1. Characteristic Streets
Wu Da Dao first Racecourse Road, in this road is not wide, located in the small building nearly 300, behind all have a history, famous, or little-known. You can walk along Racecourse Road, and when you're tired of walking, there are plenty of good restaurants where you can sit down and eat.
Munan Road: 1,968 meters long, walk along Racecourse Road from west to east for 300 meters and turn right. There are many famous people's former residences, such as Sun Dianying, a thief of the East Tomb, Zhang Xueming, the brother of Zhang Xueliang, and Puyi, the last emperor, to name a few.
Dali Road: 1,745 meters long, along the street are also different styles of small foreign buildings.
Changde Road: 1,219 meters long, with the former residence of Zhang Fuyu, head of the Customs Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Kuomintang government (No. 2, Changde Road), as well as good-class restaurants.
Chongqing Road: There is a Qing Wang Mansion, the private residence of Xiao De Zhang, the chief eunuch of the late Qing Dynasty, and many restaurants and entertainment venues, such as the Performance Song Terrace, the East China Sea Fishing Village, and the Zhonglian Western Restaurant.
Chengdu Road: 2206 meters long, with many teahouses and bars, such as Suez Western Restaurant, Little London Western Restaurant, Lantu Western Restaurant, 1931 Mona Bar, Dule Bar, Qingming Yaxuan, Lloyd's Bar and so on.
Jiefang North Road, for the former Concession, is now a financial street in Tianjin, Tianjin branches of major banks have a place there, the building is also the most characteristic of the Concession in Tianjin, are very some history.
2. College District:
Tianjin's colleges and universities are mainly clustered on Weijin Road, including Nankai University, Tianjin University, and Normal University. Personally, I think the campus of Nankai University is the most beautiful, especially in summer, when you can hide from the sun in the shadow of the big trees, or look at the lotus flowers by the Horseshoe Lake and laze around.
Jin River: The other two gates of Nankai University are on Fukang Road, where the smelly river in front of the former gates has been transformed into a nice place with small bridges and streams, and is now called Jin River. From the Balitai overpass through Nankai University until the first central hospital of a long road Fukang Road, the scenery is fascinating. Suggestion: Single men and women in Tianjin should not hang around the Jin River at Nankai University on Fukang Road for too long, as the two-person world of love there may irritate your sensitive nerves.
Higher education bookstore and Baliutai Cultural Market: just across the street from Nanda University, CD/VCD/apparel, and study books, you can buy here, Baliutai Cultural Market is not as good as Beijing's Vantone New World and Xidan Huawei, but the fine shopping, but there can be some gains.
Tianjin TV Tower: at the other end of Weijin Road, * near Ningjia house. In Shanghai, before the completion of the Oriental Pearl Tower is said to be the country's tallest TV tower, is now also extremely distinctive, because it is built on the lake, surrounded by water. Winter is nothing too good to see, but other seasons to come, there is a water curtain movie, very spectacular. On sunny days, there will be a lot of people flying kites on the platform.
3. Historical monuments:
Buddhism: The Great Compassionate Zen Temple on Tianwei Road in the Hebei District is a temple dedicated to the Buddha of the Eight Directions, which was built during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, and in which the bones of the spirit of the Tang monk, the Venerable Xuanzang, were also enshrined. The Great Compassionate Temple of excellence there are two, one is located in the courtyard in the center of the Daxiongbao Hall had treasured the Wei Jin and North and South Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties bronze, wood, stone statues of hundreds of rare works of art in the world; the second is the Great Compassionate Temple of vegetarianism has been renowned far and wide, the soybean products into the miraculous, made into a fresh and delicious delicacies. The Great Compassionate Zen Center has a memorial hall of Venerable Master Hongyi, the hall is filled with photos of the master after he became a monk, as well as works of calligraphy.
Islam: The mosque is the Nanda Temple in Tianjin, which has many old plaques and is one of the few well-preserved Chinese-style mosques in China.
Catholicism: Xikai Church, a Catholic church, is located in the city center on Binjiang Road, west of the church is the World Style Street, where you can buy handicrafts and souvenirs with exotic flavors. You can drop by the International Mall, Isetan and Riverside Drive for shopping.
There's also the Wang Hai Lou Church (also known as Our Lady of Victory Church) on the north bank of the river, next to the Lion Grove Bridge.
Guangdong Hall: Nanmenli Street, Nankai District.
