What is the hometown culture of Tianjin

History and Culture of Tianjin

Tianjin is the center of Mazu culture in the northern region, so it is said that "there is Mazu Temple in Meizhou in the south, and Tianhou Palace in Tianjin in the north". Mazu culture is one of the important sources of Tianjin's history and culture. The folk proverb "There is a temple of A-Ma first, and then there is Tianjin Wei" fully explains the important position of A-Ma culture in the history of civilization development in Tianjin. The ancient culture street centered on the Tianhou Palace has become a famous sightseeing spot and an important "window" to show the city's image. Relying on the culture street and the Haihe River, organizing the first Tianjin Mazu Culture and Tourism Festival is conducive to the protection and excavation of Tianjin's historical relics and the promotion of traditional Chinese virtues; it is conducive to the enhancement of emotional exchanges with the Chinese people all over the world, especially the compatriots in Hong Kong, Macao and Singapore, and the strengthening of friendly exchanges and cooperation across the strait; it is conducive to the enhancement of the city's cultural tastes and influences, and the promotion of the accelerated development of the cultural and tourism industries as well as the economy of the region. Development. Tianjin Mazu Cultural and Tourism Festival is included in the 20 practical matters of the Municipal Government this year, which has been widely supported by all walks of life and positively responded at home and abroad. After preliminary contact, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and Fujian region of civil society organizations and tourism sector will organize nearly 1,000 people to come to Tianjin to attend the meeting, **** Xiangxiang.

Tianjin history and culture walk.

(1) Ancient Tianjin, according to the excavation of unearthed artifacts, as early as the Warring States period has formed a number of ancestral settlements. However, in the Western Han Dynasty, there was a widespread sea flooding, the coastal plain was flooded, the ocean, deserted and uninhabited. Later, with the formation of the Haihe River system, settlements began to flourish. The earliest villages that can be traced in writing were called "Zhigu", located in the three forks of the Haihe River at the source of the confluence, so it is also known as "Sanchagu". The later generations have imaginatively called the Haihe River the "Mother River" and the Three Forks the "Cradle of Tianjin". The metaphor is vivid and intimate, and is y rooted in people's hearts.

(2) Zhigu lived and breathed according to the river, and the first people were mostly engaged in fishing in addition to farming, so the history book said, "At the beginning, it was only a fisherman's fort". Early humanistic mentality, the written record is not. Zhigu is located in the northern frontier, far away from the culture of the Central Plains, the development is lagging behind. The ancestors could not explain many natural phenomena and generated a fear, so the superstitious activities of honoring the gods and exorcising ghosts, praying for blessings and eliminating disasters as a spiritual pillar. This can be seen from the offerings of divine blessing and protection from evil spirits buried in many tombs.

(3) During the Sui and Tang dynasties, Buddhist culture spread to the northern border. Tang Zhenguan years Li Shimin led the expedition to Liaodong, the success of the return to the court passed through Zhigu, bi bi bi in the Haihe bank of the Qingguo Temple, fellow Eguan Gong Yuchi Jingde in the temple hang armor, Li Shimin then Royal Decree renamed the "Hanging Armor Temple". This story has not been recorded in the official history, is oral history, the county record of this account, enough to rely on the letter. It can be seen, at the latest in the early years of the Tang dynasty Buddhism has spread Zhigu, temple when more than one Qingguo temple. According to historical records, Yuan Zhizheng years, there are Tianzhu (India) monks will be in the city west of the North Sea will be a nunnery, that Zhigu Buddhism at that time has formed a certain climate. Ming and Qing dynasties, Buddhist temple incense blaze, inside and outside of the city temple as many as the stars, "Jinmen Baojia illustration" in the map as evidence.　　During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, there are two poetic monks in Tianjin: one is the Great Compassionate House of Shih Kao, one is the Hai Guang Temple of Cheng Heng, befriending celebrities, poems and paintings, which is rumored to be a good story of Ch'an Lin. In recent times, there were also two senior monks: Hongyi (Li Shutong) and Amadan (Wang Futing), who practiced with great care and attainments, and the former was honored as the "11th Ancestor of Nanshan Ruling Sect" and the latter was listed as the "44th Dharma Heir of Tiantai Sect", and their reputation was spread far beyond the borders of the country and abroad. The latter was listed as the "44th Successor of Tiantai Sect" and his reputation spread far and wide at home and abroad. Therefore, the cultural origin of Buddhism in Tianjin should not be ignored.

