Must-visit places in Tianjin

Experiencing more than 600 years, especially in modern times, has created a unique cityscape of Tianjin, where East meets West and the ancient meets the modern. Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, Tianjin has been the residence of the Governor of Zhili, and also the main base for Li Hongzhang and Yuan Shikai to organize foreign affairs and develop the power of Beiyang. 1860, the British and French allied forces occupied Tianjin, Tianjin was forced to open up, and the powers successively set up a tenancy in Tianjin. 1900, July, the Eight-Power Allied Forces attacked Tianjin and fell to Tianjin. 1901, the Eight-Power Allied Forces of the Tianjin Metropolitan Government Office ordered to dismantle the walls of the city. With such a twisted history, Tianjin municipality has also become a major tourist city.

Tianjin must-see attractions: Haihe River Scenic Route

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The Haihe River Scenic Route, which begins at Sanqikou and ends at Daguangmingqiao, cuts through the bustling downtown of Tianjin. It is like a long landscape scrolls, Tianjin dress up more and more Chu Chu charming. Its beauty, manifested in the unforgettable Haihe Park, famous at home and abroad, Wang Hailou Church, the majestic "old dragon head train station" - Tianjin Station ...... but it is the most fond of the nightfall, the Haihe River water flashes the beauty of the lights and shadows! The most important thing is that after the night falls, the water of the Haihe River flickers with the beauty of light and shade. That the two sides of the bright and dark lights of various colors, reflected in the river, floating as a brilliant color, slow flowing water, and a colorful haze sent to the distant future, so that people have unlimited reverie. In Tianjin, there are "seventy-two Gu", the Haihe River is also called "Gu Shui" by some people. So, "Gu Shui Liu Xia" was spread.

Tianjin is located in nine rivers under the tip of the river crisscrossing, known as the "northern water city" of the name. 72 kilometers long Haihe River, winding through the city and injected into the Bohai Sea, the formation of a unique waterway scenic tour line. After comprehensive development and renovation of the Haihe River has increasingly shown as an economic belt, cultural belt and landscape belt of strong service function. Boating on the blue waves, you can enjoy a full view of the modern cityscape on both sides of the Haihe River. Food, housing, transportation, tourism, shopping, entertainment and other tourism elements on both sides of the river highlight the charm of Tianjin. The Italian style area, ancient culture street and other special culture and tourism areas, which are built according to the river, show the charming charm of the Haihe River even more.

Nearby attractions: Italian style area, Jinwan Square, Yongle Bridge Ferris Wheel, Haihe River waterfront platform

Tianjin must-go attractions two: Tianjin Ancient Culture Street

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Tianjin Ancient Culture Street Tourism Trade Zone National 5A scenic spot, China's characteristics of the commercial street. Located in the northeastern part of Nankai District, Tianjin, the city center area. Is a set of tourism and trade, folk culture, shopping and leisure, fitness and entertainment, catering and accommodation is equal to a comprehensive cultural tourism area. The earliest formed in December 1404, based on the Tianhou Palace, called: "Palace South", "Palace North" Street, in 2003 to the comprehensive development of Tianjin Haihe River as an opportunity for the original ancient cultural street in accordance with the "repair the old, as the old, improve the function". As the old, improve the function" principle of restoration, and on its basis to expand the construction and become.

Tianjin Ancient Culture Street Tourism and Trade Zone National 5A scenic spot, China's characteristic commercial street. Located in the northeastern part of Nankai District, Tianjin, the city center area. Is a set of tourism and commerce, folk culture, shopping and leisure, fitness and entertainment, catering and accommodation is equal to a comprehensive cultural tourism area. The earliest formed in December 1404, based on the Tianhou Palace, called: "Palace South", "Palace North" Street, in 2003 to the comprehensive development of Tianjin Haihe River as an opportunity for the original ancient cultural street in accordance with the "repair the old, as the old, improve the function". As the old, improve the function" principle of restoration, and on the basis of its expansion and construction.

