What are the famous scenic spots in Nankai District of Tianjin?

Tianjin Ancient Culture Street is located outside the east gate of the northeast corner of Nankai District, on the west bank of Haihe River, starting from Laotieqiao Street (Gongbei Street) in the north and Shui Ge Street (Gongnan Street) in the south. There is a memorial arch at the north and south street corners, which reads "Golden Gate Hometown" and "Gushang Art Garden". It is a commercial pedestrian street with a length of 687 meters and a width of 5 meters. Tianjin Ancient Culture Street, as one of the ten scenic spots in Jinmen, has always adhered to the business characteristics of "Chinese flavor, Tianjin flavor, cultural flavor and ancient flavor", mainly engaged in stationery. There are nearly a hundred shops in Guwen Street. It is the center of folk handicraft shops in Tianjin's old shops, with authentic food: Goubuli steamed stuffed bun, fried cake with ears and eyes, pancake fruit, Laozhai medicine candy, Tianjin twist, etc. Tourist attractions include Tianhou Palace, Himalayas, postal coins in Qing Dynasty, clay figurine Zhang Caisu and so on.

Tianhou was called the escort goddess in ancient times. Legend has it that she is from Fujian, surnamed Lin, and often goes to sea to help the victims, so she is revered as a goddess by later generations. During the Yuan Dynasty, Beijing needed to transport a large amount of grain to the north every year, first by sea to Tianjin and then by water to Beijing. In order to pray for the safety of navigation, the Yuan government dedicated the escort goddess Tian Fei and built the Tianhou Palace in coastal towns. Tianjin Tianhou Palace was built in A.D. 1326. March 23rd of the lunar calendar is the birthday of the Queen. Tianhou Palace introduces the historical changes of Tianjin and shows various folk customs. Huang Hui was named after Emperor Qianlong who visited this club when he went down to the south of the Yangtze River. Traditional performance venues are in the square in front of Tianhou Palace, as well as in Gongnan and Gongbei areas. After the completion of Guwen Street, a grand imperial party will be held here every year on March 23rd of the lunar calendar (the auspicious day of "Tianhou"' s birthday), performing dragon lantern dance, lion dance, Shaolin Club, stilts, drums, roller boating, yangko, martial arts, Beijing opera, pingju and bangzi.

Scenic landscape

Nanbei archway

After transformation, the ancient cultural street still maintains the architectural style and basic linear shape of that year, and the architectural style is small-scale building imitating Ming and Qing dynasties, with one or two floors; The block is naturally tall and straight, strewn at random; The cornice building has a moderate scale, and the shops are long and orderly, showing the effect of an ancient street. The ancient cultural street is full of rich ancient flavor, cultural flavor, Chinese flavor and Tianjin flavor. There are two archways at the north and south entrances of Guwen Street, and the painting form is "cutting inkstone to catch jade". The words in the heart of Nanpailou Square are "Golden Gate Hometown" (facing south) and "Sunny Snow" (facing north); The characters in the center of Beipailou Square are "Gushang Art Garden" (facing north) and "Jin Ao" (facing south).

tianhou temple

Tianhou Palace is the center of ancient cultural street. Tianjin has long had the saying that "Tianhou Palace comes first, then Tianjinwei". "Tianhou Niangniang" Maureen is enshrined in Tianhou Palace. There are two big sails in the square that have been erected for more than 600 years. There is a theater near Haihe River on the east side of the square, and Tianhou Palace Square forms a relatively independent space.

It is said that in the years after the completion of Tianhou Palace, this sail pole was built outside Tianhou Palace in order to protect people who go to sea forever. On the annual emperor's meeting and Tianhou's birthday, 24 red lanterns were hung on each of these two high sails to pray for the safe return of those who went to sea. It is said that just after entering Dagukou at night, the people who came back were far away.

There are mainly 14 rooms in the Tianhou Palace, namely: Qian Dian, Main Hall, Wang Yaodian, Provincial Taiwan Hall, Fengwei Hall, Tibetan Scripture Hall, Guandi Hall, Chen Yuandian, Qi Temple, God of Wealth Temple, Yuan Jundian, Grandma Wang Hall and Liangyuan Pavilion.

Tian Yan Plaza (Yanfu Former Residence)

Dashizi Hutong, an ancient cultural street, is Yan Fu's former residence, which no longer exists. In order to explore the history and culture, I visited Mr. Yan Fu's descendants and historical experts successively, and combined with landscape design, Tian Yan Square was built in the original site of Yan Fu's former residence, and a bronze statue of Yan Fu and natural evolution stone carvings were set up.