(4) When the Yuan Dynasty set up its capital in the metropolis (now Beijing), it relied on the south of the Yangtze River to supply food and cloth, and thus opened up sea transportation routes, which was accompanied by the culture of waterway transportation and the culture of Mazu. As Zhigu was the terminal of the shipping line, two Tianfei Palaces (after Tian Gong) were built successively in big and small Zhigu for the purpose of praying for the safety of the shipping line. Whenever the shipping line arrived, the officials held ceremonies to honor the gods, which became a major event in the social life of Zhigu, and thus enlivened the business of merchants in the vicinity of the Heavenly Princess Palaces. The establishment of Tianfei Palace can be regarded as the historical coordinates of Tianjin's urban development, so there is an old proverb that says: "First there is Tianhou Palace, then there is Tianjin City."　　Tianfei, or Mazu, the legendary "goddess" of navigation, after "settling" in Zhigu, evolved into the "Queen of Children and Grandchildren" who also protects women and infants, including the birth of children, and became the most revered and beloved worship idol of the women of Tianjin and Gu. The most honored and beloved worship idol; later on, it was also praised as "Sanjin Fukuda", just like the protector god of Tianjin city. During the Kangxi period, the "Heavenly Queen's Tour of Fortune" was launched, during which the whole city sang and danced, and 10,000 people gathered in the streets, as if it were a western "carnival". Mazu culture permeates the realm of folklore and culture, constituting a major feature of the culture of Zhigu.

(5) Tianjin was named in the second year of the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty (1404), and the establishment of the city of Tianjin has laid the foundation stone for the development of the city, and in two years' time, it will usher in the 600th anniversary of the founding of the city. The establishment of Tianjin as a guardian became a barrier to the capital, with a permanent military presence, a concentration of traders, and a surge in the floating population, which revealed the characteristics of a city of immigrants, and culturally as well.

"Tianjin Wei Zhi" said: "Tianjin near the East China Sea, the former barren rock reed place, Yongle initial open and live, mixed with Min, Canton, Wu, Chu, Qi, Liang people." That is to say, tianjin accepted the garrison, canal, business, fleeing a large number of immigrants, accompanied by military culture, canal culture, jianghuai culture, min and guangdong culture, islamic culture, especially should be put forward is the language culture. According to linguists, the distinctive Tianjin dialect, the mother tongue originated from the Jianghuai, changes in the composition of the population cast the Tianjin dialect. Islamic culture was introduced with the migration of Hui people, set up a guard of the beginning of the settlement of Tianjin North Tianqi Temple, Muzhuangzi (later merged called Tianmu Village), the construction of a mosque, halal dishes have been gradually popularized, becoming an important part of the food culture of Tianjin.

Mixed in all directions and with different flavors, the immigrant culture has enriched the connotation of Tianjin's history and culture.

(6) In the second year of the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty (1725), Tianjin was changed from a prefecture to a guard, and then was elevated from a prefecture to a prefecture, which strengthened Tianjin's status as a city. Tianjin, "when the nine rivers and the road through the seven provinces," which is conducive to business travel and distribution of goods, is an important land and water terminals in the north. Xianfeng ten years (1860) after the opening of the port, the rapid growth of domestic and foreign trade, the dock economy more active. Economic development has expanded the space for cultural development.

