What streets, bridges and buildings are named after people in Tianjin?

Zhongshan Road, Zhongshan Park, Zhang Zizhong Road. But what truly reflects the local characteristics of Tianjin are the place names such as Niegongqiao, Yanhunlin Hutong and Shaogongzhuang.

Niegong Bridge in Balitai, Nankai District was the place where Nie Shicheng, the governor of Zhili, fought against Eight-Nation Alliance's dead in 1900. Yan Hanlin Hutong near Wenchanggong Street in Hongqiao District was built in 1924, named after Yan Xiu (word), the founder and famous educator of Nankai University, edited by Hanlin Academy in the late Qing Dynasty. The legend of Shaogong Village in Hongqiao District is that a eunuch named Shao was rewarded by the emperor in the early Qing Dynasty, so it was named Shaogong Village.

Chun-Li Ancestral Temple, Bai Causeway Road, Nankai District, 19 13 was bought in Beijing by Chun-Li, Governor of Liangjiang River, and was demolished and transported to Tianjin. Built in 1923, commonly known as Chun-Li Ancestral Temple. Bohai Building on Heping Road was invested and built by Gaoxing Bridge, a comprador of German foreign firm, on 1933. After its completion, it was managed by its son Gao Bohai, hence the name "Bohai Building". The famous western restaurant "Cheshilin" in Xiaobailou was built in 19 1 1 and was founded by Cheshilin in Germany, hence its name.

Celebrity effect is also typical in alley naming. For example, in the old days, there was a "Zhuangyuan Building" in Ligongci Street, Hebei Province, which was built by Liu Chunlin, the champion of the late Qing Dynasty. There is a "Xie Yuan Li" in Erdao Street in the city, the so-called "Xie Yuan", which is the first champion after having obtained the provincial examination in the old imperial examination. This alley, formerly known as "Crotch Hutong", is vulgar and boring, and residents are very helpless about it. In the first year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (1875), Zhang, who lives in Lane, took the imperial examination and won the first place in the provincial examination. Neighbors were very happy and set up an archway in the alley with the words "Xie Yuanli" written on it. So, the name of Hutong was changed successfully! There is a "Lin Hutong" on the north side of the middle section of Nanma Road. During the Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, the house was built into a lane, named after Lin Baoheng, an alternate Taoist priest who worked as a policeman in Zhili Governor's Office.

It is not uncommon for ordinary people's names to become street names in Tianjin place names, such as "Zhou Yongshun Hutong" in Ximenli, where Zhou sells sesame cakes; In Hutong in the southwest corner, Zhang is a poor scholar who teaches; As for the place names such as Noodles Hutong, Yin Hutong, Yang Hutong near Gulou, Maoliu Hutong near Nanma Road, Teahouse Liuhutong and Chawang Hutong, the named protagonists are just ordinary people.

Another example is Wang Chuntian Hutong on the east side of the south section of Zhaqiao South Road in Hongqiao District, Wang Hutong on the north side of Jieyuan Road, Wang Muzuo Hutong on the north side of the west section, Hutong near the west section of Sanguanmiao Street, Hutong on the east side of the north section of Dafeng Road, Zhao Xijiu Hutong on the north section of Shizi Street in Hebei District and Xiaohefang Hutong on the west side of Xima Road.