Overview
Chinese Name: 天津
English Name: Tianjin; Tientsin；T’ien-chin
Other Name: Jingu 津沽；Jinmen 津门
Abbreviation: Jin 津
Zip Code: 30 00 00
Population: 13.73 million
Brief Introduction
Tianjin 天津 is a provincial administrative region, municipality directly under the Central Government of the People’s Republic of China, a national central city, a super city, approved by The State Council of north China’s opening to the outside world, shipping center 航运中心, logistics center 物流中心 and modern manufacturing base in north China.
Tianjin is one of the four municipalities directly under the Central Government in China. By the end of 2021, the city will have jurisdiction over 16 districts with a total area of 11,966.45 square kilometers and a permanent population of 13.73 million.
Transportation in Tianjin
Roads: There are 4 main national highways in Tianjin, namely the Beijing-Tianjin-Tang Expressway京津塘高速公路, Beijing-Fuzhou First-class automobile highway, Ladan Expressway, and Jintang Branch of Ladan Expressway.
Railway: Tianjin is not only located at the intersection of the beijing-Shanghai railway 京沪铁路 and Jin-Shan Railway 津山铁路 but also the intersection of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, Beijing-Tianjin intercity Railway, Jin-Qin passenger dedicated line, Jin-Baojian passenger dedicated line and other high-speed railways. It is an important railway hub connecting Beijing to northeast China and Shanghai.
Port: Tianjin Port 天津港 is the world’s highest grade, the largest artificial deepwater port in China, and the world’s fourth-largest comprehensive port in terms of throughput.
Aviation: Tianjin has Tianjin Binhai International Airport, Tianjin Tanggu Airport, Tianjin Binhai Oriental Heliport and Wuqing Yangcun Airport, etc.
Famous Attractions in Tianjin
Tianjin 天津 has 2 national 5A tourist attractions, 32 national 4A tourist attractions, 50 national 3A tourist attractions, and 24 national 2A tourist attractions. These landscapes have both scenic spots and historic sites and are representative of the Tian Jin tourism landscape in the new era.
The selected “Ten Scenes of Tianjin” 天津十景are “Sky Tower Swirling Clouds”, “Ji North Xiongguan”, “Three Sets of Twilight Rain”, “Ancient Temple Morning Bell”, “Haimen Gusai”, “Gu Current Xia”, “Hometown Pursuit”, “Shuangcheng Drunken Moon”, “Longtan Floating Cui”, “Central Cailian”.
Famous Universities in Tianjin
By the end of 2021, the city had 24 postgraduate training institutions, 56 regular colleges and universities, 73 secondary vocational schools, 530 regular middle schools, and 885 primary schools. For the year, 28,300 postgraduate students, 175,000 regular institutions of higher learning, 35,600 secondary vocational schools, 172,300 regular secondary schools, and 133,800 primary schools were enrolled.
List of universities and colleges in Tianjin
- Nankai university 南开大学
- Tianjin university 天津大学
- Tianjin Medical University 天津医科大学
- Tianjin University of Chinese Medicine 天津中医药大学
- Tianjin Polytechnic University 天津工业大学
- The Hebei University of Technology 河北工业大学
- The Civil Aviation University of China 中国民航大学
- Civil Aviation Administration of China 中国民用航空局
- Tianjin University of Science and Technology 天津科技大学
- Tianjin University of Technology 天津理工大学
- Tianjin Normal University 天津师范大学
- Tianjin Polytechnic Normal University 天津职业技术师范大学
- Tianjin Foreign Studies University 天津外国语大学
- Tianjin University of Commerce 天津商业大学
- Tianjin University of Finance and Economics 天津财经大学
- Tianjin Chengjian University 天津城建大学
- Tianjin Sino-German University of Applied Technology 天津中德应用技术大学
- Tianjin Agricultural College 天津农学院
- Tianjin Institute of Physical Education 天津体育学院
- Tianjin Conservatory of Music 天津音乐学院
- Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts 天津美术学院
- PLA Army Military Transportation Academy 中国人民解放军陆军军事交通学院
- PLA Naval Logistics Academy 中国人民解放军海军勤务学院
- Command College of the Chinese People’s Armed Police Force 中国人民武装警察部队指挥学院
- Logistics College of the Chinese People’s Armed Police Force 中国人民武装警察部队后勤学院
Religious culture in Tianjin
Five religions are recognized by the government in Tianjin: Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism, and Protestantism. There are a total of 267,000 believers in the city and nearly 200 religious professionals.
Since 1979, a total of 79 places for religious activities have been restored to the public, among which the Great Compassion Buddhist Temple 大悲禅院 has been listed as a key Buddhist temple in the Han dynasty, and the Wanghailou Catholic Church has been listed as a key cultural relic protection site in China.
Listed as cultural relics protection units in Tianjin are the West Open Church of the Catholic Diocese of Tianjin, the Muslim Grand Mosque, the Christian Anregan Church, and the Taoist Tianhou Palace and Jade Emperor Pavilion in Tianjin.
Qu Yi of Tianjin
Tianjin is the place where many forms of Qu Yi originated, flourished, and developed. Among them, Tianjin time tune, Tianjin Allegro, Jingdong Dagu, Jingyun Dagu, Tiepian Dagu, kuai ban shu, and other folk art forms were formed in Tianjin. Beijing Opera, Hebei Wooden Clappers, Crosstalk, ping Ju, ping shu, Single string, plum blossom da gu, and Xihe Dagu flourished and developed in Tianjin. Crosstalk 相声 and Peking Opera 京剧 are important representatives of Tianjin QuYi 天津曲艺.
Snack of Tianjin
Tianjin snacks and specialty number is numerous, Tianjin flavor snacks “three unique” are respectively Gou bu li 狗不理包子, 18 street ma Hua 十八街麻花, and Erduoyan fried cake 耳朵眼炸糕; The three handicrafts of Tianjin are clay figurine Zhang color sculpture, Yangliuqing New Year painting and kite Wei kite.
