Silk Market (Xiushui)

Highlights

• Custom-Tailored Suits (定制西装)Floors 1-3; ~2,000-3,000 RMB in 3 days; quality genuinely good
• Aggressive Bargaining (砍价)Start at 10-20% of asking; walk away to get real price
• Silk Garments & BeddingThe legitimate silk on lower floors — buy unique gifts here
• Knockoff Brand RealityUpper floors; widely sold but counterfeit; buyer beware on customs declarations
• Universal EnglishVendors learned English specifically for tourist trade; haggling fluent

What Chinese travelers actually do here

Distilled from Chinese-language travel notes — the practical tips most English guides miss.

• ▸Come on a weekday afternoon; tour-group buses pack the floors mid-morning and on weekends, which stiffens vendor prices.
• ▸Tailoring on floors one to three is the real value here, but order a custom suit on day one so the roughly three-day turnaround finishes before you fly out.
• ▸Ignore the ‘massage’ touts working the upper floors; they are an aside, not a service worth your time.
• ▸Bring your own reusable bag and check stitching and zippers in daylight near a window, since stall lighting flatters flaws.
• ▸The basement food court is a cheap, quick lunch with Sichuan and dim sum, handy for resting your feet mid-haggle.
• ▸Buyer beware on the knockoff floors: counterfeits can be seized by customs back home, so weigh that before declaring purchases.
• ▸Decide your top price before you open negotiations, then walk if the vendor refuses; the exit walk is your strongest bargaining move.