Listed sites in Tianjin 天津

Tianjin 64 sites

• Ancient Culture Street (Guwenhua Jie) 古文化街 5A scenic area
  Ancient Culture Street is a pedestrian street of Ming-and-Qing-style shop-houses on the west bank of the Hai River, opened in 1986 on the old streets that ran either side of the Tianhou Palace.
• Mount Pan (Panshan) 盘山 5A scenic area
  Panshan is a mountain scenic area of about 106 square kilometres in northern Jizhou, long called the 'first mountain east of the capital'.
• Binhai Aircraft Carrier Park 滨海航母主题公园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A military-themed park in the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city built around the Kiev, a Soviet-built aircraft carrier that left Russian service in 1993 and arrived in Tianjin in 2000.
• Changlu Sea Salt Cultural Tourism Area 长芦海盐文化旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
  A tourism area on the Hangu saltworks in the north of Binhai New Area, a working saltworks whose history is traced to the year 925.
• Dule Temple 独乐寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site
  Dule Temple, in the old town of Jizhou, keeps two Liao-dynasty timber buildings from 984, the mountain gate and the Guanyin Pavilion, which are among the oldest surviving wooden buildings in China.
• Guanghegu Resort 光合谷 4A scenic area · on the map
  Guanghegu, 'Photosynthesis Valley', is a resort and agri-tourism park of about 4,500 mu (300 hectares) on the east side of Tuanbo new town, planned in four zones: youth culture, hot-spring hotels, a wetland park and facility agriculture.
• Guanhu Castle Hot Spring Resort 观湖城堡温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
  A hot-spring resort in the Dongli Lake holiday area, across the street from Happy Valley, with indoor and outdoor hot-spring pools, spa treatments, dining and leisure facilities.
• Guojiagou Village 郭家沟 4A scenic area · on the map
  Guojiagou is a small hill village of about 50 households beside a reservoir in northern Jizhou, rebuilt from 2012 as a tourist village of blue-brick courtyards and farmstay guesthouses, and in 2022 became Tianjin's first village-type 4A scenic area.
• Huangyaguan Great Wall 黄崖关长城 4A scenic area
  Huangyaguan is a section of the Great Wall in the mountains of northern Jizhou, first built in the Northern Qi dynasty and rebuilt in brick and stone under General Qi Jiguang in the Ming.
• Italian Style Town (Marco Polo Square) 天津意式风情区 4A scenic area · National heritage site
  The former Italian concession, laid out from 1902: a district of about 28 hectares with 137 historic buildings designed by Italian architects, restored from 2002 and now given over to restaurants, shops and hotels.
• Jingwumen Wulin Garden (Huo Yuanjia Memorial Park) 精武门·中华武林园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A memorial park for the martial artist Huo Yuanjia, built on the site of his former home and grave in Jingwu town, where he was born; he was one of the founders of the Jingwu sports association in Shanghai.
• Jinjie Pedestrian Street 金街 4A scenic area · on the map
  Jinjie, the 'Golden Street', is the pedestrian stretch of Heping Road in central Tianjin, about 1.2 kilometres between Fu'an Street and Chifeng Road.
• Jizhou Karst Cave 蓟州溶洞 4A scenic area · on the map
  Jizhou Karst Cave is a cave about 1,500 metres long in the Yanshan hills of northern Jizhou, in ancient dolomite rock, and is billed as the only cave attraction in Tianjin.
• Limutai Scenic Area 梨木台 4A scenic area · on the map
  Limutai is a forest and gorge area in the northernmost hills of Tianjin, covering more than 1,000 hectares of quartzite crags, pools, streams and waterfalls.
• Memorial to Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao 周恩来邓颖超纪念馆 4A scenic area
  A memorial museum opened in 1998, the centenary of Zhou Enlai's birth, beside Tianjin Water Park, with exhibitions on the lives of Zhou Enlai and of Deng Yingchao, whose part in the women's movement has its own display.
• Milifang Water Park 米立方水上乐园 4A scenic area · on the map
  An indoor water park in Xiaozhan town built around a building shaped like a grain of Xiaozhan rice, with a wave pool, a drifting river that runs through a cave and past a waterfall, a slide complex, a children's area and a hot-spring spa, all kept warm throughout the year.