Since the mid-Qing Dynasty, the dock around the emergence of many teahouses, bookstores, theaters, foreign actors come and go, called "running the dock". The original rural wild stage into the city stage, assessment of opera, Hebei opera and other local theater rooted in Tianjin, singing all over the North, and therefore regarded Tianjin as the "birthplace". A variety of drums with strong local characteristics are popular in Tianjin, and many famous actors have won the reputation of "the hometown of music and art". Unique local style of social fire (folk collective recreational activities) has a long history, passed down from generation to generation, active in the countryside. Folk martial arts has always been the trend, martial arts master Huo Yuanjia, Cao Jinzao known as the "Huihan Twin Warriors", known far and wide. Folk craftsmanship is exquisite, Yang Liuqing New Year's paintings as early as the early Qing Dynasty has been exported to the "Three North" region; Zhang Mingshan family clay sculpture, elegant and popular **** appreciation, reputation of the three Jin; brick carving, wood carving, kites, pompoms, paper-cutting production, all have unique features. All these, all have the charm of the dock culture. Particularly should be mentioned is that, after the Republic of China, martial arts, romance, cautionary tales, commentaries and other popular novels, covering the cultural market, and create a number of popular fiction authors, including famous artists such as Liu Yunruo, also known as the owner of the Pearl, Zheng Zhenying, Gong Baiyu and others, popular, bestsellers, Tianjin, so known as the "popular fiction northern creation center Tianjin was therefore known as the "Northern Center of Popular Fiction Creation". Dockside culture has a civilian nature and affinity, with a broad mass base, also known as marketplace culture.

Dockside culture belongs to the category of popular culture. There is a saying that Tianjin culture with slang characteristics can be called "Wei school" culture, and "Beijing school" culture, "sea school" culture to form a tripod.

(7) Tianjin's history and culture developed along two levels, the "lower class" and the "white snow", i.e., Confucian and elegant culture.

In the "Kangxi and Qianlong" era, tianjin literary world is thriving, a faction of vitality, which has a direct relationship with the rich salt merchants on the cultural input. At that time, the salt merchants and gentry keen to build private gardens, no less than two or three dozen, such as Zhang Lin's famous garden, Long Zhen's village, the old man, Cha Riqian's water West Bank, An Shangyi's Gu Shui Caochang Yanxue building; these gardens are not only lush, pavilions, exquisite, pleasing to the eye, but also the humanities metropolis. Manor owner widely accepted guests of the scribes, poetry, wine and singing, waving ink, learning, appreciation of treasures, extremely elegant and elegant. In particular, covering an area of 100 acres of water West Village for the most, and Yangzhou small Linglong Hill Museum, Hangzhou small mountain hall and known as the Canal three private parks, or the Canal culture of the three brilliant pearl. This style of humanities has been maintained for decades and does not decline, many renowned north and south of the literati, celebrities to visit Tianjin, some of the transit to live, some settled for a long time, promoting the emergence of the literary scene in Tianjin. During the Daoguang period, the poet Mei Chengdong compiled a book "Jinmen Poetry Notes", which contains more than 400 poets since the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, more than 3,000 poems, Yuxiu Zhongling, a great view, can be called the Tianjin literary world of poetry collection. Xiangbang scholars Cha Weiren, Jin Yugang, Kang Yaoqu, Cui Xu, Fan Bin, Hua Changqing, Yang Guangyi, etc. are learned men, there are collections of literature. In the art of painting and calligraphy, Tianjin is also a wealth of talent, famous artists.

The wind of literati associations in Tianjin has been continued until the 1930s, although not inevitably high and low, but has always led the way.

