Haihe River

The tower was built in the Ming Dynasty, but was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. It was rebuilt in 2001, and now houses a bell instead of drums. The tower is home to varying exhibitions.

The world's second largest Ferris wheel and the only Ferris wheel built on a bridge in the world. The Tianjin Eye has a diameter of 110 m and 48 transparent gondolas with 360º views. Ideal for seeing the surrounding scenery at a glance. One round requires 28 minutes. On the highest point, it is possible to see the scenery within a radius of 40 km.

The eighth tallest freestanding tower in the world. But this one might be one of the most spectacular as it is surrounded by water.

This Buddhist monastery was built in the Ming Dynasty, but has been heavily rebuilt and renovated since and now consists of the West Monastery from 1669 and the East Monastery from 1940. It is the largest and oldest in town, covering 10,600 m² (114,000 ft²). The temple houses the Tianjin Buddhist Institute and exhibits many ancient statues. The old West monastery consists of three great halls in the west yard. Construction of the old monastery started at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, and it was renovated in the eighth ruling year of Kangxi Emperor in the Qing Dynasty. The east yard features in the new monastery. The statue of Sakyamuni oblated in the Daxiong Palace from the east yard was created in the Ming Dynasty. The Sakyamuni Statue is 7 meters high, weighs 6 tons, and has 9,999 small Buddhas carved on the lotus throne. Inside the Great Compassion hall, a 3.6-meter-high mud statue of Thousand-hand Kwan-yin is oblate. The monastery was once famous for holding a skull relic of Xuanzang, but it was taken to Nalanda - allegedly by the Dalai Lama - and presented to India in 1956. The relic is now in the Patna museum. Since then, the Great Compassion monastery takes the image of Xuanzang Master instead of the spirit bones for the worship of the Buddhist. There are memorials for Xuanzang Master and Hongyi Master in the east yard, while the west yard is an office for the Cultural Relic Palace, Abbot Palace and Chinese Buddhism Association Tianjin Branch. In the Cultural Relic Palace of the west yard, there many collections from every dynasty since the Wei and Jin periods, including hundreds of Buddha statues made of various materials, from bronze, iron, and stone to wood. Vegetarian food: Dabei Great Monastery is the only monastery in Tianjin providing vegetarian food, which is good news for vegetarian visitors. Food made by the famous Tianjin Dabei Buddhist Monastery Vegetarian Food Corporation is served in the monastery. It includes Longevity Perch present basket, soybean vegetarian, multi-vitamins-calcium noodles, deepfreeze eight precious vegetarian steamed-buns and vegetarian dumplings, etc.

Early Qing Dynasty temple with a hall to honour Confucius and other halls for prayers.

Built in 1644 and constructed with wood in traditional Chinese style. The mosque is still in use by the Tianjin Muslim community. Access for tourists and non-Muslims to the interior is restricted. The mosque should not be confused with the more modern Hongqiao Mosque that lies just a little further up the road.