• Nanhu Green Expo Park, Wuqing 南湖绿博园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A lakeside park in Wuqing with a lake about 5.2 kilometres round and 136 hectares of water, and a northern garden-exhibition area of 862 mu (about 57 hectares) in which provinces and other bodies built 48 gardens under six themes, from Jiangnan-style gardens to folk-custom and landscape designs.
• National Maritime Museum of China 国家海洋博物馆 4A scenic area · on the map
  China's national maritime museum, opened for trial operation on 1 May 2019 and run jointly by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Tianjin government.
• Pingjin Campaign Memorial Hall 平津战役纪念馆 4A scenic area
  A national first-grade museum beside the Ziya River, opened in July 1997, on the Pingjin (Beiping–Tianjin) Campaign of 1948–49 in the Chinese civil war.
• Renai Tuanbo Lake Leisure Expo Park 仁爱团泊湖国际休闲博览园 4A scenic area · on the map
  Renai Tuanbo Lake Leisure Expo Park is a leisure and resort district on the eastern shore of Tuanbo Lake, in the lakeside new town of Tuanbo, planned from 2009 to combine eco-leisure, conference and exhibition space, hot-spring resorts and housing.
• Samaranch Memorial Museum 萨马兰奇纪念馆 4A scenic area · on the map
  A museum on the west shore of Tuanbo Lake dedicated to Juan Antonio Samaranch, who led the International Olympic Committee for 21 years, opened in 2013 with the authorisation of the Samaranch family and the IOC.
• Shi Family Grand Courtyard (Yangliuqing Museum) 石家大院 4A scenic area · National heritage site
  The mansion of the Qing-dynasty merchant Shi Yuanshi, one of Tianjin's 'eight great families', begun in 1875 and now the Yangliuqing Museum, on the South Canal in the old canal town of Yangliuqing.
• Shuigao Manor 水高庄园 4A scenic area · on the map
  An agricultural leisure park of about 1,500 mu (roughly 100 hectares) in Xinkou town, in the Dongdian modern-agriculture zone south-west of Yangliuqing.
• Taku Forts (Dagukou Forts) 大沽口炮台 4A scenic area · National heritage site
  Coastal forts at the mouth of the Hai River, rebuilt and extended several times under the Qing, which were the main battleground of the Dagu battles of 1858, 1859 and 1860 in the Second Opium War and saw fighting again in 1900.
• Tasly Health City 天士力大健康城 4A scenic area · on the map
  The campus of the pharmaceutical group Tasly in Beichen District, open to visitors as an industrial-tourism site on about 53 hectares.
• Temple of Great Compassion (Dabei Yuan) 大悲禅院 4A scenic area
  Tianjin's largest surviving Buddhist monastery, a working Chan temple founded in the mid-17th century, expanded in 1669 and extended with a large eastern compound in the 1940s.
• Tianjin Eye 天津之眼 4A scenic area
  A Ferris wheel about 120 m tall built into Yongle Bridge beside the Sanchakou confluence, with 48 enclosed capsules.
• Tianjin Fantawild Adventure 天津方特欢乐世界 4A scenic area · on the map
  A theme park in the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city run by the Chinese chain Fantawild, opened in July 2014.
• Tianjin Happy Valley 天津欢乐谷 4A scenic area · on the map
  A theme park by Dongli Lake run by the tourism group OCT, with indoor and outdoor rides and daily parades and shows.
• Tianjin Jinxiang Wildlife Park 天津津翔野生动物园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A wildlife park in the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city, reopened in 2024 on the site of the former Yili Fairy-tale Park.
• Tianjin Polar Ocean Park (Haichang Polar Ocean World) 天津极地海洋公园 4A scenic area · on the map
  An aquarium and marine-animal park in a whale-shaped building in the Xiangluowan business district, on the south bank of the Hai River facing Tanggu's commercial centre.
• Tianjin Port Culture and Tourism Area 天津港文化旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
  A port-themed tourism zone of about 23 square kilometres in the Dongjiang area, linking Dongjiang Bay beach, the Tianjin International Cruise Home Port, a warehouse-style wine showroom and several container terminals.
• Tianjin Tropical Plant Garden 天津热带植物观光园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A greenhouse botanical garden beside the Caozhuang flower market in Xiqing District, opened in 2003, with an indoor collection of tropical and subtropical plants that includes palms and dragon trees.
• Tianjin Water Park 水上公园 4A scenic area · on the map
  Tianjin Water Park opened in 1951 on a marshy pool called Qinglongtan and is described as the largest comprehensive park in central Tianjin, laid out around lakes and islands linked by bridges.
