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Exploring Tianjin
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Tianjin is a city that almost everyone enjoys. For new arrivals it provides a gentle introduction to the country and for travellers who've been roughing it round outback China, the creature comforts on offer are a delight. It's quite possible to spend years here eating Western food, dancing to Western music, and socializing with like-minded foreigners. Tianjin is essentially a private city, and one whose surface is difficult to penetrate; sometimes it seems to have the superficiality of a theme park. Certainly there is something mundane about the way tourist groups are efficiently shunted around, plugged from hotel to sight, with little contact with everyday reality. To get deeper into the city, check out the little antique markets, the residential shopping districts, the smaller, quirkier sights, and the parks, some of the best in China, where you'll see Tianjiners performing tai ji and hear birdsong just over the hum of traffic. Take advantage, too, of the city's burgeoning nightlife and see just how far the Chinese have gone down the road of what used to be called spiritual pollution.
The Panshan mountain scenery scenic spot area

Is located the northwest of JI county of Tianjin 15 kilometers place, and further because she is majestically located east of Beijing, therefore has "the first mountain of Jingdong " the reputation. The old name of mountain have Wuzhong, XuWu, Sizheng, Panlong. Panshan is a reason section of south the Yanshan sierra, the long of east and west is 20 kilometers, the north and south extends 10 kilometers, grand varied, the scenery was quiet ancient, To have long enjoyed a good reputation, once entered rows of the Chinese 15 big famous mountains. Far when at the beginning of Tang, The Taizong eastern expedition triumphal returns to swim on the way to this enjoys, once approved the mouth not certainly. To the Ming and Qing Dynasties two generations, here builds up the temple 72, pagoda 13, the temporary palace, the tower everywhere, the situation is unprecedented.
The Panahan mountain scenic area is 106 square kilometers, have famous "five peaks", "eight stones", "three curve", but also had Tiancheng temple, Wan Song temple, Yunzhao temple and stupa and so on. Five peaks are Guayue peak, Zigai peak, the Zilai peak, Jiuhua peak, the Jianwu peak, echoes with the Shanxi Wutai Mountain, is known as "east five". The prominent peak Guayue peak, the elevation is 864 meters. Five peaks crowd together, fascinating. By the west road mountaineering, the terrain of the first, center, the next three curves shapes. Three curves views is unique, Shangpan pine, Zhongpan stone, Xaipan water, person called "three curves victories".
Come and back from the lotus flower range, transfers has inscribed" enter the scene" two great characters big stones, passes through four access, Yuanbao stone, receives a guest the pine, then to under the next cueve. The next cueveis famous by the beautiful water, has the quality is bone-chilling cold pleasant water and tasty the brook spring, said the water drop rushing current the class waterfall and is made by the reputation "stands the copious manna" the red dragon flour pond. Winding around a mountain first big temple Tiancheng temple constructs in here, this temple beginning constructs at the Tang Dynasty, latter repairs.
Continues walk to high, the Xuankong stone, the undulation stone, the courtyard stone, general the stone of "eight stones" and so on all in here, the undulation stone is resembles the peach shaped birthday cake together the megalith, but puts out a hand as soon as to push it may be shake, makes one exclaim over. Ascends a height to get a broad view, here pine lumber is green, the forest are striving, moreover the growing trend is strange, some resemble the person of outstanding talent living in seclusion, the hawk, some picture phoenix wings, the canopy, no wonder have "Shangpan pine" saying. Under in the plate foot of a hill Ji county, has the famous millennium ancient temple Gucha temple. It is said An Lushan revolts Tang, is at here pledge rally, his happy top, therefore by " top " two characters prominent monasteries.
Top temple