Ancient Culture Street Tourism Zone starts from Tongbei Road in the north and Shuige Street in the south, and connects with Dongma Road in the west and Zhang Zizhong Road by the Haihe River in the east, with a total construction area of 220,000 square meters. Ancient Culture Street main street is 680 meters long, "Jinmen hometown", its architectural style is imitation of the Ming and Qing dynasty small-style buildings, the height of one or two floors; block towards the natural straight, staggered rhyme; the eaves of the building scale is moderate, the store store long and short in order, presenting the effect of the ancient street of the scales. Main Street stands at the northern entrance from Tianjin Jixian collection of more than a billion years ago and engraved with the "Tianjin Ancient Culture Street" street name of the ancient fossils, and cultural street streetscape. Distinctive when the block of more than 800 painted antique painting, its painting vein clear, rich in subject matter, colorful, the west side of China's four great masterpieces as the theme, the east side of China's historical stories, ancient legends and dramatic masterpieces as the theme, so that the majority of tourists as if they were immersed in the vastness of the river of history; the Palace Square in front of the painting is based on the ancient Chinese auspicious paintings, Tianjin folklore and the Chinese Peking Opera face for the The colorful paintings in the square in front of the palace are based on ancient Chinese auspicious paintings, Tianjin folk customs and Chinese Peking Opera face paintings, which show the city folk customs of Tianjin in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China as well as China's national art.

Neighboring attractions: Tianjin Folk Museum (Tianhou Palace), Tianjin Clayman Zhang Art Museum, Tianjin Temple Museum

Tianjin must-see attractions three: Italian-style tourist area

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Italian-style tourist area is a new tourist area under development, which is located at the intersection of the Nationality Road and the Freedom Road, the Marker. . Polo Square as the center, east to Minsheng Road, west to Bei'an Road, south to Boai Road, north to Progress Road, covers an area of about 100,000 square meters, including seven roads. This area was originally an Italian leasehold, and contains buildings of different styles from almost every period of Italy. 76 buildings of various styles exist in the area, with a floor area of 60,000 square meters, making it the most completely preserved historical district of modern Italy in foreign countries.

The architectural style of the Italian Concession is firstly reflected in the planning of the area. The state before the planning was almost a village pattern, and the underdevelopment of roads was linked to the underdevelopment of transportation. After the planning of the grid of streets reflects the style of the modern city, especially the street design takes into account the connection with adjacent areas, such as the Italian Concession Avenida with the Russian Concession and the Austrian Concession roads, avoiding the shortcomings of the previous British and French Concession roads are not connected to each other, and maintains a natural transition with the architectural landscapes of the Russian and Austrian Concession. It is worth mentioning that the Italian Concession administrative commissioner Fellotti in 1914 in Tianjin, the first test with asphalt paving. After the success of Corso Vittorio Emanuele, all roads in the Italian Concession were paved with asphalt, making it the smoothest and least dusty area in Tianjin. Piazzas are unfamiliar to traditional Chinese cities, but have a deep cultural tradition in the development of Italian cities. Piazza is the public **** space of the city, a place for citizens to gather and a symbol of their rights. Marco Polo Square is the most wonderful part of the Italian Concession, the square is located at an intersection, an area of 1962.5 square meters, the center of a 13.6-meter-high Collins stone columns, topped with a goddess statue, the base surrounded by carvings and water jets. The size of the square and the surrounding buildings are very harmonious, fully embodies the typical characteristics of the Italian urban style. 1929 May 24, the Italian consul in order to award medals to the bandits in front of the monument had held a military parade.

Roads in the Italian-style tourist area: Marco Polo Road (National Road), Dante Road (Freedom Road), Florence Road (Minsheng Road), Trieste Road (Bei'an Road), Marquis San Giuliano Road (Fraternity Road), Emmanuel Carlito Road (Progress Road), Contagliana Road (Koufukudo Road), Campanulasi Pony Road (Guangming Road), Emanuel III Road, Daimarou Road (Kienkokudo)

Main Attractions: Marco Polo Square, Dante Square, Jiefang Bridge, Dagu Bridge, Century Bell, Angeli Hutong, Sacred Heart Church, Cao Family Garden, Italian Consulate, Italian Barracks

Famous Famous People's Residences: Liang Qichao Memorial Museum, Feng Guozhang's Former Residence, Yuan's Residence, Tang Yulin's Former Residence, Cao Family Mansion, Pan Yugui's Former Residence, Yang Yide's Residence, Zhang Mingqi's Former Residence, Cheng Ke's Former Residence, Cao Yu's Former Residence, Hua Shikui's Former Residence, and Yang Yide's Residence. Former residence, Hua Shikui's former residence

Tianjin must-go attractions four: five avenues tourist area

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Tianjin's five avenues refers to the five avenues is located in the Heping District of Tianjin City, south of Chengdu Road, north of the Mazhaichi Road, Xikang Road to the east of the intersection of Mazhaichi Road and Nanjing Road to the west of a rectangular-shaped area. *** There are 22 roads with a total length of 17 kilometers and a total area of 1.28 square kilometers. Historically was the British Concession "outside the wall to promote the boundary", the terrain is low-lying, and later was filled, architects from various countries have built houses here, since the 1960s, Tianjin city construction department in order to unify the management of the order from south to north, the east-west direction of this area of the Mazhang Road, Munan Road, Dali Road, Changde Road, Chongqing Road, Chengdu Road, collectively known as the "Five Avenues" area. Today, "five avenues" has become synonymous with Tianjin small houses.

