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Tengchong Jade Market

Tengchong, Tengchong

4.1(1400 reviews)
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The jade capital of the frontier: rough stones, carved pendants, and the gamble that made dynasties.

Tengchong has traded jade with Myanmar for centuries - the stone comes over the border, and this market decides its fate: rough boulders for the gamblers, carved pendants for everyone else. Staff are used to foreign buyers and will explain the color grades.

Buy polished pieces, not rough stone, unless you enjoy a gamble with better odds than the lottery. Every serious jade market in China learned from this one.

Best for: The frontier jade trade, from rough stone to polished pendant.

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