Tianjin is a city where both popular and refined tastes coexist.

Tianjin used to be the center of the Westernization Movement, and then it developed into a financial and trade center in the north, which was crowded with the old and young people of the Manchu Dynasty, the politicians of Beiyang, and the Chinese and foreigners who came to Tianjin to start their own businesses and seek gold. Once upon a time, Tianjin was as foreign as Shanghai.

Now Tianjin's business cards are pancake fruit, cross talk, ancient cultural street, Tianjin Eye and Fifth Avenue.

Five avenues

Today's five avenues are not limited to a few roads, but a rectangular area, named after the five main roads in the area, namely Machang, Munan, Dali, Chongqing and Chengdu. In fact, there are 22 roads (Tianjin is called "Road" in the east-west direction and "Road" in the north-south direction). Its four boundaries are: north of Machang Road, south of Chengdu Road, east of Xikang Road, and west of the intersection of Machang Road and Nanjing Road.

As a famous historical and cultural street in China, Fifth Avenue has more than 2, garden-style houses with different architectural styles built in Britain, France, Italy, Germany and Spain in the 192s and 193s. Among them, there are more than 3 famous buildings and celebrities. Up to now, it still maintains a quiet and unique street style, which contains rich cultural connotations and fully shows the century-old situation of modern China.

As the saying goes, "Beijing Siheyuan, Tianjin Xiaoyanglou". If we talk about the Fifth Avenue in Tianjin, we have to mention

Xiaoyanglou culture

Tianjin Xiaoyanglou was born in the smoke of Dagukou captured by British and French allied forces in 186. In 186, Tianjin was opened as a commercial port, and British, French and American concessions were successively demarcated on the west bank of Haihe River in Tianjin. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, the Japanese and German concessions were located on the left and right sides of the British, French and American concessions. In 19, when Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China and occupied Tianjin, Russia, Italy and Austria turned the area occupied by the east bank of Haihe River into a concession. Soon, Belgium turned a large area of land west of the Russian concession into a concession. Located on both sides of the Haihe River, Jiuguo Concession built pieces of "countries within a country" according to their respective national styles and characteristics. This is the origin of Tianjin Xiaoyanglou.

It is said that Tianjin has a history of 1 years, and the Fifth Avenue is the epitome of Tianjin in the old days. What to see on Fifth Avenue? Look at all kinds of small foreign buildings and former residences of celebrities, from Prince Zai Zhen of the Qing Dynasty to President Xu Shichang of the Republic of China, President Hoover of the United States to General Zhang Zizhong of the Anti-Japanese War ... There are many celebrities you have heard of and former residences of celebrities you have never heard of, and they all left footprints on Fifth Avenue. . .

Ma Lianliang's former residence-"Geilou"

"Geilou" is the place where Ma Lianliang, a famous Peking Opera performer, lived for many years. This building, built in 1937, is an adjoining Lane residence with a strong Italian style. The outer wall of the "Doulou" is built with burnt bricks. After the burnt brick is fluidized, it naturally forms a little appearance of pimples, so Tianjin people call it "a pimple building".

Zhang Zizhong's former residence

Zhang Zizhong's former residence mainly includes a three-story main building and a two-story back building, with a total of 16 rooms, and there are 14 bungalows in the courtyard, with a total construction area of more than 1,4 square meters. Among them, the main building is a two-story western-style building with brick and wood structure (three floors locally). The front of the building supports the upper and lower inner corridors with columns, and there are symmetrical convex polygonal rooms on both sides of the building. The facade treatment of the house follows the modern minimalist style, adopts Tianjin local materials, and has an unpretentious shape.

Gu Weijun's old house

Gu Weijun, an outstanding diplomat in modern China. He was the foreign minister, finance minister and prime minister of Beiyang government, and later served as a multinational ambassador in the government of the Republic of China. In 1918, he participated in the Paris Peace Conference as a member of the China delegation, resolutely provoked the heavy responsibility of peace talks and refused to sign the unequal peace treaty, thus safeguarding the dignity of the country. The main building of his old house has three floors, with brick and wood structure, and the facade of the building is red cylinder brick wall, which was specially designed and built by Zhang Zuolin for Gu Weijun and presented to him.

Zhang Xueliang's former residence

Zhang Xueliang was born in Liaoning in 191. There are two brick-wood buildings in Zhang's former residence. The former building was built in 1921 and has three floors with basements. The back building, with two floors, was built in 1926. There are 42 buildings in the two buildings, with a construction area of 127.4 square meters. The total construction area is 141.65 square meters, and the total area is 1.495 mu.

Sun Dianying's old house

Sun Dianying, a native of Henan, was the commander of the Sixth Army of Nanjing National Government. The building was built in 193, and the exterior of the building is tall and patchy. Among them, the front large terrace has western classical style, with four groups of twisted rope columns standing on it, and the stigma is equipped with floral ornaments. The inner and outer eaves at the top adopt arch window, rectangular window and other architectural forms, which is a western building with typical eclectic architectural characteristics. Later, the building mainly served as Sun Dianying's Tianjin office. He mainly deals in treasures, drugs, arms and other businesses here.

Langyuan

Langyuan is a villa modeled after European style on Fifth Avenue. The brick wall is blue-gray and the roof is red and pointed. Langyuan has two floors, a basement and an attic. The play shows the changes, customs and customs of Tianjin in the first half and the second half of the 2 th century through the changes of Langyuan, the comparison of different classes and the uneven distribution of wealth.