Yanji Water Market (morning market)
延吉水上市场（早市） · Yánjí Shuǐshàng Shìchǎng (Zǎoshì)
Yanji’s biggest morning market on the Yanji River: from dawn, stalls sell rice cakes, blood sausage, potato dumplings, kimchi, mountain greens, rice wine and hot beef soup for breakfast.
No booking needed1 hour
Tip
Arrive by 07:00, when it is busiest and everything is fresh; by 09:30 it is packing up. Bring an appetite and point at what you want.
- Opening hours
- About 05:00–09:30 daily (hours shift around holidays)
- Price
- Free to enter; breakfast about ¥10–30
- How to book
- Just turn up early. Mobile payment is accepted at most stalls.
- Getting there
- In the centre on the Yanji River, a few minutes’ walk north of the West Market; bus stop “水上市场”.
- Address in Chinese
- 吉林省延边朝鲜族自治州延吉市参花街1425号（东方水上市场）
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