(8) In 1860, the opening of Tianjin, the foreign powers occupied the area to open up the lease, the Qing ruling group to do "foreign affairs" also to Tianjin as a base, and thus the influx of Western culture, such as the Christian culture, modern science and technology culture, Western education model, Western architectural culture, athletic culture, music and art, entertainment culture, and so on, Tianjin to lead the way. Tianjin was in the vanguard of this trend. At that time, the country was in a period of political turmoil, and the change of ideological concepts was conducive to the criticism of the feudal social system and the transition to the modernization of the city; at the end of the 19th century, Yan Fu, who was known as a bourgeois Enlightenment thinker, translated books and wrote essays to propagate the bourgeois "Western Learning", and called for the "Change of Law". "change the law", "salvation", "competition for survival", "self-improvement", deafening, awakening the nation, and influenced young intellectuals of an entire era.

The late Qing Dynasty was in crisis, the invasion of the great powers, trying to turn China into a colony, in Tianjin had three times set off a powerful anti-imperialist storm, namely, the burning of the Wang Hailou Church, the Boxer Rebellion and the Laosikai incident, shocking, can be sung and cried! This was a political struggle between aggression and anti-aggression, but coincidentally, they were all triggered by the arrogance and misbehavior of foreign missionaries, which can also be said to be a violent collision of Chinese and Western cultures. Although we can not rule out a certain degree of "xenophobia" color, but the spearhead of the struggle is directed at the invasion of the Great Powers, dare to fight, fearless, carry forward the patriotic spirit of the people of Tianjin and love their homeland.

To sum up, Tianjin's history and culture has a long history, rooted in the folk, compatible, colorful. In the past, there was a "Tianjin is a cultural desert", obviously does not meet the historical reality.

"Eat well, wear fashionable", hope that Tianjin is better than anything else. At that time has become the pursuit of Tianjin people.

The old Tianjin custom paintings, at that time, Tianjin has shown an enviable modern civilization.

Tianjin human history

Tianjin area from the Neolithic era through the Shang and Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States, Qin and Han, Sui and Tang until the Liao and Song Dynasties thousands of years of continuous development, in the primitive settlements on the basis of the early civilization gradually developed. During the Jin Dynasty, the Tianjin area became a garrison fortress - Zhiguzhai due to its geographical advantage; during the Yuan Dynasty, the river port was formed due to the transfer of sea waterways, and the town of Haijin was established here; after the Ming Dynasty set up the guards and built the name, with the development of the feudal commodity economy, Tianjin was gradually developed into a newly emerging commercial city; before the middle of the Qing Dynasty, Tianjin had the advantage of the river channel, sea transportation and salt, and it had rapidly developed into a commercial and distribution center in the north, guarding the capital city. Distribution center, guarding the capital of the gui fu town. From the forced opening of the port in 1860 to the period of the Republic of China, it was the stage of Tianjin's saki-type development, on the one hand, as a big industrial city, the city continued to develop towards modernization, and on the other hand, the semi-feudal and semi-colonialization of the society became deeper and deeper. It was not until the liberation of the city on January 15, 1949 that Tianjin opened a new chapter in its history. About 5,000 years ago, Neolithic ancestors began to live and work here. The Weifang ruins excavated in Wuli, east of Jixian City, are cultural relics from the primitive society to the Shang and Zhou periods. During the Yin and Shang dynasties, the mountains in northern Tianjin were home to a number of small states of the Huxu Di and other ethnic minorities. During the Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn Periods, this area was the fiefdom of Duke Shao Ji Bai and his clan. During the Warring States period, the north and south of the Haihe River were roughly divided between Zhao and Yan, and the area was contested by Yan, Zhao and Qi.

The Tianjin area belonged to Shanggu County during the Qin Dynasty. During the Western Han Dynasty, the southern part of the Tianjin area belonged to Zhangwu, Dongpingshu and Wen'an counties in Bohai County; the northern part belonged to Quanzhou, Yongnu and Wulin County in Yuyang County. The ruins of Quanzhou City are located in Chengshang Village in present-day Wuqing County, and there are abundant cultural relics within the site, such as ceramic pots, beans, kettles, tiles, and fragments of pots stamped with the name "Quanzhou". In the town of Shuangkou, 11 kilometers to the southeast of the site, pottery pots and bowls with the "Quanzhou" mark were also found. Dongping village said the site is in the village of Jinghai Xijuotai, the site scattered with many artifacts of the Warring States and Western Han dynasties.

