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Starlight Night Market: eat your way through, skip the clothes stalls
Photo: Liuxingy, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Starlight Night Market: eat your way through, skip the clothes stalls

Gaozhuang, Jinghong

Gaozhuang's big evening market fills its lanes with lantern-lit stalls. Graze rather than sit: lemongrass-stuffed grilled fish, skewers, pineapple rice, mango sticky rice and cut tropical fruit. The clothes and souvenir stalls repeat themselves, so save your money for food.

What locals sayReviews call it touristy and packed, but still the liveliest evening in Jinghong.
Time
2 hours · after dark
In Chinese
告庄星光夜市
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Based on what locals and regular visitors share, checked against current sources · Updated September 2026. Details change — check opening times locally.