Tianjin 天津

Tiānjīn 天津 Other names include: Zhígū 直沽 (until 1404)

Nearby Locations: Běijīng 北京 Shěnyáng 瀋陽 Jǐnán 濟南

North China Region

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Tiānjīn 天津 is a port city in North China, close to Běijīng 北京. It was a site of several clashes between China and European powers, and an important treaty port.

Important Buddhist Sites

• The Tiānjīn Scriptural Press 天津刻經處 was located here from 1919 to 1937

Other Notes

• Hóngyī 弘一 was born here in 1880
• Wáng Xiāngliù 王驤陸 died here in 1958
• The publication Sino-Japanese Esotericism 中日密教 was published here in the mid 1930s

References and Resources

• Map of Tiānjīn before 1912
• Website of the Tianjin Museum of Modern History