Tianjin area bordering the Bohai Sea, has a unique salt production conditions, the Western Han Dynasty in the country public salt officials 38, conditions of the region on the Quanzhou, Zhangwu two, it can be seen that the salt industry here at that time has occupied a certain position. Tianjin is situated on the river and the sea, and has a long history of water transportation. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao broke Yuan Shao after the northern expedition to Wu Heng, out of military transportation needs, since Jian'an eleven years (206), has excavated the Pingru canal, Quanzhou canal and the new river canal three canal, which is the earliest in the history of the Tianjin area of the man-made rivers, but also since then to lay the North China Plain, more than 300 large and small rivers converge to the area of today's Tianjin, along the end of the present Haihe River, then called Paihe, injected into the Bohai Sea regional hydrological situation, but also for this area, the river is the most important waterway. Hydrological situation, but also for the later development of this place into a river and sea transportation throat to prepare the conditions. Bleaching Yuyi in the mouth of the Pai River during the Cao Wei Dynasty (about the area of Jungangcheng in Dongli District today) was undoubtedly the first original estuarine port that appeared soon after the formation of such favorable conditions, and the transfer and storage of military supplies was its primary function. In the fourth year of Daye (608), Emperor Yang, in order to conquer Goryeo in the east, ordered the excavation of Yongji Canal, "opening the canal from Luokou and reaching Zhuozhou County, in order to pass the transportation of watercourses", and the Grand Canal, which connected the north and the south, was formed from then on. The Grand Canal puts the Yellow River, the Huaihe River Yangtze River and the rivers in the North China Plain that enter the sea in the Paiwei River into the water system (i.e. today's river and the sea water system), associates them into the waterway transportation network, then makes the land near the northern end of the Canal, and has the convenience of river and sea shipping in the Paihewei's position to become more important. Jin Yuan period is the early stage of the formation of Tianjin city. During the Yuan Dynasty, the city of Tianjin was settled in the vicinity of the capital city of Beijing, and Zhigu became an important area for the military to settle in.

The name "Tianjin" appeared in the early years of the Yongle period and was given by Zhu Di, meaning the place where the son of heaven crossed the river. Yongle two years (1404), tianjin as the gui fu important place formally set up guards [guards is the military establishment of the ming dynasty), so there is "tianjin guards" of the name. After the addition of tianjin left guard, tianjin right guard. Tianjin three guards directly under the rear military governor's office, *** there are more than 16,000 soldiers and officers (1493-1494) between the Tianjin military defense Liu Fu will be the guard city with a brick parcel, built four gates, respectively, inscribed as "Zhendong", "Dingnan", "Anxi", "Gongbei" city center drum tower, drum tower under the hollow square city, from the beginning of the scale of Tianjin city. Since then, Tianjin has become close to the capital and large grain storage and hoarding.

Tianjin's bazaar and commercial district officially appeared in the Ming Xuande years (1426-1435) distributed in the center of the city and the four gates, near the Hongzhi years 1488-1505, in order to set up five sets of a market, the bazaar has greatly enlivened the market in Tianjin, which has become a distribution center for goods in northern China, and the population has increased greatly compared with the past. Than in the past, a great increase in population. After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the west coast of the Bohai Bay salt farms gradually adopted the sun salt technology, from the Tianjin area salt production increased greatly, and the quality and price. For the Qing dynasty salt production and marketing center transferred to Tianjin to create the conditions. Ming Chongzhen 17 years on March 19, Li Zicheng rate of the righteous army captured Beijing, built the number of Da Shun, the next day, Tianjin also became the jurisdiction of Da Shun. After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs in 1644 AD, with the solid dominance and economic development, Tianjin Wei as the gateway to the capital is increasingly important. In the ninth year of the Yongzheng Dynasty, it was elevated to the Tianjin Prefecture, with the jurisdiction of six counties and one state, including Tianjin, Qingxian, Jinghai, Nampi, Yanshan, Qingyun and Cangzhou. From then on, Tianjin has become the capital of the gui fu. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, with the development of river and sea transportation, a large number of commodities from all over the north and south throughput, so that the unprecedented prosperity of Tianjin's business. 18th century, due to the development of inter-port business, Tianjin appeared in the money changers of the money exchange business, and since then, north and south merchants follow suit. The development of commerce and finance further developed Tianjin into the center of commerce and trade in northern China.