Yan Fu (1854~ 192 1), born in Houguan (now Minhou), Fujian, whose real name is Ling. In his later years, his number was Yu Ye Yuyue. Huxley's theory of evolution is very famous in China's modern ideological circle. He is a representative of modern reformists in China. He used the theory of evolution as a weapon to awaken people to "strive for self-improvement and protect species" and save the nation from peril. He was named by president and Mao Zedong as "a figure who sought truth from the West on behalf of the entire China * * production party before its birth" (Mao Zedong's On the People's Democratic Dictatorship)-and Hong Xiuquan. Yan Fu also founded the "National Newspaper" in Tianjin, which actively promoted the reform of a powerful country and left a brilliant page in the modern history of China.

ancient painting

In the construction of the ancient cultural business circle, Tianjin Real Estate Corporation has reformed the ancient cultural street based on the principle of "repairing the old as the old". After the transformation, the ancient cultural street pays attention to improving the ability of fire prevention and earthquake resistance, and at the same time, it adds supporting facilities such as heating, refrigeration, communication, public health equipment, parking lot, etc., and the overall supporting functions of the whole block have been comprehensively improved.

In order to improve the cultural taste of the block, Tianjin Real Estate Corporation adopted the method of public bidding, hired a number of professional design units, conducted strict screening, selected the best among the best, and implemented unified layout and careful design for the floor pavement, sketch sculpture, lighting decoration, door and window modeling of the block. In order to continue the historical context of Tianjin and show the folk customs of Tianjin, the Jade Emperor Pavilion, a 600-year-old ancient building, and Liu Jia Courtyard, a residential building combining Chinese and Western styles, have been preserved. The archway located at both ends of the block has been restored, and the twelve characters of Jinmen hometown in the south, sunny snow, Gushang Art Garden in the north and Jin Ao have been radiant with golden light. Located at the north entrance of the street, the stone tablet of "Tianjin Ancient Culture Street" originated from hundreds of millions of years of paleontological fossils in Jixian County, Tianjin, and is engraved with the inscription of Comrade Li Ruihuan, which is more harmonious with the street view after the transformation of the ancient culture street. The most distinctive thing is the antique paintings on the ancient cultural street. The square in front of the palace shows colored paintings with Tianjin folk customs as the content, depicting Tianjin Wei's street folk customs in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. Antique paintings are carried out from street south to street north, with China's Romance of the Three Kingdoms and four classical novels, Journey to the West's Water Margin and Dream of Red Mansions as the themes, and China's historical stories, ancient legends and opera names as the themes in the east, one by one according to the historical order of Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing, which makes tourists seem to be in a vast historical river.

Practical information

Play route

Tour time: 3 hours

Suitable for people: friends

Mode of arrival: public transportation

Attractions on the way: the memorial archway of Jinmen's hometown → Tianhou Palace → Folk Culture Center → Antique City → Commercial Plaza → Guanyin → Archway of Gushang Art Park → Yuhuangge → Li Tongqing → Cultural Town → Theater.

Traffic guide

self-driving

1, outside the city (Beijing-Tianjin Ancient Culture Street Tourist Area)

Via: S30 Beijing-Tianjin Expressway-Xiashuangjie Exit-Beijing-Tianjin Expressway-Beijing-Tianjin Road-Tiantai Road-Huang Wei Road-Wuma Road-Haihe East Road-Shizilin Street-Zhang Zizhong Road-main entrance of the scenic spot.

Time required: 1 hour 45 minutes

2. City

Via: huanghe road-Nanma Road-Chengxiang East Road-Madong Road-Tongbei Road-Zhang Zizhong Road-the main entrance of the scenic spot.

Time required: 1 1 min

independent travel

1, bus mode

Bus routes: 15, 12, 856, 907, 86 1, 675, 68 1, 863, 903, 907 and 469.

Destination station: Dongma Road Station

Ticket price: 2 yuan/person

Shift: 10 minute/shift

First/last bus time: 06:00-2 1:00.

