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How to Buy Pearls in Beijing: A Practical Guide for Visitors (2)

With nearly 300 pearl merchants under one roof, Hongqiao Market can be overwhelming for a first-time buyer. Start with the basics: freshwater pearls offer the widest range at friendly prices, while S…

24. January 2024

Parent Day

Meet the Makers: Inside a Snuff Bottle Workshop (3)

Inside-painting snuff bottles — a craft where miniature landscapes are painted through a bottle neck the width of a chopstick — remain one of Beijing’s most astonishing folk arts.Hongqiao’s intangibl…

12. January 2024

New Italian Coffee Shop

Hongqiao Living Hall 2.0: The Online Home of Beijing’s Pearl Market Is Live (2)

Beijing Hongqiao Market — known for four decades as “the Home of Pearls” — has launched the 2.0 version of its online platform, Hongqiao Living Hall. The new site brings together three things under o…

03. January 2024

Aquatics Center Schedule Update

Oyster Opening: The Most Surprising Ten Minutes at the Market (3)

Pick a live oyster, open it yourself, and there’s a chance a pearl is waiting inside — the “oyster opening” experience has become Hongqiao’s signature activity for visitors.Sessions run daily near th…

25. October 2023

Deals and Discoveries

From Market Stall to Global Brand: A Hongqiao Merchant Story (2)

Thirty years ago she sold freshwater strands from a folding table; today her designs ship to boutique buyers in three continents. This is the story of one of Hongqiao’s designer brands.Her collection…

21. June 2023

Save the Nature

Meet the Makers: Inside a Snuff Bottle Workshop

18. May 2023

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