Tianjin Tianjin short, the emperor intended to tide over the place, alias Jingu, Tianjin, and so on.
Tianjin started in the Sui Dynasty and the opening of the Grand Canal. Canal in the South and the North Canal intersection, now the mouth of the steel bridge Sancha, Shicheng "three will Haikou," Tianjin is the birthplace of the earliest. After the mid-Tang, Tianjin, a South grain, silk north of the land and sea transport terminals. Zhigu located in the Jin Dynasty "Zhigu Village", established the Yuan Dynasty "sea-town", a military stronghold and Caojing grain trans-shipment centre.
Wing Lok from the Ming Dynasty, 2002, the year 1404 to 2004, Tianjin had 600 anniversary of the founding of the city.
Ming Jian, 2002 (1400), Zhudilvbing the Zhigu cross the river south to seize political power, in 1403 Gaiyuan Wing-lok, Tianjin, the name appeared in the early years of Wing-lok. Tianjin as a military heavily on Wing-lok, 2002 (1404) formally established health, and the following year Zuowei located in Tianjin, and in addition to the Tianjin Youwei. - Shunzhi 2009 (1652), three-unity, merging in Tianjin Wei.
1860, Tianjin was turned into Tongshangkouan, Western powers have set up concession in Tianjin, north China's Tianjin to become the forefront of opening up and Modern China "Westernization" of the movement base. Tianjin from the beginning of military modernization, and the railway, telegraph, telephone, postal services, mining, modern education, justice and other aspects of construction, both of the opening of the precedent, then Tianjin become China's second largest industrial and commercial city and the North's largest financial and commercial centre.
1949 founding of new China, and Tianjin municipalities, as the economic construction and social undertakings development, further consolidation of China's important comprehensive industrial base and business centre. Since reform and opening up, Tianjin port continuously enhance advantages, further expand exchanges with the outside world. In the new century, Tianjin people are with full enthusiasm and high morale, the courage to open up,and strive to build Tianjin into a modern international port city in north China and an important economic center.
