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Address:

118 Dongjiadu Lu, near Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu

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A fabric market with more than 250 vendors, offering fabrics from silk, linen, cotton, to cashmere or leather, of all kinds. Most of the fabrics are the stocks from the factories, keep your eyes sharp to beware of fakes and bargain heavily, you can bring some great curtain materials for your home.

Or have a copy of your favorite suit made up for next,  every stall has a tailor. Take a Chinese speaker with you, few tailors speak English.

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Sprawling across Dong Tai and Liu He Kou roads (near Xintiandi), this outdoor market might overflow with fakes (some say less than 5% of the items are genuine), but it¡¯s a fun place to browse and rummage. Behind each stall is a larger shop with pricier items displayed under counters. Interesting buys include embroidered slippers for bound feet, Communist-era posters, Maoist memorabilia and black-and-white photos of old Shanghai. Take a look inside Chine Antiques, 38 Liu He Kou Lu, for beautifully restored Qing Dynasty wooden furniture.

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Address:

Renmin Lu, by Hen'nan Zhong Lu

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Yuyuan Market found beside Yuyuan Garden is a bazaar of stores that sells traditional Chinese arts and crafts and souvenirs.

The stores sell a mish-mash of items including chopsticks, Chinese medicine, walking sticks, fans, silk umbrellas, bamboo and rattan furniture, goldfish, pottery, plus much more. Part of the market has also been transformed into an indoor mall.

Food is also a great temptation in Yuyuan Market with local delicacies such as xiao long bao, pigeon egg dumplings and spicy cold noodles from the street stalls or numerous restaurants.

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Address:

Underground of Metro Station of Shanghai Science & Technology Museum, Pudong

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Xinyang Market is a new dressing and gifts market born out of The Famous Xiangyang Market in downtown which was closed in 2006.

Shopping in this market give you similar fun with the old one, but obviously it's managed better.

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Take a walk around Changle Lu, Maoming Nan Lu, it will not let you disappointed.

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Tel:

+86 21 6464 3287

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Tailor Wang speaks good English and makes both men and women's clothing. He is great at copying your favorite article of clothing.

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Tel:

+86 130 0318 8035

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Tailor Zhu also speaks good English and good at copying, he is usually out with customers during the day so it is best to call him after 4 pm.

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