Writes of Passage

China, Tianjin, Hedong, Dongxing Rd
天津市河东区小孙庄富贵里 26 (baike)

This temple was built in 1923, beside the Zhou Ancestral Hall 周公祠, after the passing of Zhou Fu in 1921.

Heping District 和平区

Tianjin government has designated Five Great Avenues – a few roads in Heping (Peace) district as historical destination. It’s in the former British concession, with many grand homes ^{zh wiki}. I lived on one of them. In fact, there are six streets:

1. Machang Dao 马场道 ^原马厂道
2. Munan Dao睦南道 ^原香港道
3. Dali Dao大理道 ^{原新加坡道}
4. Changde Dao 常德道 ^{原科伦坡道}
5. Chongqing Dao 重庆道 ^{河北路以东原为剑桥道, 以西为爱丁堡道}
6. Chengdu Dao 成都道 ^原伦敦道

On this trip I only went to Zhou Mingtai (周明泰 zh wiki) not Zhou Shutao (周叔弢 @ 睦南道129号; zh wiki).

Hebei Lu 277 河北路

“Keep walking” a minder told us as we walked by the shooting spot where a tv or movie was being made.

We took the carriage, circling the wudadao, the five big streets.

Munan Dao and Changde Dao

Machangdao 马场道

We spend a day in Tianjin on this trip.

Or 河北工业大学 @ Xiping Road No. 5340, Beichen District, Tianjin, 300130,P.R.China
天津市北辰区西平道 5340 号, 邮编:300401. zh wiki

This school was established in 1903 by Zhou Xuexi 周学熙, as Beiyang Technology School 北洋工艺学堂.

The exhibit

Dad wanted to see his former school Yaohua (wiki).  Right before we left, he suddenly announced that he would like to see his second sister at breakfast. I was surprised. I had asked many times as where and whom he’d like to go and see so I could plan. I have no contact with 2nd Aunt so where did we start?

The cost of gas in Beijing, 92 octane is

It’s only May but the hot spots – the tourist traps are already crowded to a point as too gaudy and tiring, reducing the enjoyment. Which makes the off beaten track so much more appealing. But the hot-spots are no brainers and the off beaten tracks need a little digging to find and to plan: they even out in the end?

23kg in one pc of luggage is the limit for Lufthansa at Frankfurt airport, but 24kg is tolerable. I have exactly 23kg but after shopping at the supermarket with 2 bottle of wines and sausage it’s bit over weight. I’d to take the green shoes and the Coach bag out.

Carry on bag checkers are really work hard at looking at our belongings. The macarons are problematic and already broken up in small pieces. Really dumb of me to even bought this.

The passengers on the flight are predominately Chinese. They quietly lined up at Gate 54 which is next to 52 – our indicated gate. The Lufthansa females agents were laughing at it. But in the end we indeed gone through Gate 54 instead 52. Not sure it’s for the ease or they intended that way.

The airplane is noisy, the Chinese tourists are all speaking at the same time. Obviously they all knew each other. Few are talking about drinking together. The overhead cabinets are loaded up to the max. A few costumers came bit late had trouble to fit theirs in.

It’s cute to see Chinese pickled veggies on the airplane that is heading back to China. They’ve loaded up their favored snakes for the trip and have those many leftovers. Don’t they want to try the local cuisines?!

The massive Chinese seems to buy buy buy and buy, everywhere. A boy in his late 20s or early 30s sitiing next to me, offered me a small bag of pickled veggie 榨菜.
“Where did you get those?” I wondered. Hoping he did not bring those from China.
“From China.”
Gosh, he carried those snakes and local delicacies around the globe.
“Are you a tourist?” I asked him.
“Yes.”
“How long was your trip?”
“Ten days.”
“Where did you go?”
“I don’t remember.” He looked vacant.
“What did you do?”
“Buy .. watches and (hand?) bags ..”

When we landed in Beijing, he called his parents to report safe return, and went on to say, he’d catch a train to Tianjin and that his sister would pick him up.

Tianjin‘s streets

Tianjin‘s Long Lasting Morality Road

7 Tai’an Rd, Heping, 和平区泰安道7号
Tianjin, China

The full name is Kailan Mining Administration Building ^{开滦矿务局大楼}, short for KMA as seen on this brick, which is from Mr. Huang Zhiqiang’s collection.

In 2018, the site is filled with wedding groups.
The Kailuan Group in Tangshan in 2019.

Ctrip 景点介绍

开滦矿务局曾是我国最大的洗精煤生产基地，建于1878年(清光绪四年), 也是我国最早使用机器开采的煤矿. 矿务局大楼建于1919-1921年, 由英国工程师设计并建造, 建筑风格为希腊古典复兴式. 矿务局大楼坐南朝北, 为三层混合结构, 平面呈矩形, 总建筑面积9000多平方米. 外檐立面一、二层, 是用高10米的14根爱奥尼克式巨柱支撑的空廊, 空廊两端略突出, 墙面转角作壁柱装饰. 主房间内设有木制古典壁柱, 并装有古典式壁炉. 门前设有坡道, 台阶两侧筑有水磨石古典式花盆四座. 整个建筑外形庄严肃穆, 内部装修华丽, 现为中共天津市委所在地。

Wiki. The narrow street is quiet but difficult to take a good picture of the entire building.