2. Taxi mode

Starting price: 1 1 yuan.

geographical environment

Guwen Street is located outside the east gate of the northeast corner of Nankai District, Tianjin (Tianjin No.0 Highway), on the west bank of Haihe River, starting from Laotieqiao Street (Gongbei Street) in the north and reaching Shui Ge Street (Gongnan Street) in the south. There is a memorial arch at the north and south street corners, which reads "Golden Gate Hometown" and "Gushang Art Garden". It is a commercial pedestrian street with a length of 687 meters and a width of 5 meters.

Tianhou was called the escort goddess in ancient times. Legend has it that she is from Fujian, surnamed Lin, and often goes to sea to help the victims, so she is revered as a goddess by later generations. During the Yuan Dynasty, Beijing needed to transport a large amount of grain to the north every year, first by sea to Tianjin and then by water to Beijing. In order to pray for the safety of navigation, the Yuan government dedicated the escort goddess Tian Fei and built the Tianhou Palace in coastal towns.

Tianjin Tianhou Palace was built in A.D. 1326. March 23rd of the lunar calendar is the birthday of the Queen. This paper introduces the historical changes of Tianjin and shows various folk customs. Huang Hui was named after Emperor Qianlong who visited this club when he went down to the south of the Yangtze River. Traditional performance venues are in the square in front of Tianhou Palace, as well as in Gongnan and Gongbei areas. After the completion of Guwen Street, a grand imperial party will be held here every year on March 23rd of the lunar calendar (the auspicious day of "Tianhou"' s birthday), performing dragon lantern dance, lion dance, Shaolin Club, stilts, drums, roller boating, yangko, martial arts, Beijing opera, pingju and bangzi.

History and culture

Ancient Culture Street is a street composed of folk shops imitating China in Qing Dynasty. Tianhou Palace, centered on Tianhou Palace, a historic site in Yuan Dynasty, is commonly known as "Niangniang Palace", which is the main tourist project on the ancient cultural street.

There is an ancient temple in this street, which has a history of hundreds of years. It was originally called "Tianfei Palace" and later renamed "Tianhou Palace". Tianjin faces the Bohai Sea in the east and the capital in the back. Tianjin has been a land and water transportation hub where boats and cars gather since ancient times. Tianhou Palace is a temple dedicated to Poseidon, which was built to protect the grain transportation under the condition of great development of grain transportation.

It was completed and opened on New Year's Day in 1986. This area has been the largest fair trade and new year market in Tianjin since ancient times. Every spring, there will be a grand command meeting in Tianjin, that is, the birthday of sissy, where stilts, dragon lanterns, dry boats and lion dances will be performed. In the newly-built ancient cultural street, except for the archway at both ends and the theater in front of the palace, nearly 100 houses are small folk ancient buildings imitating the Qing Dynasty.

Walking in the ancient cultural street, entering and leaving the shops, you will see many Su paintings, which have the artistic style of Jiangnan gardens. Vivid composition and vivid form make the ancient cultural street gorgeous and charming.

In the facade decoration, in addition to painting stories, the other is brick carving and wood carving decoration. Its content is extensive, and most of them have strong folk color and auspicious and festive meaning.

The woodcarving in front of Shi Baozhai captures several ups and downs and plot changes of the Riverside Map in Qingming Festival. The first picture in the north is: there are many boats moored on the bank of the river, and seven or eight people on a big boat in the middle of the river are desperately paddling. The hard work of the boatmen shows the busy and tense situation of water transport in heavy-duty rivers. In the middle, in the middle of the picture is the Hongqiao outside the water gate of Bianhe River. A ship full of ships is about to pass under the bridge, and all the boatmen are working nervously. Vehicles, animals, pedestrians of all colors, and people watching the water and boats on the bridge jostle shoulder to shoulder, forming a torrent of urban life, which is the climax of the picture of Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival.

Whether it is architectural style, shop decoration, plaque couplets, the goods in Guwen Street are full of artistic flavor. Strolling through the streets of ancient culture is pleasing to the eye; Professional shops such as antiques, calligraphy and painting, Four Treasures of the Study, rubbings, ancient books, Yangliuqing New Year pictures, clay figurine Zhang Caisu, and Tianjin kites gather here for your viewing and purchase. As for Chinese and western musical instruments, art ceramics and decorative gadgets, there are also specialized shops. It's really a pleasure to buy one or two things, and more shopping may also edify, enlighten and get some nutrition.