Is located in the west gate of Ji county of Tianjin city. The beginning constructs at the Tang Dynasty, Goddess of Mercy Chinese style pavilion and the entrance in the temple reconstructs at Tonghe two years of Liao dynasty, is one of domestic extant most ancient wood construction constructions. The entrance is front door of the top temple, on the top of lintel is hanging: "Top temple "3 characters big plaques. In both sides the entrance has two big Son of Heaven carve to guard, the popular name "humph" "Kazak" two admiral, will be the painted sculpture valuable thing of Liao dynasty.
Above the entrance station base is setting up 20 thick wooden poles, 4 corner posts column heads micro receive to in, the column foot leaves slightly to outside, this was our country ancient times the artisan creates "the side foot" the technique, the function is the stable structure, prevented the building leaned outside. Above each column head, tiredly is folding many takes the form of "fights" the side log and the appearance likely long arch bending-wood. This group of groups timber component is called "the dougong". The dougong is the unique characteristic of historic building in our country, it not only beautified construction, moreover may reduce between the column and the crossbeam "the shearing force". Above the dougong is the crossbeam, The head of ridge is supporting the purlin, they through the tenon riveting, organically connect in together, shoulders the complete weight of the building, this kind of frame posture wood construction, is prominent achievement of historic building to the world of our country. Four sides the entrance roof makes the slope shape, the ancient name traditional Chinese-style roof with four surfaces sloping away from ridgepole goes against, the slope face gentle micro tune, the eave angle like wing like flies, the modelling is unique and graceful, this was important characteristic of our country in an ancient architecture.
Passes through the entrance, passed through the millennium copal, a grand

pavilion flat land rises, this is Goddess of Mercy Chinese style pavilion which is the top temple main body construction. The Goddess of Mercy Chinese style pavilion height is 23 meters, are the highest extant double-decked pavilion construct of our country. Its prominent characteristic is "the dougong" the structure. About eave dougong thick grand, the arrangement is bright, is playing the load-bearing role. The dougong type in entire big Chinese style pavilion is many, because the position and the function need to be different, altogether has used 24 kinds of structures, with other component to coordinate, composes an exquisite unification whole. Pavilion of Goddess of Mercy of the happy temple incorporates the strong points of timber structure building of our country, was the domestic extant age earliest ancient times wood construction pavilion. According to the literature record, the top temple since the reconstruction in Liao dynasty, has received several dozens earthquakes, the top temple entrance and the Goddess of Mercy Chinese style pavilion is actually safe. In the Goddess of Mercy Chinese style pavilion, reaches as high as 16 meters Goddess of Mercy carve to stand erect the central committee, Statue of Goddess of Mercy, because of 10 pieces of small Buddhism on the top of the head, known as 11 faces Goddess of Mercy, it is one of the domestic biggest clay sculptures. The Goddess of Mercy two sides stand two Bodhisattvas, appearance abundant Run, the posture are being exquisite, inherits with the traditional Chinese painting of beautiful women of Tang Dynasty, This is an ancient sculptor the image of personage of life was constructed in the typical embodiment that Buddha pursued at that time. The four walls of Goddess of Mercy Chinese style pavilion, are drawing the multi-colored mural, south the two sides of wall front door are four arms and superhuman carve of emperor Ming, two sides of back door of north wall and east, west mural painting 16 Arhat. These all were art essence in the ancient times. Now, the top temple with Baita Temple, the Luban temple, the drumtower together has become the famous scenic site in JI county.
Greatly sad courtyard
Is located the Tianwei road of Hebei area of Tianjin, is Tianjin preserves complete, a scale biggest eight sides Buddha temple. They are composed by the east courtyard and the west courtyard two parts, the west courtyard called the old temple, the beginning to construct at Qing Shunzhi years, the Kanghsi eight years (in 1669) expands to construct, and was composed by the cultural relic palace and the abbot courtyard, the east courtyard called the new temple, constructed in 1940, by the Tianwang palace, Mahavira Temple, the greatly sad palace, the repository for buddhist scriptures, the side hall, the side room and the winding corridor was composed, was main body of the temple. In the palace has the copper Buddha image of Buddha, but also models has the greatly sad Bodhisattva, sits the Goddess of Mercy, the maitreya buddha, the Tianwang image, Arhat image and so on. Been collecting between Wei Jin and the Northern and Southern Dynasties and Ming and Qing Dynasties several hundred of every generation of copper, wood, stone engraving statue in Mahavira Temple lying in the middle of the courtyard, the craft and artistic level are very high. Hall enshrine and worship clever bone of Master, Xuanzang of Tang Monk, also, represent India blue top temple that 195