Tiānjīn 天津
Other names include: Zhígū 直沽 (until 1404)
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Nearby Locations:
- Běijīng 北京
- Shěnyáng 瀋陽
- Jǐnán 濟南
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North China Region
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Geography Portal
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Tiānjīn 天津 is a port city in North China, close to Běijīng 北京. It was a site of several clashes between China and European powers, and an important treaty port.
Important Buddhist Sites
- The Tiānjīn Scriptural Press 天津刻經處 was located here from 1919 to 1937
Other Notes
- Hóngyī 弘一 was born here in 1880
- Wáng Xiāngliù 王驤陸 died here in 1958
- The publication Sino-Japanese Esotericism 中日密教 was published here in the mid 1930s
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