The second opium war, tianjin as a military center of the capital, its role is more prominent. In the three Battles of Dagu Kou, the great powers took Tianjin directly in order to threaten the Qing government and force it to sign an alliance under the city. According to the Sino-British and Sino-French "Beijing Treaty" signed in October 1860, Tianjin was forced to open as a commercial port. With the opening of tianjin, foreign businessmen began to enter tianjin and set up foreign banks, tianjin also by an inward feudal commercial city gradually evolved to north, northeast and even northwest China as the hinterland outward trade center. 1870 court appointed li hongzhang as governor-general of zhili and minister of commerce of the north yangtong, li served more than twenty years in this position to promote the foreign affairs movement, through the founding of tianjin machinery bureau and the creation of modern mining, transportation, postal and telecommunications services, tianjin became the center of China's foreign affairs movement, the foreign affairs movement. Tianjin became the center of China's foreign affairs movement in 1895, after the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, the imperialist powers set off a frenzy to divide China. In North China, Tianjin became the target of competition, and the semi-colonialization of Tianjin deepened through the division of the lease area and the establishment of banks. After the Xinhai Revolution, Tianjin was changed to Tianjin County, and the capital of Zhili Province was set up in Tianjin. on June 28, 1928, Zhili Province was renamed Hebei Province, and the capital of the province was still set up in Tianjin, and Tianjin Special City was set up in Tianjin City and the nearby areas, which was the beginning of Tianjin City. During the Republic of China period, Tianjin's cultural and educational undertakings continued to develop. on October 17, 1919, Zhang Boring founded the university department of Nankai High School, and two years later, it was officially renamed Nankai University.

Tianjin's Ancient History

Ancient Tianjin, according to the evidence of excavated artifacts, had already formed a number of ancestral settlements as early as the Warring States period. However, during the Western Han Dynasty, there was a widespread flooding of the sea, which flooded the coastal plain and left it deserted and uninhabited. Later, with the formation of the Haihe River system, settlements began to flourish. The earliest villages that can be traced in writing were called "Zhigu", located in the three forks of the Haihe River at the source of the confluence, so it is also known as "Sanchagu". The descendants have imaginatively called the Haihe River the "Mother River" and the Three Forks the "Cradle of Tianjin". The metaphor is vivid and intimate, and is y rooted in people's hearts. Zhigu lived and breathed by the river, and the first people used fishing as their business in addition to farming, so the history book said, "At the beginning, it was only a fishing fort". Early humanistic mentality, written records are not available. Zhigu is located in the northern frontier, far away from the culture of the Central Plains, the development is lagging behind. The ancestors could not explain many natural phenomena and generated a fear, so the superstitious activities of honoring the gods and exorcising ghosts, praying for blessings and eliminating disasters as a spiritual pillar. This can be seen from the many tombs buried with the gods and evil offerings, which can be seen.