Five Avenues area has three characteristics of place names: First, more independent houses, the number of alleys is small, and celebrities and famous buildings are identified by the door, not another name, not a plaque Zhang. Secondly, the street and alley names are mainly based on "Li", and the name of "Hutong" has disappeared here. Third, the emergence of a "building", "villa", "village", "Square" a class of apartments and estates of the common name, such as: Hong Kong Building, Racecourse Villa, Cambridge House, On Lok Village, Yuk Man Square and so on.

Main Attractions:

Racecourse Road--Racecourse Road is the earliest, widest and longest road in the area of Wu Da Dao. Racecourse Road 121 small house, originally for the British scholars Da Vinci living, called "Da Vinci building", this typical Spanish garden villa, is the earliest building on the Five Avenues. Located on Racecourse Road, there is also the former Northern Frontier Museum and the College of Business. The Beijiang Museum, one of the early museums in China, was founded in 1922, and the building is in the shape of a flat "Gong", with a Roman architectural style. College of Commerce and Industry was built in 1925, the main building of three floors with a basement, the eaves of the large mushroom stone walls, Mansell-style tile roof, round bell, for the French Romanesque architectural style.

Mutual South Road - Mutual South Road, 2.08 kilometers long, there are 74 buildings of style, 22 former residences of celebrities, and 4 municipal cultural relics protection units. Roads on both sides of the green trees covered with different styles of small buildings, strolling in between, so that people feel that the road, the room, the trees of the space scale is just right. Mutual South Road No. 20 for Sun Tingying's old house. Built in 1930, for the three-storey Western classical public house with a basement, quite luxurious. 24 for modern Chinese diplomat Yan Huiqing's former residence, the building has a European classical architectural style. 28 of the Roman colonnade Italian-style public house for the descendants of the eight Tianjin "Li Shanren" Li Shufu's former residence, Li was manager of the Tianjin Colonial Bank. 50 for Zhang Xueliang's second brother Zhang Xueliang's former residence, the building has the same style as that of the old house. No. 50 for Zhang Xueliang's second brother Zhang Xue Moet's former residence, red brick walls, sloping tile roof, with the British courtyard house style.

Dali Road - Dali Road, No. 3, No. 5 of the former residence of Cai Chengxun. 3 is the main building, the appearance of the French Romanesque, the interior decoration using Chinese wood carvings. 5 for the Chinese courtyard house temple, hanging flower door and windows and doors, brick, wood, stone carvings, none of the fine. It is a public house combining Chinese and Western styles.

Chongqing Road - Chongqing Road, No. 55, King's House. For the Qing Dynasty Prince Qing Zai Zhen's public house, the main building plan consists of a two-storey quadrangle with Western-style eaves, Chinese-style patio and decoration, and the top floor is the Ancestors' Hall. The eastern part of the courtyard is a Chinese-style garden with rockeries, stone caves and hexagonal pavilions. It is also a public house combining Chinese and Western styles.

Taking a sightseeing bus to visit the Five Avenues line: the main gate of Minyuan Stadium (Chongqing Road Gate) ----- Chongqing Road ---- Kunming Road ---- Changde Road ---- Hengyang Road ---- Dali Road ---- Kunming Road ---- Mutnan Road ---- Hongkong Road - Chongqing Road ---- Xinhua Road ---- Luoyang Road ---- Hunan Road ---- Chongqing Road (along the way through the The former residences of celebrities are: the former residences of President Xu Shichang and Cao Kun, the former residences of Pan Fu, Gu Weijun, Zhang Shaozeng, Gong Xinzhan, Yan Huiqing, Zhu Qixin and other six prime ministers of the Cabinet of the Republic of China as well as the Qing Wang Mansion.

Tianjin must-see attractions five: National Museum of Oceanography

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Tickets: free (reservation required?)

