Tuesday, June 3, 2014

SH! SH! 01: Dong Tai Road Antique Market 東臺路古玩市場

I love flea market!

and this has been marked down

since day 1 I was going through SH attractions

Dong Tai Road Antique Market 東臺路古玩市場

 

it was drizzling

not so much of a crowd

despite being a Saturday

and basically this place is understated

the common traveling guidebook doesn’t

include this place as an attraction

Dong Tai Road Antique Market 東臺路古玩市場

 

and yeah this place is

kinda awesome

it smells really old

Dong Tai Road Antique Market 東臺路古玩市場

 

as compared to

Pan Jia Yuan 潘家園 in Beijing,

the probability of finding an

authentic vintage items is definitely higher

Don’t Grab X Until Bargain’s Met: PJY Flea Market

 

for a market where instant noodle is

almost like a necessity

I guess someone should come out with

a campaign of eating instant noodle

from these metal pots instead of

waxed-coat paper bowl and

take-away food in polystyrene bowl 

Dong Tai Road Antique Market 東臺路古玩市場

 

I can believe my dad

took interest in the candle holder of all things

Dong Tai Road Antique Market 東臺路古玩市場

 

it is left with one though

the old gentleman is kinda nice

I got a feeling we gonna spend

the whole afternoon hanging around here

東臺路舊貨市場 Dong Tai Lu Flea Market

 

the amount of suitcase piling at the back

I guess they can fetch a good price

after a little refurbishing

and that little tricycle is something

I always want to get for my kid(s)

and wooden horse too

hehe…

東臺路舊貨市場 Dong Tai Lu Flea Market

 

so we ended up in the little hut

as a flea marketer with Mr. Dou

partly because of the rain too

and he has loads higher valued treasures

in the little hut

東臺路舊貨市場 Dong Tai Lu Flea Market

 

oh man

oh man

you mean toy from my childhood

already qualify for a place in flea market?

東臺路舊貨市場 Dong Tai Lu Flea Market

 

that’s a typical ShangHai alley,

in there are the residences

whereby they have proper signage

on the cement wall

this one is call RuYi Lane

東臺路舊貨市場 Dong Tai Lu Flea Market

 

how often do you come across

gentleman who plays you a song on

Er-Hu on a raining afternoon

telling you story from the past

I have Er-Hu towards Er-Hu, for real

due to the snake-skin-laminate

damn.. can’t they use something else

or else I would consider getting one

if you know what I looted from Pan Jia Yuan

Dong Tai Road Antique Market 東臺路古玩市場

 

the cookies tin can are really lovely

especially those with the myth stories like

Journey to the West

Dong Tai Road Antique Market 東臺路古玩市場

 

How to get here:

Metro Line 10 (purple)

Lao Xi Men Station 老西門 

Exit 4

Walk along XiZang South Road 西藏南路

and the market is right on your left

after crossing 1 or 2 road junction(s)

 

I made the terribly mistake of

not capturing the signboard,

really old looking one

when I entered, thinking that

I probably will do it later

when we were exiting

 

so i found one from Google Image instead

which happens to look like

it’s captured on a drizzling day too

Dongtai-Road-Antique-Market

 

yet we didn’t go this way

because the market is spread

across a “+” shape

so we entered through south wing and

left via west wing

 

opposite the flea market

along the main road

there’s a flower & pet market

saturated with people

which is worth visiting too

 

if you wanna experience the

vibrant feeling of a local market