Buddhist culture spread to the northern border during the Sui and Tang dynasties. During the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin led an expedition to Liaodong, and returned to the court via Zhigu, where he stayed at Qingguo Temple on the bank of the Haihe River, and his companion Yuchi Jingde, the Duke of E, hung up his armor at the temple, which Li Shimin renamed "Hanging Armor Temple". This story has not been recorded in the official history, is oral history, the county record of this account, enough to rely on the letter. It can be seen, at the latest in the early years of the Tang dynasty Buddhism has spread Zhigu, temple when more than one Qingguo temple. According to historical records, Yuan Zhizheng years, there are Tianzhu (India) monks will be in the city west of the North Sea will be a nunnery, that Zhigu Buddhism at that time has formed a certain climate. The Ming and Qing dynasties, Buddhist temples blaze, inside and outside the city hall temples like stars, "Jinmen Baojia Tu said" in the map as evidence.

Qing Kangxi, Tianjin, there are two poetic monks: one is the Great Compassionate House of the Shih Gao, a Hai Guang Temple of the Cheng Heng, befriending celebrities, poetry and paintings, rumored to be the Zen masterpiece. In recent times, there were two monks: Hongyi (Li Shutong) and Amadan (Wang Futing), who practiced with great care and attainments. The former was honored as the "11th Ancestor of Nanshan Ruling Sect", and the latter was listed as the "44th Dharma Heir of Tiantai Sect", and their reputation spread far and wide both at home and abroad. The latter was listed as the "44th Successor of Tiantai Sect" and his reputation spread far and wide at home and abroad. Therefore, the cultural origin of Buddhism in Tianjin should not be ignored.

The Yuan Dynasty, with its capital at Dadu (present-day Beijing), relied on Jiangnan for food and fabrics, and opened up sea transportation routes for this purpose, which was accompanied by the culture of waterway transportation and the culture of Mazu. Zhigu was the terminal of the canal transportation, in order to pray for the safety of navigation, two Tianfei palaces (after the heavenly palace) were built in big and small Zhigu successively, and whenever the canal ships arrived, the officials held a grand ceremony to honor the gods, which became a major event in the social life of Zhigu, thus activating the business of the merchants around the Tianfei palaces. The establishment of Tianfei Palace can be regarded as the historical coordinates of Tianjin's urban development, so there is an old proverb that says: "First there is Tianhou Palace, then there is Tianjin City." Tianfei, or Mazu, the legendary "goddess" of navigation, after "settling" in Zhigu, evolved into the "Queen of Children and Grandchildren" who also protects women and infants, including the birth of children, and became the most revered and beloved worship idol of the women of Tianjin and Gu. The most honored and beloved worship idol; later on, it was also praised as "Sanjin Fukuda", just like the protector god of Tianjin city. During the Kangxi period, the "Heavenly Queen's Tour of Fortune" was launched, during which the whole city sang and danced, and 10,000 people gathered in the streets, as if it were a western "carnival". Mazu culture permeates the realm of folklore and culture, constituting a major feature of the culture of Zhigu.

Tianjin was named in the second year of the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty (1404), and the establishment of the city of Tianjin laid the foundation stone for the development of the city, which will celebrate its 600th anniversary in two years' time. Tianjin's guards became a bulwark against the capital, and the city's military presence, traders, and transient population have increased, giving it the characteristics of a city of immigrants, as well as a culture of immigration.

Tianjin Wei Zhi said: "Tianjin near the East China Sea, the former barren rock reed place, Yongle initial open and live in, mixed with Min, Canton, Wu, Chu, Qi, Liang people." That is to say, tianjin accepted the garrison, canal, business, fleeing a large number of immigrants, accompanied by military culture, canal culture, jianghuai culture, min and guangdong culture, islamic culture, especially should be put forward is the language culture. According to linguists, the distinctive Tianjin dialect, the mother tongue originated from the Jianghuai, changes in the composition of the population cast the Tianjin dialect. Islamic culture was introduced with the migration of Hui people, set up a guard of the beginning of the settlement of Tianjin North Tianqi Temple, Muzhuangzi (later merged called Tianmu Village), the construction of a mosque, halal dishes have been gradually popularized, becoming an important part of the food culture of Tianjin.

Mixed in four directions, with different flavors, immigrant culture has enriched the connotation of Tianjin's history and culture.