Silk Market is famous shopping locations in Beijing that must be visited. The location is easy to reach by using the subway and get off at the exit A Yong’anli Station.
Sellers in the silk market will give high prices on the first offer. You can bid by lowering 50-70% of the given price. Better if you browsing the market price (search in online shop like alibaba or ebay) before you go to the silk market.
For example, yesterday seller gave me 180 rmb for 1 children cheongsam. I started bargain in 50 rmb for 1. And finally I got 120 rmb for 2.
The price of cheongsam in online shop is more expensive (about 80 rmb for 1), so I took it.
Don’t be afraid to bargain and start in low price. If you can speak mandarin or english perfectly, they always use calculator to communicate 