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Former Qianxiangyi Silk Store 谦祥益绸缎庄旧址Qiānxiángyì Chóuduànzhuāng Jiùzhǐ
National heritage site · Tianjin, Tianjin
- Time needed
- 30 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Tianjin
- Region
- Tianjin
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Former Qianxiangyi Silk Store
A silk and cloth store built in 1913–17 on Guyi Street in the old city for the Meng family of Zhangqiu, Shandong, one of the old 'Eight Xiang' shops of Tianjin. The building is a three-courtyard brick-and-timber structure in a mixed Chinese and Western style, with carved doors and a verandah gallery. When Guyi Street was rebuilt in 2000 it was the only listed building kept, and since its restoration in 2002 it has housed a tea house that stages crosstalk and other storytelling performances.
How to get to Former Qianxiangyi Silk Store
On Guyi Street in the old city, Hongqiao District, about 2.5 km west-north-west of Tianjin Railway Station.
Nearby
- Five Great Avenues 五大道 under 10 km
Leafy lanes of century-old villas from Tianjin's treaty-port days
Also within 20 km: Sanchakou Confluence (Grand Canal) 三岔河口 (under 10 km), Guangdong Guild Hall (Tianjin Museum of Theatre) 天津广东会馆 (under 10 km), Tianhou Palace (Tianjin Mazu Temple) 天后宫 (under 10 km), Tianjin Eye 天津之眼 (under 10 km), Ancient Culture Street (Guwenhua Jie) 古文化街 (under 10 km), Our Lady of Victory Church (Wanghailou) 望海楼教堂 (under 10 km).
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