Laomeihua Chinese Footwear Culture Museum is located in Tianjin’s Ancient Culture Street and is the city’s first museum dedicated to showcasing traditional Chinese footwear culture. It was established by Tianjin Laomeihua Shoe Store. Covering an area of over 800 square meters, the museum gathers and preserves top-tier domestic resources related to footwear culture. The Footwear Museum presents China’s...
In the early 20th century, Yang Yide purchased over 20 acres of land at present-day Erwei Road and Ermalu in Nankai District, where he built a traditional Chinese courtyard home and a garden villa designed in classical Chinese architectural style. The garden villa came to be known as “Yang Family Garden.” In 1921, Yang Yide demolished the original courtyard structure on Erwei Road in Nankai and reconstructed a…
Changhong Ecological Park is located under the overpass at the intersection of Changjiang Avenue and Hongqi Road in Nankai District, Tianjin. It is the first free public park in Tianjin. Originally named Wandou Park, it covers an area of 33.9 hectares, including 12.5 hectares of water surface. A rockery stands at the entrance, with a lake to the right and weeping willows shading the shore. Green space accounts for 97.5% of the entire park...
Jinhe Wangdingdi Waterfall Square is located under the Wangdingdi Overpass in Nankai District, adjacent to Tianjin First Central Hospital. It was completed in September 2000. The square features a waterside dock, green corridors, rockery waterfalls on the east bank of the river, and the shining characters “Jinhe” (Jin River) on the west side. As a public space open free of charge around the clock, …
The Memorial Room of Martyr Zhang Tailei was established in 1997, the centennial year of the birth of the revolutionary pioneer Zhang Tailei. Located within the First Teaching Building of Tianjin University, the 60-square-meter room is themed “Revitalizing Education and Strengthening the Nation through Red Heritage.” It features sections including “Childhood,” “Studies at Beiyang,” “Participation in Founding the Communist Party and the Youth…”
The Department of Cultural Heritage and Museology at Nankai University’s School of History was established through the expansion of the former Museum Studies program within the History Department. The Museum Studies program was founded in 1980, making it the first of its kind among higher education institutions nationwide. During the 1980s, in response to the new landscape brought about by China’s reform and opening-up, Nankai University gradually introduced a series of applied liberal arts programs. To meet...
Siyuan Hall is located within the campus of Nankai University at No. 94 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin. This building is currently designated as a historically significant architectural structure under key protection. Originally constructed in 1923 and completed in 1925, it was a science building funded by the Rockefeller Foundation of the United States and entrepreneur Yuan Shuzhi. Upon completion, it served as...
Era of the Former Residence of Xu Puan: Late Qing and Early Republican Periods Address: No. 202, Dongmenli, Nankai District, Tianjin Category: Historic Architecture The Former Residence of Xu Puan is located at the northeast corner of the intersection of Dongmenli and Chengxiang East Road. Built in the early Republican period, it was originally the residence of Xu Puan, the first comprador of the British Mercantile Bank (Macalister & Co.). It was constructed using traditional Chinese minor architectural styles, featuring blue bricks and a flush-gable roof,...
Era of the Former Residence of Yang Yide: 1921 Address: No. 41, Nankai 2nd Wei Road, Tianjin Category: Important Modern Historical Sites and Representative Buildings The former residence of Yang Yide is located at the intersection of Nankai 2nd Wei Road and Nankai 2nd Ma Road. It was funded and built in 1921 by Yang Yide, head of the Tianjin Police Department, as his private residence. The residence originally covered an area of 101…
Era: Built in 1906 (the 32nd year of the Guangxu reign during the Qing Dynasty) Address: No. 2, Zhongying Qianjie, Former Ximenli Street, Nankai District, Tianjin City Category: Important modern historical site and representative architecture The former site of the Government-Run Model Primary School (First and Second Level) is located on Zhongying Qianjie, inside the former West Gate of the old city of Tianjin. It is one of the earliest primary schools established in Tianjin. Since its founding in 1906, this school has a history of over a hundred years...