Block feature

Exquisite architecture

Guwen Street has a total construction area of 22,000 square meters, with ancient buildings scattered and winding, pavilions and eaves. All the famous halls are decorated with blue walls and red column floor tiles, with different forms of partition doors and windows, railings and roof wings, which are beautiful, simple and elegant. In addition, plaques, couplets, palace lanterns, flags, exquisite wood carvings and 1500 gorgeous paintings add to the classical cultural atmosphere of this street.

Deal in goods

There are three kinds of goods on the street: ① Cultural relics, antiques and antique furniture, such as Four Treasures of the Study, antique books, traditional New Year pictures, jewels and jade, antique furniture, etc. (2) Traditional folk goods, such as doll music, clay figurine Zhang Caisu, Yangliuqing New Year pictures with a history of more than 300 years, kite Wei, brick carving Liu Brick carving, Xiuzhuzhai Liuhai Diabolo, Jingdezhen porcelain, Suzhou embroidery, etc. (3) Restaurants, teahouses, restaurants and casinos. Local operas and folk arts are often performed in the square and open-air stage in front of Tianhou Palace.

Famous building

Tianjin Ancient Culture Street is one of the ten scenic spots in Jinmen, and it is called "Hometown Pursuit". Guwen Street is located outside the east gate of Nankai District, and there is an archway at the north and south street corners, which reads "Hometown of Jinmen" and "Ancient Art Garden". In ancient times, it was a place for offering sacrifices to Poseidon and boatmen for entertainment. The ancient cultural streets restored now include Tianhou Palace, Gongnan Street and Gongbei Street. Tianhou Palace, commonly known as "Niangniang Palace", is the main tourist project in the ancient cultural street.

Tianjin Tianhou Palace was built in A.D. 1326. At this time of the year, an "Emperor's Meeting" will be held to perform stilts, dragon lanterns, roller boating, lion dancing and so on. Very lively. Today, Tianhou Palace has become a folk museum in Tianjin. This paper introduces the rise and changes of Tianjin City, Tianhou Palace and imperial society, and shows the bricks and tiles of Tianjin in Ming Dynasty, the mode of water transportation in Qing Dynasty and various folk customs (wedding ceremony, costumes, etc.). ), water machine and other Qing Dynasty cultural relics.

In addition to the Tianhou Palace, there are the Jade Emperor Pavilion, the largest Taoist temple in Tianjin 600 years ago, Li Tongqing, the quadrangle community with the most Tianjin characteristics, and Liu Jia Courtyard, one of the eight famous people in Tianjin. Antiques, calligraphy and painting, Four Treasures of the Study, rubbings, ancient books, Yangliuqing New Year pictures, clay figurine Zhang Caisu, Tianjin kites and other professional shops are also gathered in this street.

other

Famous customs and habits

The "Royal Meeting" in the ancient cultural street is also a well-known traditional activity. "Huang Hui" was originally called "Queen Hui". According to legend, March 23rd of the lunar calendar is the birthday of Poseidon, the goddess of "Tianhou Palace". During the reign of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, a four-day conference was held before Poseidon was born. At this time, folk drum clubs, Daqu clubs, Heling clubs, Chongting clubs, Qiren clubs, stilts clubs, etc. Performing various skills along the street, presenting a grand occasion. After the restoration of the ancient cultural street, the "Huanghui" will be resumed on March 23 of the lunar calendar every year. On this day, dragon lanterns, stilts, dry boats, yangko, drums, traditional banners, lion dances, martial arts and other performances are the main performances, and the streets are bustling and lively, which has become a grand event to enrich the cultural life of citizens. You can't leave an ancient cultural street "connected with the city", although there are all kinds of handicrafts from all directions of the motherland and Tianjin. Among them, Yangliuqing New Year pictures, clay figurine Zhang Caisu and kite Wei, which have strong local characteristics in Tianjin, are the most famous.

architectural feature

The whole building is modeled after the folk architecture of the Qing Dynasty. Gonggong has two painted archways in the north and south, which are called "Golden Gate Hometown" and "Gushang Art Garden" respectively. Nearly 100 shops in the street are Qing-style buildings, with doors and windows decorated with painted patterns, with history, myths, figures, flowers and birds as the main contents, in the form of through carving, relief carving and round carving.

Ancient Culture Street mainly deals in Four Treasures of the Study, celebrity calligraphy and painting, cultural relics and antiques, handicrafts and other cultural commodities. The most famous ones are Yangliuqing Painting Society and clay figurine Zhang Caisu Arts and Crafts Department. In addition, there are time-honored snack bars in Guwen Street, such as Stone Menkan Restaurant.