Tianjin’s History

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In ancient time，this place was sea，but the Yellow River flooded Tianjin three times and created a plain by the sand it carried.Today，seashells of ancient times can still be found here.The name Tianjin was first used in the first year of Yongle Reign in Ming Dynasty，meaning“Emperor’s ford”.In the second year of YongleReign（1404），Tianjin became a walled garrison to safeguard Beijing.In 1860，Tianjin was opened as a trading port，becoming a major commercial city second only to Shanghai and the biggest financial center in north China.After the funding of People’s Republic of China，Tianjin was made a municipality.When Reform and Openingup policy was carried out，Tianjin was among the first batch of cities appointed by central government as opening up coastal cities.

Historical Resorts

There are 37 state-level and city-level carefully reserved historical resorts.

Dule Monastery，a wood-structure temple built 1000 years ago，still lies in Jixin county.The Huangya Pass Great Wall in Panshan Mountain of Jixian County，meanders along mountains over 41 kilometers.Panshan mountain is considered the mostbeautiful mountain in east of Beijing.Other relics include Tianhou Temple，Confucius Temple，Dabeiyuan Monastery，Guangdong Guild Hall，etc.Tianjin is also“Expo of world architecture”，for in Tianjin you can find buildings of various styles telling many bygone stories.

Geographical Situation

The whole city covers an area of 11919 square kilometers.It is 189 kilometers from north to south and 117 kilometers from east to west.City administrated area is 4334 square kilometers while 7585 square kilometers are under attached country administration.The land area in Tianjin is 8772.30 square kilometers while water covers about 3147.40 square kilometers.The circumference of the frontier is about 900 kilometers with 152.8 kilometers of coastal line and 700 kilometers of landline.

Tianjin is in the semi-humid warm and temperate continental monsoon climatic region with very distinctive differences in temperature in four seasons.The annual precipitation is some 600mm while annual temperature average stays at 12.3℃.The frost-free days in Tianjin amounts 200 days.75%of precipitation is focused in June，July and August.The duration of sunshine in Tianjin is quite long with very strong sun radiation.

Natural Resources

As far as natural resources are concerned，Tianjin has very rich reserves of petroleum and natural gas in Bohai and Dagang.Annual output of crude oil can reach 10million ton while that of gas is 900 million cubic meters.It is also verified that the reserve coal is over 300 million tons.Other minerals include Manganese.

gold，copper，Tungsten，etc，most of which are of extraction value.The 150 kilometer of coasts line enables us to produce 2.38 million tons of crude salt about 1/10 of the overall production in China.Subterranean heat resources are also very rich in Tianjin.The temperature of water ranges from 30℃ to 90℃.Besides.

there are over 200 square kilometers of waste land with good transportation and low development cost，which will fuel up the development of the city in the future.