shenzhen shopping mall - DongMen/Laojie MRT station

shenzhen biggest shopping area (DongMen/laojie mrt station)

a MUST visit shopping place with over few 1000 shops and restaurant NOTE:  you need one-2 full day to visit this place suggest you stay nearby hotels Dong Men

Dong Men (东门, East Gate) is a shopping area in the east of Shenzhen in Luohu district. It consists of several shopping streets with smaller shops and restaurants and two big shopping malls: Moi and Sun Plaza. Good area to find clothes, bed clothes,bags, shoes, curtains and MORE. .   How to get there? Subway : laojie station exit A. Turn left and you should see the crowds. Dongmen Market – Shenzhen’s Original Shopping Mall written by: Rod Tagged: Tags: clothes, crafts, luohu, mall, market Dongmen Pedestrian Street is a commercial area in Luohu that’s been ticking away for over 300 years, and has long been one of Shenzhens most popular places for clothes shopping. There’s a lot of cheap stuff here, some of it cheap due to the quality, but there’s also plenty of really good gear to be found at great prices. Be warned, this place is a maze of streets and buildings, and on weekends it really gets busy. If you like relaxed shopping try going during the week and early, most stores open between 10 and 11am, closing later evening between 9 and 11pm depending on the time of year and day. Like most things in China, it’s got several English aliases including Dongmen Pedestrian Street, Dongmen Walking Street,  Dongmen Shopping Street, Laojie (which means ‘old town’), Dongmen Market and East Gate which is actually what the word Dongmen means. As for shopping, the market stalls are overflowing with mens and womens clothes, shoes, jewellery, hand bags, travel bags and suitcases. The traditional market stalls can be found down alleyways and inside the several multi level ‘wholesale’ malls such as the Foreign Trade Clothing City, Baima White Horse Clothing Wholesale Mall or the Junma Fashion Wholesale Market. There’s also a multi-level mall, or department store if you like, that’s dedicated to just shoes – East Gate Shoes City, one just for comic books – Langhaofang Animation & Comic city and there’s the multi level Hongkai Craft City amongst others. Plus, there are the multi level retail department stores, like Sun Plaza or MOI, that feature many popular brand name products. Inside the slightly more upmarket multi-level shopping malls, such as Sun Plaza, and the retail chain stores in the area, it’s prices as marked, but quite often they have sales offering substantial discounts. The benefit of shopping at these places is that the quality should be good, the products should be originals if you are buying brand name goods and you’ll at least get a receipt when you make a purchase. For eating theres Starbucks, McDonalds, KFC and Pizza Hut along with Chinese fare. Tips: be mindful of pickpockets, it’s a large area spread across several blocks and you wont see everything in one day, double check the quality Prices: Like any market, the trick is to scout around for the best deals, bargain hard and double check what you are buying. Regular stores and malls, such as Sun Plaza, will be prices as marked but watch out for sales during weekends. Getting there:  really easy, just jump of the metro line 1 (Luobao Line) at Laojie Station and wander out exit A. If you are travelling on the Longgang Line get out at Shaibu Station. By Taxi, print out the Chinese name:  深圳市东门步行街 but most taxi drivers will know what you mean when you say ‘Dongmen’ even if you are not saying it phonetically correct. Address: Dongmen Pedestrian Street, Louhu, Shenzhen  Map Map DataMap data ©2012 MapKing, Mapabc Busy square in Dong Men with international fastfood chains KFC and McDonalds