matching pillow cases:
Suzhou Govt Silkk factory - 2200 RMB
Shanghai Silk factory - 1900 RMB
Hangzhou Silk Town - 1250 RMB with 2 extra matching pillow cases thrown in.
So we saved more than 1000RMB (about USD145) by not purchasing in Suzhou as many people recommended.
Written October 9, 2010
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
北京でコピー商品のどこで売ってますか？
宜しくお願いします。
ルーク
Koto, Japan126 contributions
秀水街市場です、ビル自体がそんな感じです。
100020 中国北京朝陽区秀水東街8号
1階、地下は鞄、服があります、4階（？）のスポーツ店OUTDOOR KINE SUNは物は良いです、店員もフレンドリーですよ。
秀水、紅橋市場は今現在もコピー商品を売ってますか？
ルーク
Koto, Japan126 contributions
秀水街市場です、ビル自体がそんな感じです。
100020 中国北京朝陽区秀水東街8号
1階、地下は鞄、服があります、4階（？）のスポーツ店OUTDOOR KINE SUNは物は良いです、店員もフレンドリーですよ。
34秒前
Scusate,se cambio 300 euro in moneta cinese , potrebbero bastarmi per fare acquisti??
Giorgio T
Monleale3,013 contributions
Probabilmente si, comunque accettano carte di credito senza alcun problema
Lisa L
Puerto de la Duquesa, Spain12 contributions
Is it open on a Sunday
vijaydhiman160
Mumbai, India181 contributions
It is open on Sunday, because Saturday a ND Sunday are holiday in china, so it's business time
Roam249513
Houston, TX1 contribution
Does anyone have the number for Tony Tailor at SIlk street mall. I need to re-order based on measurements thy have, but can't find the number i used before.
Do you still have their WeChat? Would you mind sharing?
sporster57
singapore8 contributions
Is there any fake Harley Davidson tee shirt at silk market?
realisticR99
165 contributions
Stock changes continually for obvious reasons. However keep looking and you may find what you are looking for!
Good luck.
R
enrica301
Livorno, Italy1 contribution
A che ora chiudono i centri commerciali possiamo fare shopping la sera ?
business hour: 09:30am-09:00pm
andyhind21
Poole, UK6 contributions
Hi. Can anyone recommend a good watch stall at the Silk Market. I normally shop in Shanghai and have my 'regular' watch guy there.
Thanks
Rik
State College, PA88 contributions
There are many watch shops. Husband bought two Patik watches and loves them. They are really good fakes. Great prices. It took quite a while to get the really discounted prices but well worth it.
Fat Barney
Harrow, UK196 contributions
Can I get a good copy Canada Goose Men’s parka and how much should I be paying for this?
Vildo
Rotherfield, UK288 contributions
I got one which so far holds up well, started arguing at 3800 RMB, threatened to walk away few times + stood my ground at 400 RMB (don’t ever raise it till you’re close to what you’re ready to pay), got it to 450 RMB, still stood my ground at 400 RMB, then got it offered for 420 RMB. So I agreed. It’s not great fun though, it’s quite aggressive both ways.
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