Shazhou Market is well-known as the most famous local food street and a must-visit place when traveling to Dunhuang.

The market includes cultural theme area, special dining area, folk market area, regional style area, bar area and other functional areas.

It has been designated as one of the "Chinese Folk Customs Tourism" projects by the National Tourism Administration, and has been rated as a "National Civilized Market", a "3A Market", a provincial "Integrity Market", and a "Hundred Cities and Thousands of Stores No Counterfeit" Demonstration Market

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Dunhuang Night Market is located in a prime location in downtown Dunhuang. It imitates Tang Dynasty buildings and includes a commercial pedestrian street, Shazhou Market, and Fengqing City. It is a comprehensive market and cultural landscape integrating culture, tourism, leisure, shopping, entertainment, and catering.

There are department stores, handicraft shops, gourmet restaurants, and food stalls in the market. Here you can eat Gansu specialties, buy various antiques, textiles, handicrafts, and all kinds of sweet fruits.

Shazhou Market has become the place with the most distinctive cultural characteristics of Dunhuang and the largest distribution center for tourists to Dunhuang.

In the cultural corridor of Shazhou Market, there are not only historical figures from Dunhuang, ancient poems, calligraphy and paintings, but also stories and culture from the Han and Tang Dynasties to modern times that are continuously performed on the large open-air performance stage.

It makes people mesmerized and lingering.