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Yanji West Market

Yanji West Market is a contemporary market building with an older market role. Local reporting dates its formal reopening to January 2019 after reconstruction, and a 2026 New Year feature records food, clothing and household goods in the same market as people prepare for family visits.

Stories from This Place

A shopper chooses kimchi from rows of red basins at a market stall.

Kimchi shopping at the former Yanji Oriental Riverside Market before its July 19, 2026 move to 2599 Shenhua Street.

Yanji Markets: Two Places and a Family Table

A rice-sausage vendor’s two decades at Yanji’s Water Market lead to its 2026 move, while a New Year purchase at West Market links dried pollock to a family reunion. Together, the markets show two routes food takes through the city.

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  1. Kimchi shopping at the former Yanji Oriental Riverside Market before its July 19, 2026 move to 2599 Shenhua Street.Source: Travel China, an official Ministry of Culture and Tourism website; photographer not stated. · Rights status unknown Photo source ↗