Ancient Culture Street (Gu Wenhua Jie) Tianjin China Address Map

Tianjin Ancient Culture Street Map
Tianjin Ancient Culture Street Map
Ancient Culture Street (Gu Wenhua Jie)
Ancient Culture Street (Gu Wenhua Jie)
Ancient Culture Street (Gu Wenhua Jie), is one of the places of interest in Tianjin China. Gu Wenhua Jie is a cultural tourist attraction place on the west bank of the Hai River in Nankai District, Tianjin, China. It is a national 5A scenic area regarded by the China National Tourism Administration.

Tianjin Ancient Culture Street was formally unfolded on New Year's Day in 1986. It conserve and mapping the ancient architectural style of the Qing dynasty, with its Niangniang Palace, the Temple of the Queen of Heaven (Tianhou Palace), honoring the sea-goddess Mazu in its geographical center. Its principal street is divided into two parts, the South Palace Street and North Palace Street, centered by the Mazu Temple, which traces back to AD 1404.

Ancient Cultural Street address is at Gongnan Main Street, Nankai District, Tianjin 300100, China. These old street begins from Gongbei Avenue in the north, and ends at Gongnan Avenue in the south, being 750 yards (687 meters) long and 16 feet (5 meters) wide. Though fundamentally a business street, it attracts tourists to travel and see its many special ancient architectural styles stores along the street. The Gu Wenhua Jie generally operates three categories of goods: firstly, relics, antiques and antique furniture, such as the four treasures, old books, traditional paintings, jewelry, antique and other belongings; Secondly, folk traditional commodities, such as Zhang’s colorful clay figurine, Yangliuqing New Year Paintings with 300 years of history, Wei’s Kite, Liu’s engraved bricks, Jingdezhen’s porcelains, Suzhou’s embroidery, etc. The Ancient Culture Street (Gu Wenhua Jie) is also a favorite place to sample the delicious local snacks. The local delicacies include Goubuli Steamed Dumplings, Erduoyan (the Ear-hole Lane) Fried Glutinous Cakes and tea soup. There are directional maps along the street making it easy to find the cultural delights and best deals.

The Temple of the Queen of Heaven was originally built in 1326 and is one of only three Mazu Temples in the world (the other two are Fujian Mazu Temple and Beigang Chaotian Temple on Taiwan Island). The Temple of the Queen of Heaven is at present the Folk-custom Museum of Tianjin and exhibits many folk crafts and cultural relics of ancient times. Yuhuang Pavilion (Yuhuang Ge) is the only building that was constructed during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and is the oldest structure in the street.
Tianjin Ancient Culture Street Directional Map
Tianjin Ancient Culture Street Directional Map

How To Get To Tianjin Ancient Culture Street

A short minutes walk east of the Confucius temple, or a taxi ride from the railway station. The street is situated in the northeastern quarter of Tianjin, beside the Hai River.

Take bus no. 1, 605, 609, 610, 619, 632, 633, 641, 646, 670, 671, 804, 849, 904, 908, 954 or sightseeing bus no. 2 and get off at Dongbeijiao Station.

Take bus no. 4, 12, 333, 461, 600, 658, 659, 675, 681, 856, 861, 863, 878, 903, 907 or 913 and get off at Dongmalu Station.

Lastly, Tianjin Ancient Cultural Street (Gu Wenhua Jie) is designed as a place for visitors or travelers to best experience Chinese cultural. Visitors and tourists look up to its old classic cultural features, buy various folk crafts, and sample the delicious local snacks. Most importantly, as visitors and tourists take a few minutes walk there, they will be in particularly impressed by the splendorous replica of the old ancient classical architecture in the folk style of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).


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