Pearl Market (or China Pearl Market)

Pearl Market (OR Peal Market of China)

This market is similar to the Silk Street Market although not as crowded and has some original and non-counterfeit things such as iPOD’s, shaver, and historical/ antiques. I was looking for a Hookah but never found one although I did stumbled upon some pipes and other relics that were very real, ancient and affordable. I ended up buying 2 pipes; one from the Qing Dynasty while the other was a century old pure silver pipe. I had to spend 30 min. haggling with her to give me both pipes for a mere 355 Yuan (but I paid 350.5 because I faked her with a .5 Yuan that looks almost identical to 5 Yuan besides the size). I left a pipe there I really wanted that was 100 year before the Quing Dynasty but she wanted 700 Yuan for the 2 and wouldn’t budge.
The Antique stores here are few and are 2nd floor all in one section. They hold Buddha’s, Jewelry, knives and sabers, rugs, combs, opium and cocaine pipes, everything and I mean everything old you could have said these places were museums! I should have taken a picture but, forgot with all the hard bargaining. I also scored some old Mao Zedong and Cultural Revolution poster 3 for 20 Yuan!

All around are jewlery shops areound the antique shops so look for that. You can buy alot here and its more genuine than the Silk Street Market but, you pay a little more too!

Note: When buying a pipe make sure it is not a Cocaine or opium pipe unless that’s what you want! They are usually bigger and I doubt you can bring them at east to the U.S. Since I plan using the pipe for an occasional smoke I totally didn’t want anything close to a coke pipe! They have hookah’s but, they either are not good or are a different kind (not for smoking though mostly decoration)!