not Great Wall photos - a day at Beijing Antique Market

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Sorry if these are not exactly Great Wall images

Before or after a Great Wall climb, one of my favorite activities is browsing around the antiques and flea market in Beijing



Atop Simatai after walking up ..... I'll hop onto the cable car the next time I want to get up there LOL !!!



Just loads and loads of stuff to keep one busy for a half or whole day ...... depending if you have a whole house to re-decorate ha ha ha ....... and you dont really need a fat wallet ....

Just a note : ALMOST everything they sell are replicas and 'aged' to look like antiques....... so buy only because you LIKE the item and assume that it is NOT an antique (real antiques should best be bought at licensed antique dealers where they usually have government approved authentication services ) unless you are already a trained expert in this field

The 'real' and 'good' stuff have been authenticated and sold many years ago so 99% of the time, the items are replicas cleverly aged that I would NOT clean or scrub down just in case the dye/paint washes/peels off to reveal its modern nature LOL !!!

Having said that , I prefer browsing through the flea market / junkyard sale section of the market at the car park area where families haul out throwaways and dusty trinkets ..... where all the really interesting and weird stuff can be found .....

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[sophie]

I see about 1000 things I like.

[Kim]

I went to visit Panjiayuan in Beijing last weekend - that's a really interesting place to visit and just watch all the activity.

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yes I really love those Mao trinkets ...... anyone see this hand wound Mao wrist watch where Mao's tiny little arm is waving the little Red Book ? I swear I will pick up a couple of these the next time