The influence of Panjiayuan flea market

Panjiayuan flea market is the most popular antique market in China with great influence. The shops in the market are open 365 days a year, and stalls are open every weekend. On the opening day of the weekend, there were 60,000 to 70,000 people, including nearly 10,000 foreign guests. Tourists of different colors, languages, classes and beliefs blend here. Former US President Hillary Clinton, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Hastert, Greek Prime Minister simitis, Romanian Prime Minister Nastase, Sri Lankan President kumaratunga, Princess sirindhorn of Thailand and dozens of other foreign dignitaries have visited here for shopping. "Climbing the Great Wall, eating roast duck, visiting the Forbidden City and Panjiayuan" has become an important project for foreign tourists to visit China. This market is the most comprehensive collectible market in China. The main products are antique furniture, Four Treasures of the Study, ancient calligraphy and painting, old books and periodicals, agate and jade, ceramics, Chinese and foreign coins, bamboo and wood bone carvings, shadow play, Buddhist keepsakes, national costumes and cultural relics of the Cultural Revolution. The market is a window for the display of collections, a platform for collectors to communicate and a paradise for Tibetan friends to Taobao. This market is the largest distribution center of folk arts and crafts in China. There are snuff bottles in Hengshui, New Year pictures in Yangliuqing, embroidery in Jiangsu, woodcarving in Dongyang, stone carving in Quyang, shadow play in Shandong, porcelain and crystal ornaments in Jiangxi, purple sand in Yixing, bronze wares in Shaanxi, costumes in Yunnan, buddhist supplies in Tibet, white jade in Xinjiang, and jiaochi pottery in Taiwan Province. These handicrafts with different folk customs gathered in Panjiayuan from all over China, from which they were sold all over China and all over the world.

Experts who often play Panjiayuan know that if you want to find good goods, you have to visit the ghost market ... There has always been a saying that foreigners must do three things when they come to Beijing: "Climb the Great Wall, eat roast duck and visit Panjiayuan". There is no doubt about climbing the Great Wall to eat roast duck, but is it so important to go to Panjiayuan?

Panjiayuan here refers to the "Panjiayuan flea market" located in the southeast third ring road of Beijing.

Panjiayuan's goods are not unified, and second-hand goods are actually very reluctant. In fact, there is almost everything here, and there are many new goods. Count it down, such as antique furniture, ancient calligraphy and painting, agate jade, ceramics, Chinese and foreign coins, religious supplies, national costumes, relics of the "Cultural Revolution" and paintings of the erotic palace ... Some people here also sell handicrafts, such as "Huluwei".

If you have to sum up the personality of Panjiayuan's goods, you can probably call them "strange goods", that is, strange things. Because of this, in autumn, some people even brought slugs here for sale.

If the goods of Panjiayuan are combined, the weapon series can arm a classical army; Musical instrument series can organize several bands; Drama costumes can dress up a Beijing Opera Troupe and a Tibetan Opera Troupe; You can build a temple; You can build a Guo Rong building, a royal college, an ancient money house and a library. ...

In a word, Panjiayuan is much richer than any museum. You can sell anything you can think of. It's hard to say whether it can be sold or not, but at least no one will laugh at you.