But he said that statistic does not include the unofficial export trade from places like Yabao Road : Officially, the Russians who buy thousands of wigs and coats are not businessmen, but tourists or dao ye ( that is a derogatory term for itinerant traders who wander from place to place selling wares ).
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They attract not only crowds of pilgrims from near and far, often in caravans of bullock carts, but they also double as great market fairs where both local and itinerant traders set up their stalls and shops among food stalls, restaurants, and free open-air stage performances as well as theatre halls.