Open hours: 9:00-11:30, 14:00-16:30. Admission is 4 yuan. Tickets are 4 yuan.
Built in the Qing Dynasty during the reign of Guangxu, it was originally an assembly and boarding house set up by Guangdong travelers (mainly merchants) in Tianjin. It combines the architectural characteristics of the Chaozhou style and the north, and is the largest and best-decorated building of the Qing Dynasty that still exists in Tianjin. In 1986, the hall and the theater building were turned into the Tianjin Drama Museum, which has become a cultural venue with various functions such as display, exhibition and performance. In those years, the famous Yang Xiaolou and Mei Lanfang performed here.
The Temple of Literature: Located in the east gate of the old city of Tianjin, it is also known as the Temple of Confucius, which is commonly called the Temple of Literature because it is opposite to the Temple of Martial Arts. It was built in the first year of Zhengtong of the Ming Dynasty (1436), and is the best-preserved and largest ancient architectural complex in the urban area of Tianjin. Outside the temple, there are two columns and three floors of two pagodas, built in the Ming Dynasty, Wanli, Qing Kangxi years of reconstruction, is the only remaining street crossing pagodas in Tianjin.
Tianhougong (Heavenly Empress) Palace: Located on what is now Ancient Culture Street. (the proper name of the "Royal Palace of Tin Hau," also known as Niangniang Palace), is one of the few temples in the north dedicated to "Mazu", which was built in the Yuan Dynasty Taiding first year (1326 AD), and rebuilt in the first year of the Ming Dynasty Yongle (1403 AD). Tianhou Palace is located in the west and faces the Haihe River, with a floor area of 2,500 square meters, which is still well preserved and is the oldest building in the urban area of Tianjin.
Shijia compound: Tianjin West Station has bus 153 directly to Yangliuqing, the fare is 2 yuan, about 60 minutes. Admission to the Shijia compound (also known as the Yangliuqing Museum) at No. 47, Yangliuqing Valuation Street, is 8 yuan.
The movie "Alive" and the TV series "Sunrise" were both filmed in the Shijia compound. It is the residence of the Shi family, one of the "eight great families" of Tianjin in the late Qing Dynasty. It is the best-preserved and largest late Qing Dynasty residential complex in China. The building is elegant and luxurious, with fine and delicate brick and stone carvings, and the interior furnishings are full of folk sentiment. It is known as "the first mansion in Jinxi". There are also a variety of interesting folk activities, a series of clay figures and New Year paintings on display. The history of Yangliuqing's New Year's paintings dates back to the Ming Dynasty, and the paintings here have always maintained a simple style, mostly based on classical figures, folk characters and celebratory events, and it would be a pity not to buy a few of them here.
Former Residence of Huo Yuanjia: Located in Xiao Nanhe Village, Nanhe Town. Huo Yuanjia's coffin was moved on April 29, 1898 to be buried here. Here has become the enhancement of domestic and foreign Jingwu friends to and from the link, carry forward the national spirit of patriotism education base, but also tens of thousands of Jingwu people around the world worship and pilgrimage to the holy land.
4. Memorial Hall:
Zhou (Enlai) Deng (Yingchao) Memorial Hall is located in the vicinity of the Water Park, you can go to the park after the visit. Zhou Enlai rode in the Il-18 special airplane.
The Pingjin Battle Memorial Hall has a variety of weapons on display.
The Natural Science Museum and the Tianjin Science and Technology Museum can also be visited.
Old Tianjin hotels:
The Lishunde Grand Hotel is located on Taierzhuang Road on the west bank of the Haihe River, adjacent to the Hyatt Regency Hotel, and was built in 1863. No. 33, Taierzhuang Road, Heping District, 23311688
Palace Hotel: No. 177, Jiefang North Road, 22300888
Tailai Lai Hotel (intersection of Jiefang North Road and Changde Road, Heping District), now a branch of Tianjin Hotel.
Jiaotong Hotel (intersection of Heping Road and Binjiang Road)
National Hotel (between Heping Road, Chifeng Road and Harbin Road)
Former Daqiao Hotel (intersection of Zhejiang Road and Qufu Road), now Tianjin Municipal Government's No. 3 Guest House.
Former Shoude Hotel (No. 322 on the west side of Heping Road), now Oriental Hotel.