The National Museum of Oceanography is a must-see attraction in Tianjin. Reservation entrance)

The National Museum of Oceanography is located in Tianjin Binhai New Area in the new Eco-city Hai Bo Road, is China's first ever, its status is comparable to that of the Palace Museum of the Ocean Museum, can be called the "Palace of the Sea". It will put an end to China's history of not having a comprehensive national maritime museum that matches the status of a major maritime country, which is also an important reason why its status is comparable to that of the Palace Museum. The National Maritime Museum bears the important task of reshaping China's maritime values, and is not only a cultural landmark in Tianjin Binhai New Area, but also a cultural milestone for China's maritime cause.

Tianjin must go attractions six: Binhai Library

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Tianjin Binhai New Area Cultural Center Library has a total floor area of 33,700 square meters, the design of the intention of the "Binhai eyes" and "the mountain of books. Road for the path". The building has 6 floors above ground, the height of the main body of the building is about 29.6 meters, and the total collection of books is designed to reach 1.2 million books and 1,200 seats for readers.

The atrium uses perforated aluminum panels combined with colorful printing to create the shape of a "mountain of books", with real and fake books reflecting each other, which expresses the connotation of "a mountain of books is a path of progress" and "books are the ladder of progress for mankind". The connotation of "books are the ladder of human progress". In the center of the atrium is a 21-meter diameter spherical multifunctional lecture hall, which can accommodate nearly 100 people. The 440,000 LEDs on the surface of the sphere can display a variety of patterns and text.

In addition to the atrium of some of the collection of books, Binhai New Area Library set up Chinese book reading, Chinese newspaper reading, foreign language book reading, thematic literature reading and public self-study space; opened a relatively independent reading service area for minors; but also specialized in the first floor of the arrangement of the elderly and visually impaired reading area; the third floor of the basic collection of books on the shelves of literature, history, economics, politics, astronomy, medicine, and so on. 24 categories of more than 100,000 books.

Tianjin must-see attractions seven: Tianjin Eye

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Tickets: 70 yuan (1.2 meters below half price), need to buy tickets online? Tickets entrance

Tianjin eye full name of Tianjin Yongle Bridge Ferris wheel, across the Haihe River connecting Hebei District and Hongqiao District, is a cross-river construction, the bridge wheel in one Ferris wheel, both sightseeing and transportation functions.

The Ferris wheel is a breakthrough in the world of Ferris wheel construction with its whimsical and ingenious design on the aura of Tianzi's Ferry and the scenery of the lower tip of the Nine Rivers. Ferris wheel diameter of 110 meters, the wheel is mounted outside 48 transparent car, each cabin can be multiplied by 8 people, the cabin is comfortable and spacious, air-conditioning to regulate the temperature, can be used for 384 people at the same time for sightseeing, according to the seasonal arrangement of different operating hours. The Ferris wheel relies on electricity to drive, rotate at a constant speed, about 28 minutes to rotate a circle. When the cockpit reaches the highest point, passengers can see the scenery of dozens of kilometers in a radius, and the Haihe River scenery can be seen at all times. "Tianjin Eye" is located in the core of the prime area of the three forks of the Haihe River, which is the most concentrated area of traditional culture and folk culture in Tianjin. The "Tianjin Eye" Ferris wheel is an outstanding masterpiece of the development of the Haihe River, and is a bright pearl embedded in the Haihe River.

Nearby attractions: Great Bei Yuan, Ancient Culture Street, Drum Tower, Italian style area, Austrian style area and so on. It is also the starting point of the Haihe River Water Cruise Sightseeing Area. Visitors to this area can enjoy multiple services such as leisure, shopping and sightseeing in one day.

Tianjin must-see attractions eight: Binjiang Road

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Binjiang Road commercial street is one of the busiest commercial streets in Tianjin. It starts from Zhang Zizhong Road by the Haihe River and extends to Nanjing Road in a southwestern direction, with a total length of 2,094 meters. It was built in two sections, the section from Zhangzizhong Road to Dagu Road was built in 1886, and the section from Dagu Road to Nanjing Road was built in 1900. 1946, the two sections were merged and named Binjiang Road.

Tianjin must-go attractions nine: Haihe River Cruise

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Haihe River is the largest water system in North China, one of the seven major rivers in China. From the Tianjin Jin Gang Bridge, to the mouth of Dagu into the Bohai Bay, commonly known as Tianjin's "Mother River". The beautiful scenery on both sides of the Haihe River makes taking a Haihe River cruise to enjoy the charm of Tianjin become an indispensable tourist activity for Tianjin people and tourists going to Tianjin. Tianjin Haihe River cruise is the main body of the Haihe River, the boat to appreciate, watch the Haihe River on both sides of the exquisite scenery and architectural history and culture of Tianjin's unique tourism projects.