Tianhou Palace, Tianjin 天津天后宫

Location: China, Tianjin, Nankai District Google Maps Amap
Part of: Stamps: The Grand Canal, National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit
Nearby: Tianjin ↓︎6km, Tianjin Natural History Museum ↓︎7km, Yangliuqing Town, Tianjin ←︎15km, Tangshan ↗︎101km, Dule Temple ↑︎102km, The Temple of Heaven, Beijing ↖︎106km, Mount Pan ↑︎107km, Baiyangdian Lake ←︎108km, Beijing ↖︎108km, Beijing Central Axis: A Building Ensemble Exhibiting the Ideal Order of the Chinese Capital ↖︎109km

The Tianhou Palace on Ancient Culture Street in Nankai, near the Sancha River mouth of the Hai River, was founded under the Yuan to honour Mazu, goddess of the sea, and is one of the oldest building groups in Tianjin. Grain shipped by sea and by canal gathered at Tianjin, and boatmen came here to pray for safe passage; a local saying has it that the temple came first and the city of Tianjin after.