Shopping and QuFu Chapter
II. Shopping:
1. Nanjing Road/Binjiang Road/Heping Road is the commercial center of Tianjin, where major shopping malls are concentrated. The higher grade ones are Tianjin Isetan Department Store, International Mall, Jinhui Plaza, Century Mansion and so on. The commercial street of Binjiang Road includes: Persuasions, Hualian Commercial Mansion, Taoxiangcun Food Store, Hengdeli Watch Store, Guangming Cinema, Dengyinglou Restaurant and other long-established stores, and the newly built Binjiang Commercial Mansion, Jili Mansion, etc. The international shopping malls are located here. International Shopping Center, etc. Heping Road Commercial Street: not only persuade the field, department store building and other large department stores, and China Department Store, Tianjin shoe store, Guanshengyuan food store, Jia Shun Zhai pastry store, Zhengxingde Tea House, Sheng Xifu hat store, China and Dingzhang photo studio, Nanjing barber store, and many other long-established businesses.
2. The other end of Nanjing Road to Xiaobailou commercial district can be said to be Tianjin's CBD. almost all of Tianjin's high-rise office buildings. Xiaobailou commercial district includes: Heping Commercial Building, Triumphal Arch Building, Riverside Shopping Center, Riverside International Hotel and so on.
3. also want to shop, and Binjiang Road parallel to the Chifeng Road, Yingkou Road, and its intersection * Hebei Road, Xinhua Road, are scattered a lot of individuality store, it is really worth spending some time to savor, may be able to find a lot of good things, to say ashamed, I have not been doing enough homework, but a lot of stores than the malls and stores, and Binjiang Road, and the Heping Road, the big road goods excellent, extremely fashionable.
4. Ancient Culture Street: Including Tianhou Palace and Palace South, Palace North Street, a total length of 580 meters. In fact, most of the buildings here are modeled after folk buildings of the Qing Dynasty. There are nearly a hundred stores in the street, mainly dealing with cultural goods, antique books, folklore goods, traditional handicrafts and so on. The famous Yang Liu Qing New Year paintings, clay figure Zhang colorful sculptures, kite Wei kites, and brick carving Liu brick carving have set up specialized stores here. Remember to bargain hard.
5. Wholesale book market: the original Shuangfeng Road in Liulitai, moved to Changjiang Road in June this year, near Changhong Park. I'm a regular there, once or twice a month, you can get most of the new books and magazines on the market, and you can get 7-8% off. When you go there and come back to buy a few books, you can save a lot of silver when you do the math. Now it's good news for me to find a bookstore that sells Tibetan antelope and quite a few books on travel.
6. Valuation of clothing street: parallel to the North Road, 80O meters long, is an old commercial street with more than 60O years of history, was the cradle of Tianjin business. Once upon a time, Qianxiangyi, Ruifuxiang, Ruishengxiang, Yuanlong, old Hu Kaiwen, old Maosheng and other old companies are concentrated in this street. 1986, after the municipal government restoration, more than 130 old and new stores installed palace lanterns, light up the gold plaques and the root of the association, hanging up fronts and decorative items. The Street of Estimated Clothing reproduces the historical appearance of the past.
7. Shenyang Road Antiques Market: located in the Heping District, Shenyang Road and Shandong Road intersection, was built in 1987, the original street organization of the old exchange market, and then gradually developed into a trading place of antiquities, has become the country's largest collection and distribution of ancient cultural relics. From ancient porcelain, furniture, clocks and watches, paintings, calligraphy and calligraphy to gold, silver, copper, iron, wood, jade and all kinds of handicrafts, the size of new and old goods of all colors. The field can be bargained, can be exchanged, both for sale, but also to buy.
8. Tanggu Foreign Goods Market: located in Tanggu District, Fushun Road, near the Tianjin Development Area, is located in the southwest side of the Jin Tang Highway, Hebei Road overpass, is the first in North China to establish a market specializing in imported goods trading. Business varieties include automobiles, motorcycles, home appliances, photographic equipment, clothing, watches, lighters, stereos, etc., most of which are imported original goods, good quality and low price. It has become a distribution center for foreign goods in North China.
