Yangliuqing


Yangliuqing Town is a market town in Xiqing District, in the western suburbs of Tianjin, People's Republic of China. Despite its relatively small size, it has been named since 2006 in the "famous historical and cultural market towns in China".
It is best known in China for creating nianhua or Yangliuqing nianhua. For more than 400 years, Yangliuqing has in effect specialised in the creation of these woodcuts for the New Year. wood block prints using vivid colourschemes to portray traditional scenes of children's games often interwoven with auspiciouse objects.
, it had a total population of 118,291.

Geography

Yangliuqing Town is located at the northwestern corner of Xiqing District. It borders Shangkou and Qingguang Towns in the north, Xiyingmen Subdistrict and Zhongbei Town in the east, Zhangjiawo and Xinkou Towns in the south, and Wangqingtuo Town in the west. Ziya and Zhongqing Rivers flows through the middle of the town. China [National Highway 112|National Highway 112] and 104 both passes through the town.

Administrative divisions

In the year 2022, Yangqiuling has a total of 45 subdivisions, including 20 residential communities and 25 villages. They are listed in the table below:
Subdivision namesName transliterationsType
宁福苑Ningfu YuanCommunity
柳苑里Liuyuan LiCommunity
轻机厂Qingji ChangCommunity
三经路Sanjing LuCommunity
西河闸Xi HezhaCommunity
碧泉花园Biquan HuayuanCommunity
广汇园Guanghui YuanCommunity
青水家园Qingshui JiayuanCommunity
锦秀花园Jinxiu JiayuanCommunity
世纪新苑Shiji XinyuanCommunity
柳溪苑Liuxi YuanCommunity
英伦名苑Yinglun MingyuanCommunity
莱茵小镇Laiyin XiaozhenCommunity
柳轩苑Liuxuan YuanCommunity
美庭苑Meiting YuanCommunity
御河墅Yuhe ShuCommunity
明月花苑Mingyue HuayuanCommunity
天津农学院Tianjin NongxueyuanCommunity
天津理工中环信息学院Tianjin Ligong Zhonghuan Xinxi XueyuanCommunity
天津劳动经济技术学校Tianjin Laodong Jingji Jishu XueyuanCommunity
一街Yi JieVillage
二街Er JieVillage
三街San JieVillage
四街Si JieVillage
五街Wu JieVillage
六街Liu JieVillage
七街Qi JieVillage
八街Ba JieVillage
九街Jiu JieVillage
十街Shi JieVillage
十一街Shiyi JieVillage
十二街Shi'er JieVillage
十三街Shisan JieVillage
十四街Shisi JieVillage
十五街Shiwu JieVillage
十六街Shiliu JieVillage
白滩寺Baitang SiVillage
大柳滩Daliu TanVillage
隐贤村Yingxian CunVillage
东桑园Dong SangyuanVillage
前桑园Qian SangyuanVillage
后桑园Hou SangyuanVillage
东碾坨嘴Dong NiantuozuiVillage
西碾坨嘴Xi NiantuozuiVillage
娄家院Loujia YuanVillage

Shi Family Grand Courtyard

Shi Family Grand Courtyard is a folk custom museum and the former residence of wealthy merchant Shi Yuanshi. It was first constructed in 1875, and following an expansion in 2003, the courtyard received the title of "First Mansion in Northern China" with an area of 10,000 square kilometers. The courtyard currently hosts folk art pieces such as Yangliuqing New Year Pictures and brick sculptures.