Tianjin is a municipality, but in terms of culture and tradition, it is not as far-reaching and long as Beijing; in terms of the degree of modernization, it is difficult to compete with the Shanghai; in terms of food is even worse than Chongqing. Although there is a little reluctance, although every time to other cities can not come back. Although ordinary, but there is no lack of remarkable places:

A. Recommended attractions

1. Characteristic streets

Wu Da Dao is the first Racecourse Road, in this road is not wide, is 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, you can hide from the sun in the shadow of the big trees, and you can also 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 be irritating to 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 art 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.

Opening hours: 9:00-11:30, 14:00-16:30.

Built in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, it was originally established as an assembly and boarding house for Cantonese travelers (mainly merchants) in Tianjin. It combines the architectural features 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 Railway Station has bus 153 directly to Yangliuqing, the fare is 2 yuan, about 60 minutes. Shijia compound (also known as Yangliuqing Museum) at No. 47, Yangliuqing Estimated Clothing Street, Admission fee

The movie "Alive", and the TV series "Sunrise", were both filmed in the Shijia compound. It is one of the "Eight Greats" of Tianjin in the late Qing Dynasty, "Zunmeitang" Shifu residence. 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 worship of 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 to look forward to. 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

Palace Hotel: No. 177, Jiefang North Road,

Taylor's Hotel (the 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), which is now Tianjin Municipal Government's No. 3 Guest House.

Former Shoude Hotel (No. 322, 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 of 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.

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 Chifeng Road, Yingkou Road, and its intersection * Hebei Road, Xinhua Road, are scattered with 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, Qianxiang Yi, Rui Fu Xiang, Ruisheng Xiang, Yuan Long, old Hu Kai Wen, old Mao Sheng and other old companies are concentrated in this street. 1986, after the city 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

Yang Liuqing New Year's Paintings Shop Ancient Culture Street, Nankai District, Tianjin

Mudman Zhang Crafts Department No. 97, Gongbei, Ancient Culture Street, Nankai District, Tianjin

Third, the music and art:

Tianjin, although it is not the hometown of the comic opera, is indeed the cultivation of comic opera grow and develop a piece of fertile ground. fertile ground for the growth and development of comedy. Tianjin people love comedy, and comedy also brings more joy and laughter to Tianjin citizens. So, when you come to Tianjin, you can't miss the comedy.

1. Chinese Qu Yuan

Address: No. 72 Heping Road, Heping District, Tianjin (next to the old Meihua Shoe Store)

Contents: 7:40 p.m. Friday night, Haha Laughing Art Troupe special comedy show

Sunday night, 7:40 p.m. Friends Art Troupe special comedy show

Price:

2. Famous Tea House

Address: No. 177 Xinhua Road, Heping District, Tianjin

Address. 177 Xinhua Road, Heping District (second floor of the Heping District Cultural Center)

Programs: Traditional programs of Beijing Opera, Peking Opera, Hebei Opera, and Chinese Opera.

Every Friday night at 7:45 p.m., the Friends Art Troupe specializes in comedy

Every Sunday night at 7:45 p.m., the Hahaha Laughing Art Troupe specializes in comedy

3. Yan Le Tea House (on the first floor of the Yan Le Song and Dance Hall)

Address: No. 66, Rongji Street, Heping District, Tianjin; opposite to the Xin Xin Hotel; a five-minute walk from the Chinese Opera House.

Contents: Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2:00 p.m., the Friends of the Arts Troupe of comic performances

Dining

Four, dining:

Tsukudani:

Tsukudani:

It was developed in the years of the Republic of China, a fusion of northern and southern delicacies, with a fresh and salty taste as the main focus, and the famous dishes are cauldron popping carp, soft slippery fish fan, etc., Tsukudani chefs are still to" slippery" work excellence. The "slippery" work is good at.

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.

3. Bawei Road: Wei Zui Zi Eatery.

4. Food Street: Gu Jing Restaurant. General Manager Zhou Jin is a chef, the gatekeeper is more strict

5. Tianjin People's Home: north of the Academy

6. ShuiXiCun: DingZiGu No. 3 Road

Seafood:

1. YueWeiFresh Restaurant: Hebei Road 283, this building is very characteristic of the pimples of the floor, the building displays the owner's collection of nearly 1,000 pieces of antiques, you can come out to walk the Five Avenues after dinner, a unique interest.

2. Pengtiange Times Restaurant: No. 8, Hongqi South Road, Nankai District, the entire restaurant is luxuriously decorated, bright and spacious rooms (free karaoke in a single room), the price is relatively low, eat seafood first push this home.

3. Youpeng Seafood City: Hexi District, north of the gymnasium.

4. Han Jinbai Seafood Restaurant: South Dagu Road, Hexi District, No. 985, 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 Dongli Economic Development Zone, No. 1, two by Road, about 15 kilometers from the city center, the phone Beijing people love to go to the place, because of the Jinjing Expressway intersection closer.

6. Shunfeng Seafood Restaurant: 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 the Hwacheng Hotel in Wang Dingdi

Western food:

1. Tianjin Kissling Hotel, founded in 1908 by the German Kissling, specializes in Western food. Now the second floor opens up to popular western fast food, and the third floor is still a western restaurant with a nice environment. Zhejiang Road,

2. Bard Beer Hall: Inside, the layout is German, and there are many old photos of Tianjin, colonial era, the atmosphere is good.

Location: Heping District, Xiaobailou, * near the concert hall, just above the KFC.

3. Cheng Gui Restaurant. Hebei Road,

4. Broadway Western Pub: North of the Gymnasium

5. Golden Circle Western Restaurant

6. Little London and Sue Yee's on Chengdu Road, both of which are old, not big stores, 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, * 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 few old friends to get together and chat.

Featured Restaurants:

1. No.51 Garden: No.51, Taierzhuang Road, Hexi District. The environment is huge, 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 the 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: No. 42 Chengde Road, Heping District. It's a small three-story building with outdoor goods and books on the first floor, so it's a very casual place.

4. Ladies 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 singer sings well, and 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 the Tong Lou Big Round Bowl)

2. Lan Kwai Fong - 79 Mut Nan Road, between He Bei 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 it is also often seen to sing songs of the former Soviet Union, in the circle and even Hong Kong and Macao are famous, CCTV has related reports.

5. Shajin Bar - Shun Falin along Jiefang Road, the atmosphere is good, mostly foreigners.

Coffee stores:

1. Mammoth Coffee: Heping District, the new cultural garden on the first floor (next to the Little Sheep) is not very large, 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 Dogu Buns, Gui Faxiang eighteen Street Sesame, ear-eye fried cake, there are also a number of other specialties, including the Tianjin Buns, the Tianjin Buns, and the Tianjin Buns, which are all very popular.