Tianhou Palace

Tianjin Ancient Cultural Street is located in the Nankai District of the Tianjin Municipality in China. It begins at Gongbei Avenue in the north and ends at Gongnan Avenue in the south (0.36 miles long and 16 feet wide). As the geographical center of Tianjin Ancient Cultural Street, Tianhou Palace is a very significant place to visit. From 2010 Chinese New Year, Tianhou Palace in Tianjin was free for all visitors. It is good that free entry has attracted many more visitors. Tianhou Palace was originally built in Yuan Dynasty and its main function was a place to offer sacrifices to the Tianhou goddess (Mazu). At that time the whole layout and landscape design was according Daoist culture. Tianhou Palace was renovated in 2010 with a focus on architecture. Therefore the landscape settings are not of as good quality as the architecture. I have several suggestions: (1) The courtyard needs more space for meditation . The whole place is very crowded and this influences its character. I think nobody wants it to become a market space. (2) The softscape needs more consideration. For example, Chinese planting design is very significant in creating an ‘artistic conception’ (意境)  (3) The burning of incense should be limited. Burning incense is a kind of offering, expressing gratitude to Mazu. But the sellers always encourage visitors to buy ‘Gao Xiang’, which is about 0.8 feet long. We can see how smoky is, according to the picture above.

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