9. Yang Liuqing New Year's Paintings Society No. 111, Sanheli, Tonglou, Hexi District, Tianjin (022) 23351531
Yang Liuqing New Year's Paintings Shop Ancient Culture Street, Nankai District, Tianjin (022) 27275191
Mudman Zhang Crafts Department No. 97 Gongbei, Ancient Culture Street, Nankai District, Tianjin (022) 27275248
Third, the arts:
Tianjin is not the hometown of comedy, but it is indeed a piece of fertile ground for the growth and development of comedy. Tianjin people love the comedy, and the comedy also brings more joy and laughter to Tianjin citizens. So, when you come to Tianjin, you can't miss the comedy.
1. China Qu Yuan
Address: No. 72, Heping Road, Heping District, Tianjin (next to the old Meihua Shoe Store)
Tel: 022---27333974
Contents: Every Friday night at 7:40 p.m., Hahaha Laughing Art Troupe special program of comedy
Sunday night at 7:40 p.m., Friends Art Troupe special program of comedy
Price: 10 yuan per seat, tea, water and coffee
There is no need to miss it. Price: 10 yuan per seat Tea is free
2. Celebrity Teahouse
Address: No. 177 Xinhua Road, Heping District (Heping District Cultural Center, second floor)
Tel: (022) 27116328
Programs: traditional programs such as Peking Opera, Opera, Hebei opera, and Chinese opera.
Weekly Friday 7:45 pm: Zhongyou Art Troupe Comedy Special
Weekly Sunday 7:45 pm: Hahaha Laughing Art Troupe Comedy Special
Price: 10 yuan/seat Tea is free
3. Yanle Tea House (Yanle Song and Dance Hall on the first floor)
Address: 66 Rongji Street, Heping District, Tianjin, opposite to the Xinxin Hotel, a mere 5-minute walk from Zhonghua Qu Yuan. 5 minutes.
Contents: Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2:00 p.m., the Friends of the Arts Troupe of comic performances
Price: 6 yuan per seat Tea is free
Dining
Four, dining:
Tsukkoshi:
developed in the years of the Republic of China, the fusion of the north and south of the delicious, to the fresh and salty flavors of the main, the famous dishes are cauldron popping carp, soft slippery fish fan, etc., the chef is like "the" fish, the "fish" is the most popular dish in the world. Jin cuisine chef is still to "slip" work is outstanding.
1. Red Flag Restaurant, a number of districts have branches, Hexi store, Hedong store. Food flavor is good, but the decoration is a little worse (some stores). Hongqiao District Honghu Li.
2. Tianjin old Tianyifang: Hedong/Hongqiao. 27261442 Dahutong
3. Bawei Road: Weizui Zi food house.
4. Food Street: Gu Jing Restaurant. The general manager Zhou Jin is a chef, the gatekeeper is more strict
5. Tianjin people: the north of the Institute
6. Water West Village: Dingzigu No. 3 Road
Seafood:
1. Yue Wei Fresh Restaurant: No. 283, Hebei Road, Tel: 23399991. This building is a very unique pimples building, the building displays the owner's collection of nearly 1,000 pieces of antiques, you can get out of the restaurant after the meal! After dinner, you can come out and walk along the Five Avenues, which is very interesting.
2. Pengtiange Times Restaurant: No. 8 Hongqi South Road, Nankai District, Tel: 23958888. The entire restaurant is luxuriously decorated, spacious and bright rooms (free karaoke in a single room), the price is relatively low, eat seafood first recommended this home.
3. Youpeng Seafood City: Hexi District, north of the gymnasium.
4. Han Jinbai Seafood Restaurant: South Dagu Road, Hexi District, No. 985, Tel: 88326666, the restaurant's most important feature is the lobby of the sea breeding cabinets, raising a variety of marine animals, but the price of food is higher.
5. Home and seafood giant: absolutely fresh, absolutely good, the price is also affordable, is the location is relatively far, located in the Dongli Economic Development Zone, No. 1, No. 2 Jing Road, Tel: 24991788. 24999600, 24999800 from the center of the city to be about 15 kilometers, the phone Beijing love to go to the place, because from the intersection of the Tianjin-Beijing Expressway is relatively close.
6. Shunfeng Seafood Restaurant: Tel: 28228868. This Shunfeng is not the Shunfeng of Beijing, the decor and prices are not bad, the lobby has a pair of seals and opossums.
7. Fisherman's Wharf: near Hwacheng Hotel, Wang Dingdi
Western food:
1. Tianjin Kissling Hotel: founded in 1908 by German Kissling, it specializes in western food. Now the second floor opened the popular western fast food, the third floor is still a western restaurant, the environment is very good. Zhejiang Road, 23300330, 23322247
2. Bard Beer Hall: Inside, the layout is German, and there are many old photos of Tianjin from the colonial era, with a nice atmosphere.