• Tianta Lake and Tianjin TV Tower 天塔湖 4A scenic area
  The Tianjin Radio and Television Tower, completed in 1991, stands 415.2 metres tall in the middle of Tianta Lake in south-west Tianjin, with a parabolic shaft and a saucer-shaped pod near the top built to hold an observation hall and a revolving restaurant.
• Yangliuqing Manor 杨柳青庄园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A leisure and holiday park of about 800 mu (roughly 53 hectares) in the north of Yangliuqing town, with wooded grounds and lakes, a hotel and conference facilities, fishing and fruit picking.
• Astor House Hotel 利顺德饭店 National heritage site
  Astor House was founded in 1863 by the British missionary John Innocent on the Hai River embankment and was the first foreign-funded hotel in Tianjin; the present building dates from an enlargement in 1886 and a further wing added in 1924.
• Dagu Dockyard Site (Beiyang Fleet Dockyard) 北洋水师大沽船坞遗址 National heritage site · on the map
  The remains of a shipyard founded in 1880 during the Self-Strengthening Movement, the third modern shipyard in China after Mawei and Shanghai's Jiangnan Arsenal and the earliest shipyard in the north.
• Former French Municipal Board, Tianjin 法国公议局旧址 National heritage site
  Built in 1929–31 as the headquarters of the administration of Tianjin's French concession, this neoclassical building has a granite-faced base, a three-storey centre block with an Ionic colonnade and symmetrical two-storey wings.
• Former Huanghai Society for Chemical Industry Research 黄海化学工业研究社旧址 National heritage site
  A two-storey grey brick-and-concrete villa on a site of about 440 square metres, built in 1922 for the Huanghai Society for Chemical Industry Research, China's first privately funded chemical research institute, which the industrialist Fan Xudong set up on the laboratory of the Jiuda refined-salt company.
• Former Nankai School (Nankai High School) 南开学校旧址 National heritage site · on the map
  Nankai School was founded in 1904 by the educators Yan Xiu and Zhang Boling and grew into Nankai High School, whose campus keeps its listed buildings: the Bailing Building (built 1906–07 and rebuilt to its original design after the 1976 earthquake), the North Building, the Fansun Building of 1930 and the Ruiting Auditorium of 1934.
• Former Qianxiangyi Silk Store 谦祥益绸缎庄旧址 National heritage site
  A silk and cloth store built in 1913–17 on Guyi Street in the old city for the Meng family of Zhangqiu, Shandong, one of the old 'Eight Xiang' shops of Tianjin.
• Former Site of the Juewu Society (Awakening Society) 觉悟社旧址 National heritage site · on the map
  A small courtyard of seven single-storey rooms where the Awakening Society (Juewushe), a student group led by Zhou Enlai, was founded in September 1919 in the May Fourth period.
• Former Tanggu Railway Station (Tanggu South) 塘沽南站 National heritage site
  A railway station at Yujiapu near the Hai River, first built in 1888 when a line was laid to carry Kaiping coal to the coast; its main building was rebuilt in 1907–08 and the station extended in 1937.
• Former Tianjin College of Industry and Commerce Main Building 天津工商学院主楼旧址 National heritage site
  The main building of the former Tianjin College of Industry and Commerce was built by French Jesuits in the 1920s to a design by the French firm Yonghe, and is a three-storey brick building with a mansard roof, rusticated stonework and large clock faces on its front and back gables.
• Former Yien Yieh Commercial Bank, Tianjin 盐业银行旧址 National heritage site · on the map
  Built in 1925–28 as the head office of the Yien Yieh (Salt Industry) Commercial Bank, this red-brick Roman-revival building was designed by the Chinese architect Shen Liyuan, with a portico of tall Ionic columns under a pediment.
• Guangdong Guild Hall (Tianjin Museum of Theatre) 天津广东会馆 National heritage site
  Built in 1903–07 with money raised by Cantonese merchants in Tianjin, this guild hall is one of the largest and best-preserved Qing guild-hall complexes in China, with a courtyard house, an apprenticeship hall and a classical opera theatre whose pillarless stage has a domed ceiling that carries sound.
• Hoangho Paiho Museum (Beijiang Museum) 北疆博物院 National heritage site
  Founded in 1914 by the French Jesuit naturalist Émile Licent and housed in purpose-built premises from the 1920s, the Hoangho Paiho Museum is the forerunner of Tianjin Natural History Museum, and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin worked there.
