Fuqin Open Air Market

The Fuqin Comprehensive Market is located in the northwest side of Chengdu. Often referred to as a “Open Air Market,” or more frequently, a “Wet Market” it features both wet and dry goods from all around the region.

 

A handful of butchers sell out of the market.

 

 

 

 

Not the cleanest conditions

 

 

 

 

Potatoes ready for cooking

 

Wood ear is a mushroom used often in western Chinese cooking

 

Does anyone know what this is?

 

Fresh made noodles

 

 

Traditional Chinese wine

 

 

Corn was introduced to China from the Americas in the 1500s. Today more corn is grown in China than rice.

 

 

 

Baked Tofu

 

 

Cherries are native to most of the northern hemisphere

 

 

Spicy roasted rabbit

 

 

 

 

Apples are native to central Asia