Location: Heping District, Xiaobailou, * near the concert hall, just above the KFC.
3. Cheng Gui Restaurant. Hebei Road, 23311702
4. Broadway Western Pub: North of the Gymnasium
5. Golden Circle Western Restaurant 23317487
6. Little London and Sue Yee's on Chengdu Road, both old, not a big store, but very distinctive. Maybe not the most authentic Western food, but certainly very tasty Western food.
7. Jiayuan Western Restaurant: respected by many foreigners, more authentic, did not follow the Chinese taste blind change, good. Yuexiu Road.
8. Richmond Western Pub: location: Hebei Road 231, Tel 23113397, * near the Foreign Language Institute, the eastern style, drinks and Western food are very distinctive, the environment is elegant, quiet, is a good place for a small gathering of a few old friends to chat.
Specialty Restaurants:
1. 51 Garden: No.51, Taierzhuang Road, Hexi District, Tel: 23244830. The environment is huge, and it used to be the place where Chiang Kai-shek used to go when he came to Tianjin. This restaurant is more suitable for nostalgic old revolutionaries, the price is very expensive.
2. Yue Yuan (Yue Lai Hai): No. 3 Macao Road, in the International Building downstairs behind the complex, in order to take care of non-smokers, the store has a special smoking area and with non-smoking area. The environment is more moody, with a strong western flavor. The dishes are mainly Cantonese cuisine, drinks are more expensive, the consumption level is medium to high.
3. Yong Feng Miao She: 42 Chengde Road, Heping District, Tel: 27119008. Three-story small building, the first floor of the outdoor furnishings and books, very casual place.
4. Ladies Dining Bar: Nanjing Road.
Bars:
1. NYC (New York Music Kitchen) - good for both dinner and after-dinner entertainment. There are Filipino bands after 9pm (except on Mondays) and the singers sing well and do a song or two in Chinese. The sound is great and the music is mostly cha-cha and jazz. Address: 212 Wai Tai Road (next to Tong Lou's Big Round Bowl) Tel: 23539600
2. Lan Kwai Fong - 79 Mut Nan Road, between Hebei Road and Guilin Road. The environment is quieter and nostalgic.
3. Lloyd's - cello in the evening, very quiet, suitable for couples.
4. Feeling Bar - 158 Jiefang North Road. Recommended for girls to drink Berry dessert wine, taste good a little creamy, but some of this wine strength, pay attention not to high. The jazz band is very good, and the lead singer is the lead singer of the Old Oak Tree Band. This male is about 50 years old or more, but vaguely see the color of youth, the voice is thick and magnetic and infectious, singing English songs, his wife for the Russians, so often see his singing songs of the former Soviet Union, in the circle and even in Hong Kong and Macao are little known, CCTV has related reports.
5. Shajin Bar - Shun Failing along Jiefang Road, the atmosphere is good, mostly foreigners.
Coffee stores:
1. Mamiya Coffee: Heping District, New Culture Garden, first floor (next to the Little Sheep) area is not very large, the upstairs is a small round table suitable for business conversations, and downstairs are hanging down from the ceiling rocking chairs, suitable for lover's date or a small gathering of friends with three or five. The mood is good, the background music is more to put some gentle tunes, and at night there is a piano accompaniment, very quiet.
2. Hester's Coffee: Bohai Securities Company, Binshui Road, Hexi District
3. Blue Mountain Coffee: Yong'an Daen Apartment, Hexi District, No. 9, ground floor (opposite to the Taida Garden)
4. Coffee DIY: Tonglou, Hexi District, second floor of the Red Sorghum
Tianjin snacks:
In addition to Tianjin's three best, the dog buns, Gui Faxiang eighteen street twist, ear-eye fried cake, there are also a number of other specialties, including the "Bun", the "Bun", the "Bun" and the "Cake". , ear-eye fried cake, there are also Zhilanzhai dried cakes, pancake 馃子, paste biscuits boiled small fish, stone menkan vegetarian buns, Baiji dumplings (halal), fried vegetarian rolled circles, pot dishes, Xiaobao fried chestnuts with sugar, fruit and nut Zhang, tea soup, donkey rolls, and so on, it is simply too much.