Museums
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Huayun Museum(Yue Weixian Restaurant)

Located at Hebei Road, Heping District, it was built in 1937, designed by an Italian architect, the fi rst private museum in Tianjin, and a cultural protection unit, whose principal building is named Gedalou. Ma Lianliang, the peking opera master, once lived here. The museum exhibits over 100 kinds, over 3,000 pieces cultural relics, including typical wares of various historical periods from Xizhou to Qing Dynasty of China history, e.g., bronze wares, porcelain, wood sculptures, stone sculptures as well as white marbles of Beiqi, Beiwei, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. It’s named Huayun Museum, to describe the profound ancient cultural essence of China. Now in the museum there is a special restaurant of Guangdong style, and it is thus known as Edible Museum.

Mazu Temple

Located at the center of Ancient Culture Street, west of Sancha Hekou, it was built in Yuan Dynasty, and is the oldest temple well preserved till now. Mazu Temple at Tianjin, together with Mazu Temple at Meizhou, Fujian Province, and Chaotian Palace at Beigang, Taiwan, are TopThree Mazu Temples in the world. It is also a center of Mazu culture research in north China, attracting from all over attention. The Tianjin History Exhibition and Tianjin Folk Custom Exhibition in the palace introduce the formation and development of Tianjin, Tianjin shipping history, Mazu belief custom, Tianjin folk custom and seasonable culture.

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