Dayanglu Market
Dayanglu Market (simplified Chinese: 大洋路市场; traditional Chinese: 大洋路市場; pinyin: Dàyáng Lù Shìchǎng) is a wholesale and retail food market in Beijing. In June 2020, there were 3,061 vendors in the market, "whose meat, poultry and egg transactions account 50% of the city's total", according to one report.[1] As of June 2020, the market had a meat hall, a poultry hall, a fruit hall and a seafood hall.[2]
The market is located in Panjiayuan Subdistrict (South East Third Ring Road) at Zhouzhuanglu (East of Shilihe bridge on Dong Sanhuan Lu), Shibalidian Chaoyang District.[2] The market has a 45,000 cubic meter cold storage just for bananas.[3]
History
On one day in November 2003, Dayanglu's inventory numbered 109 varieties of vegetable.[4]
On 21 June 2020, the retail business in Dayanglu was halted amid the Xinfadi Market outbreak of COVID-19.[1]
References
- "Real-time update on coronavirus outbreak". 8:02pm 21 June: Global Times. June 2020.CS1 maint: location (link)
- "Dayanglu Market 大洋路市场". the Beijinger. True Run Media.
- Aitken, Shannon (24 November 2010). "Cooking up a storm in Beijing's markets". China Daily.
- Anthony, Ted (16 November 2003). "Sweet Past, Sour Future for China's 'Patriotic' Cabbage". Los Angeles Times.