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| | Water Park [edit this] | | Water Park was first built in 1950, covering 165.68 hectares, which is the largest comprehensive park in Tianjin. It is characterized by its lake of 89.3 hrctares, in which there're 3 minor lakes and 9 islands. The willows around the lake and lotus in it make the lake beautiful and poetic. There're modern lake bus and hi-speed mosquito craft, as well as archaized large painted boats and dragon boats. Bibo Garden, Shentu Garden and Miniascape Garden display Chinese and Western arts of potted landscape. The surrounding color lamps of newly-build “water bank”, “crystal plaza” make the night sight of the park more charming and lovely. | Edit by: Dorothy | |
| Tianjin Art Museum [edit this] | | Tianjin Art Museum is situated at No.12 Chengde Road, Heping District. With Baroque style, the three-story building is an artwork itself.
The museum mainly houses calligraphies, paintings, potteries and porcelains, bronze wares, royal seals, rare bricks and tiles, carved stones, rubbings from stone inscriptions, ink-stones, lacquer wares, enamels, and bamboo, wood, tusk and stone carvings of past dynasties. | Edit by: Dorothy | |
| Tianjin Tropical Plant Garden [edit this] | | Tianjin Tropical Plant Garden is situated in Zhongbei County, Xiqing District, near the famous flower market of Caozhuang Village. The construction area is about 40,000 square meters, built with transparent steel, which is the largest indoor plant garden. The garden includes rain forest hall, scientific teaching hall, flower hall and service hall each with its unique characteristic. In every season of the year, visitors can enjoy sights of South such as tropical fruits, stranger flower and grass, Tai Village and the mysterious Maya Pyramid. | Edit by: Dorothy | |
| Residence of Li Shutong [edit this] | | Li Shutong, is a famous pioneer in latter-day New Culture Movement and also the renowned eminent monk, who is recognized as Master Hongyi.
Li Shutong had two residences in Tianijn, one in Dizang Temple-his birthplace (now in Lujia Alley, Liangdian Street, Hebei District) and another in No.60, Back Street of Liang dian, Hebei District. The building takes the shape of “田” with more than 150 years of history. To commemorate Li Shutong and carry forward the excellent culture of Chinese people, calligraphy stele of Li Shutong was unveiled on 1990 October 23rd, the 110th birthday of Li Shutong. | Edit by: Dorothy | |
| The Ancient Culture Street [edit this] | | The Ancient Culture Street is a best choice to visit the Ancient Culture Street if you want to taste the odors of Tianjin, the odors of ancientry and the odors of culture. The Ancient Culture Street, a Qing-imitated architecture, is divided into South Palace and North Palace based on Hougong Palace as the center. The characters in the heart of the South Doorway Pai lou (decorated archway) is “Jin Men Gu Li” (Jinmen as native place), while North Doorway Pailou “Gu Shang Yi Yuan” (Gushang as art cirlce). There are more than one hundred thirty shops and stores in the street which deal in the four treasures of study (i.e. writing brush, ink stick, ink slab and paper), jades and stones, clay figures, root sculpture, jewelry, headgear, calligraphy and painting, antique and so on. There are also specialty stores of folk artworks such as Yangliuqing Painting, painted sculpture of clay Figure Zhang, kites of Kites Wei. The street is the first choice for outlanders and foreigners outside of Tianijn for its unique primitive simplicity and its profound business base, which present its strong Jin-odor culture and become a characteristic tour scenery spot. | Edit by: Dorothy | |
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