Tianjin: Experience Local Culture in the Ancient Culture Street

As one of the top 10 scenic attractions in Tianjin, Tianjian Ancient Culture Street is located in Nankai District. There are nearly one hundred stores along the street, which is also a gathering place for many time-honored folk handicraft shops in Tianjin. Besides folk handicrafts, tourists can also enjoy antique closely. In the Golden Autumn, let's visit folk handicraft shops along the street and experience local culture.

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As the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in Tianjin, "Zhang's Clay Figures" is created by Zhang Mingshan, a craftsman in Tianjin, in the mid-19th century. "Zhang's Clay Figures" are colorful and vivid, and it has a variety of themes including folk customs, legendary stories, Chinese stage operas or Chinese literature classics.

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Kite Wei is the kites made by Wei Yuantai, a renowned kite artist in Tianjin. He had developed many types of kites, including flat, bowed, three-dimensional, string and pocket-size ones. It is rich in national characteristics in coloring, and adopts the color-gradation technique used in the painting of ancient architectures and the contrasting tone of cold and warm, making it more suitable for high-altitude flying.

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Yang Liuqing New Year Pictures, originated in Yang Liuqing Town, in the western suburbs of Tianjin, is one of China's three famous folk New Year picture styles. Adopting the method of integrating block printing and hand-colored decoration, they are characterized by varied themes. With the approval of the State Council, it was listed in the first batch of National Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2006.