This item has been sold, but you can enter your email address to be notified if another example becomes available, or purchase a digital scan. Sign Up. Title Plan of the Foeign Concessions. Drawn for Crow's 'Handbook for China. The map, which is bisected by the Hai River, depicts the sector of the city in which the international concessions were located, from the Austria-Hungarian concession to the Japanese and Belgian concessions.
Some of the streets are labeled, mostly in the British Concession, as well as locations around the map, including the German barracks, the Russian consulate, and the railway station. The concessions cover 5 miles and are all located along the river.
Tianjin's location at the intersection of the Grand Canal and the Hai, formerly Peiho River, connecting Beijing and the Bohai Bay, made Tianjin one of the most important ports in China. Before the 19th century, the Chinese restricted European trade because of fears that such activity would upset order in the empire.
Rare, separately issued hand-colored lithographed map of China, published in Russian, probably around Aufnahmen im Gebirgslande nordlich und westlich von Peking von Dr. Von Mollendorff, Fine map illustrating the area north and west of Beijing, as explored by Dr. Canton River Delta From British surveys to with additions from various authorities to Navy Hydrographical Office based on a British Admiralty Chart published in and here updated to s.
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Tianjin became one of centres of industry foreign trade and science-technology of socialist China now. Tianjin Local Products Tianjin is renowned for Xiaozhan rice and teems with yellow croakers, Chinese herrings, Spanish mackerels, chub mackerels and prawn. Tianjin exports large quantities of Chinese cabbages, small and beans and green turnips.
Handicraft articles such as carpets, kites and painted clay figurines as well as Yangliuqing New Year pictures enjoy high reputation abroad. Besides, tablecloth, embroidered blouses, woven straw articles, play diabolo, Western-style silver cutlery, headdresses, jewellery, jade and ivory carving are also very famous.
Tianjin Local Cuisine The local food In Tianjin characterized by a variety of sea food combines special features of Sichuan, Shandong, Huaiyang and Zhejiang food to form a unique style of its own. Food of the French, English, Italian and Russian style are also served in hotels and restaurants here. Besides, there are many kinds of snacks. Tourists can enjoy delicious food of either the Chinese or Western style in Tianjin. Half of the park is water surface, which is divided into the east lakes, the west lake and several smaller lakes.
Inlaid on the lakes are 13 islets, which are decorated with pavilions, towers and terraces and connected with one another by exquisite curved bridges, arch bridges and dykes lined with weeping willows, giving a unique charm to the park. Shuishang Park, Tianjin Adjacent to the park is the Tianjin Zoo, which is renowned for its novel architecture and collection of rare animals such as the giant panda. The Panshan scenic spot in Jixian County is a tourist attraction, famous for its scenery and historical relics.
Dule Exclusive Happiness Temple has a history of over 1, years behind it. The Guanyin Tower in the temple is among the most ancient wooden architecture existing in China today. The clay sculpture of the goddess Guanyin with her 10 smaller heads is also the biggest of it kind in the country. Located in the city, the Memorial Hall of Zhou Enlai is the place where the late Premier used to study and takes part in revolutionary activities.
Tianjin is an industrial centre. Its petrochemical industry has developed considerably since the extraction of land and offshore oil. The Dagang oilfield and the chemical fibre plant are open to tourists and visitors. Tianjin is also a cultural city and has museums of natural history, history and arts which attracted visitors with their rich collections. Schools, universities and other medical and scientific institutions have close ties with foreign countries.
A visit to the workshops of these products is appealing to many tourists. Tianjin has been famed as "Home of Footballs", and baseball's also very popular in Tianjin. National and international tournaments are often organized here. With a long history, the folk art galas in Tianjin are most colourful. During holiday of the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival, hundreds of thousands of people take part in the performance of dragon dance, lion dance, walking on stilts as well as Wushu Martial arts.
Such galas attract thousands of tourists. More about Tianjin Tianjin is best known for its streetscapes of colonial era buildings, a residue of its status as a Treaty Port after Now a center of multinational businesses concentrated in the new satellite city known as TEDA Tianjin Economic Development Area , Tianjin has an extensive modern infrastructure, and is known for the high quality of its industrial products.
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