• Jizhou White Pagoda 蓟州白塔 National heritage site
  The Jizhou White Pagoda is an octagonal brick tower 30.6 metres high, rebuilt in 1058 in the Liao style on a structure that radiocarbon dating of its timbers places in the Sui dynasty.
• Li Chun Ancestral Hall (Zhuangwangfu) 李纯祠堂 National heritage site
  Completed in 1923 for the family of the warlord Li Chun, this hall complex was assembled from timbers, tiles and stone carried from the Qing-dynasty Prince Zhuang's mansion in Beijing, and is described by the Tianjin government as the largest surviving group of historic buildings in the city's urban area.
• Liang Qichao's Former Residence (Yinbingshi) 梁启超旧居 National heritage site · on the map
  The Italian-style house where the reformist scholar Liang Qichao lived from 1914; his 1924 study, the Yinbingshi, designed by an Italian architect, stands beside it.
• Memorial Hall of the Boxer Uprising (Lüzutang) 义和团吕祖堂坛口遗址 National heritage site
  A former Taoist temple, the Lüzutang, built as a village shrine in 1433 and made a Taoist temple in 1719, which became the main Boxer altar in Tianjin during the uprising of 1900.
• Old Tianjin West Station Building 天津西站主楼 National heritage site · on the map
  The 1910 waiting hall of the original Tianjin West station, a two-storey brick building in German neoclassical style with a red tiled roof, dormer windows and stone trim carved with crane and dragon motifs.
• Our Lady of Victory Church (Wanghailou) 望海楼教堂 National heritage site
  A Gothic-style Catholic church beside the Sanchakou confluence, first built in 1869 and rebuilt in 1897 and 1904 after being burned in the Tianjin Incident of 1870 and in the fighting of 1900.
• Pingjin Campaign Front Headquarters Site, Mengjialou 平津战役前线司令部旧址 National heritage site · on the map
  In December 1948 the headquarters of the People's Liberation Army's Northeast Field Army moved into this ordinary farmhouse in Mengjialou village and directed the Pingjin (Beiping–Tianjin) Campaign from it.
• Quanyechang Department Store 劝业场 National heritage site
  Quanyechang is a department store at the corner of Heping Road and Binjiang Dao, opened in December 1928 in the former French concession to a design by the French architect Paul Muller.
• Ruins of Tianfei Palace (Dazhigu Mazu Temple) 天妃宫遗址 National heritage site
  The site of a temple to the sea goddess Mazu founded in the Yuan dynasty beside the Hai River, the oldest temple site in Tianjin's urban area and the 'East Temple' to the Tianhou Palace's 'West Temple'.
• Sanchakou Confluence (Grand Canal) 三岔河口 National heritage site · on the map
  The spot in the city centre where the Ziya River and the Grand Canal's South and North canals meet to form the Hai River, where Tianjin began as a canal and grain-shipping hub.
• Site of the Peiyang University (Beiyang Daxuetang) 北洋大学堂旧址 National heritage site · on the map
  The surviving buildings of China's first government-run modern university, founded in 1895 and moved in 1903 to the former Xigu arsenal beside the North Canal.
• Siyuan Hall, Nankai University 南开大学思源堂 National heritage site · on the map
  Siyuan Hall is a three-storey red-brick science building with a six-column porch, finished in 1923 with money from the Rockefeller Foundation and the Yuan family, and is the only early main building of Nankai University's Balitai campus still standing.
• Tianhou Palace (Tianjin Mazu Temple) 天后宫 National heritage site
  Tianhou Palace, popularly called Niangniang Gong, is a temple to the sea goddess Mazu on the west bank of the Sancha Estuary, begun in the Yuan dynasty, formally ordered by the court in 1326 and largely rebuilt in 1985.
• Tianjin North Railway Station 天津北站 National heritage site
  A railway station opened in 1903 as Xinkaihe station, built on the initiative of Yuan Shikai, then governor-general of Zhili.
• Tianzun Pavilion (Taiyi Temple) 天尊阁 National heritage site · on the map
  Tianzun Ge, also called Taiyi Temple, is a Daoist pavilion built in the Kangxi reign of the Qing dynasty in Fengtai town and counted among Tianjin's three Daoist pavilions.
• Zhang Garden 张园 National heritage site
  Zhang Garden is a European-style mansion built in 1915–16 for Zhang Biao, a former Qing army commander, in what was then the Japanese concession.