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Tianjin literally means the emperor's ford (天子的渡口) as i know.
- Yep, that's already in the article. -- [[User:Ran|ran (talk)]] 16:31, Aug 23, 2004 (UTC)
I am pretty sure 泥人常 is also based in Tianjin. He is on the same level of 泥人张 in terms of both fame and skills. I saw collections of the two masters' work in the Tianjin Art Museum 20 years ago.
[edit] Zhigu (直沽)
The sentence " Until 1404 Tianjin was called "Zhigu" (直沽), or "Straight Port". " is not 100% true. 1) There were (and still are) two places of inhabitants with the name 直沽. One is 大直沽 (Da Zhigu, Big Zhigu) which continues until to present day, and the other is 小直沽 (Xiao Zhigu, Small Zhigu) which is where present day 天后宫 (Tianhou Temple) is located. Note that there used to be a much bigger and older 天后宫 at Dazhigu. 2) In Yuan Dynasty Tianjin was called 海津 (Hai Jin, Sea Ford). 3) The Tianjin Old Town was built to the south of the places of inhabitants in 1404, which were along the Grand Canal, particularly the old 三岔口 (San Cha Kou, the Three Meeting Points) region to the north-east of Old Town.
Karolus
