The North Market is a place with a long history. Some of the old buildings are still there, so it’s nice to stroll around for free.

North Market is located in the north of Heping District in Shenyang. It is a prosperous area integrating shopping, cultural activities, tourism and religious activities.

It covers the famous Beishi food, leisure, antiques and flowers, fishing gear, tea and folk arts, etc., and flows day and night with the prosperity of the Sifang Old Town of Shengjing.

When talking about the North Market, one person has to be mentioned, that is Zhang Zuolin, the original builder of the North Market.

In 1921, Zhang Zuolin ordered the development of the North Market near Shijianfang in the Huangsi area in order to open up the ground and prosper the city, develop the national economy, and compete with foreign commercial ports.

After a few years of success, the three major department stores, Beishi, Minsheng and Zhongyuan Department Stores (today’s site of Shenyang Department Store), the Central Grand Theater (today’s Shenyang Grand Theater), Daguan Tea Garden (today’s Liaoning Youth Theater), etc. have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

Later, there were gold shops, restaurants, bathhouses, pharmacies, brothels, teahouses, large and small inns, clothing stores, watch shops, money lenders, hairdressers, photography, flower parties, opium dens, gambling bureaus, pawn shops, etc., too numerous to mention.

With the development of commerce, the population has become increasingly dense.

Storytellers, opera singers, wrestlers, medicine sellers, tooth extractions, pedicures, monkey charmers, mole spotters, gamblers, fortune tellers, jugglers, circus performers, donkey shadow puppet performers, crosstalk double act performers, and jugglers

There are all kinds of performers, including all kinds of strange things.

In addition, food is the most important thing for the people, and the market is prosperous and popular.

As a result, some local snacks were introduced. At that time, the North Market was one of the three most prosperous areas in Shenyang, along with Taiyuan Street and Zhong Street.

It can be compared with Beijing Tianqiao, Tianjin Quanyechang, Nanjing Confucius Temple, and Shanghai City God Temple at that time; today's North Market is more often displayed in the form of "temple fairs", and temple fairs will be held here during major festivals.

It is in full swing, with folk skills, local specialties, delicacies and snacks all available.

You can also say that the North Market is mainly a market for antiques and the like. There are various street stalls in it. This area can be said to be the most Buddhist place in Shenyang. On Tieling Road, there is an area selling fishing rods. Going west, there is

There is a flower, bird, fish and insect market.

You can come here to buy fish, flowers, and bracelets, but this business is relatively deep, so you must find someone knowledgeable to work with you, otherwise you will get ripped off.

The North Market is a place where old Shenyang people visit every day, just a little memory of the old days.

Sometimes you will encounter a group of vendors setting up stalls in front of the Shisheng Temple in the North Market. There is no shouting and the vendors are chatting happily.

The open space was filled with temporary tents, and the tents were covered with small flags that read the Imperial Temple Fair, as if they were preparing for the temple fair.

Now there are not many old buildings in the North Market, and they are all being gradually renovated.

In fact, Lao Bei Market is a bit similar to the story of the Eight Hutongs in Beijing. Of course, this needs to be told to you by an old Shenyang person; I don’t know that Bei Market is not a real Shenyang person!

There are ancient stories and memories of the city there!

A stone-carved archway stands at the street entrance. Inside the archway is a ancestral temple of the Xibe people. In addition to the place for worship, it also introduces in detail the history of this characteristic nation, its westward migration, and national symbols such as Xili Mama.

Huangsi Road in Beichen City is the most famous tourist golden corridor in Shenyang. Its traditional context and old city stories have stirred up hundreds of years. Shisheng Temple, Xibo Family Temple, the former site of the Manchuria Provincial Committee, Christian Church, and Old North Railway Station are attracting people.

Countless Chinese and foreign tourists linger to see the majestic and fascinating cross-street archway, the first contemporary stone sculpture in China standing on the street.

Some people may say that the signboard is big and conspicuous, but for ordinary tourists there is nothing to visit here. I would say that is no longer important.