The former residence of Wang Yongquan was built in the 1920s as a two-story independent brick-and-wood structure with a basement. The building has a symmetrical floor plan, with a rendered exterior facade. The space between the windows on the outer walls is decorated with square pilasters. Above the main entrance porch, there is a second-floor balcony, and both the balcony and the parapet of the roof are adorned with vase-shaped railings. The walls are decorated with...
Water Park is the largest comprehensive park in Tianjin, located in the southwest of the city proper, covering an area of over 150 hectares. It was built in 1950. In 1989, it was newly rated as one of the "Ten Scenic Spots of Tianjin," with the scenic name "Dragon Pool Surrounded by Greenery." It is a great place for recreation and relaxation for both local citizens and tourists from home and abroad. As its name suggests, the park excels with its water features. …
Located in the northeastern part of Hexi District, on the west bank of the Haihe River. It is an important component of the city's Haihe River Park. Stretching from Xuzhou Road in the northwest to Liuzhuang Cable-Stayed Bridge in the southeast, it lies along the east bank of the Haihe River and borders Taierzhuang Road to the west. Shaped like a strip, it is 1.56 kilometers long and covers an area of 35,000 square meters. The park features a variety of trees including pines, spruces, ginkgos, beautyberries, red-leaf plum, and climbing plants...
Located in the northwest of Hexi District, on the northwest corner of the intersection between Wujiayao Street and Guizhou Road. It falls under the jurisdiction of Machang Subdistrict Office. The park borders Guizhou Road to the east, Wujiayao Street to the south, and Jinhe River to the north. It has an elongated shape and covers an area of 6,114 square meters. The park features 1,060 shrubs, vines, evergreen trees, and rose plants, along with 2,300 square meters of laid turf...
Built in 1958, the Hexi District Children's Palace covers a construction area of over 20,000 square meters and is the only comprehensive extracurricular education institution within the Hexi District education system. The Hexi District Children's Palace fully implements the Party’s educational policies and conscientiously adheres to the "Regulations on the Work of Extracurricular Education Institutions for Children and Adolescents." With the philosophy of "education-oriented, student-centered participation, individual development, and..."
The Former Residence of Tripp is located at No. 19 Zhanjiang Road, Hexi District. It is a two-story American-style villa with a basement that Mr. Tripp purchased in 1927. This garden-style villa was built in 1925 by Dr. Cai Le’er, an American doctor who practiced medicine in Tianjin. The property covers an area of 748 square meters, with a construction area of 295 square meters. …
Wang Zhongshan, a capitalist, served as the quartermaster for Duan Qirui’s forces during the Beiyang era. The former residence of Wang Zhongshan is located at No. 21 Nanjing Road, Hexi District. This house is a German-style garden villa with a construction area of 2,480 square meters. It is a two-story brick-and-wood structure with a half-basement, featuring an approximately rectangular floor plan and surrounded by flowers, plants, and trees in its courtyard. The building...
The former residence of Zhang Xun is located on No. 6 Pukou Road in the German Concession (now No. 6 Pukou Road, Hexi District), stretching from Taierzhuang Road in the east to Jiangsu Road in the west, Pukou Road in the south, and Bengbu Road in the north. It is a Western-style building purchased from the Qing royal family, constructed in 1899 in the German architectural style. The main structure consists of an eastern and a western building, comprising 56 rooms and 54...
The Main Building of the British Country Club is located at No. 188 Machang Road, Hexi District, Tianjin. Built in 1925, it was designed and constructed by the British. The main building is a three-story brick-and-wood structure in a simplified classical architectural style. Its walls are made of red bricks, with square pilasters and brick square pillars supporting the veranda, which features balconies with iron railings...
Sanyizhuang Mosque is located on the north side of People's Park, at No. 89 Jiujing Road. In the early 20th century, the number of Hui people settling in the areas of Sanyizhuang, Xiawafang, and Qiande Zhuang increased year by year. In 1927, Muslim community members raised funds to build a mosque at the southern end of Sanyizhuang, naming it “Sanyizhuang Mosque.” In 1932,…