Tianjin cuisine is a local cuisine with Tianjin flavor. After hundreds of years of development, it has gradually improved into a complete system covering Chinese food, Muslim food, vegetarian food, local specialties in hometown and folk snacks.
Tianjin is a place where many Quyi originated, prospered and developed. Among them, folk art forms such as Tianjin Shidiao, Tianjin Allegro, JD.COM Drum, Jingyun Drum, Iron Drum and Allegro were formed in Tianjin. Beijing Opera, Hebei Bangzi, Crosstalk, Pingju, Pingtan, Tanxian, Meihua Drum and Xihe Drum are flourishing in Tianjin. Crosstalk and Beijing Opera are important representatives of Tianjin Quyi.
Tianjin crosstalk began in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. At that time, in the old city of Tianjin, two "bright spots" began to appear for artists to perform. Famous crosstalk performers include Ma, Hou, Chang, Ma Ji, Feng Gong, Niu Niu, Yu Qian and so on.
Drama is the most prominent representative of the collision and blending of Chinese and western cultures in Tianjin. As early as 190 1, educator Zhang Boling began to advocate drama, and his younger brother Zhang was the first early drama activist and director to study modern drama abroad and introduce western realistic drama to China. 1906, Li Shutong and his classmate Zeng Xiaogu set up an amateur drama group "Spring Willow Club" in Tianjin, and premiered La Traviata, the first drama of China. The drama Thunderstorm created by Tianjin playwright Cao Yu is set in Tianjin during the Republic of China. In addition, Jiao Juyin, Yu Shizhi, Lin Zhaohua, Xie Tian and other famous dramatists have all appeared in Tianjin.
In 1930s, violinist Yasha Hafiz, Fritz Kreisler, pianist Rachmaninov and many other world-class classical musicians came to Tianjin to perform successively. Li Shutong was a pioneer in spreading western music to China. His lyrics "Farewell Song" was widely sung as the school song of a new school in the early years of the Republic of China and became a classic in the history of China music.
Tianjin literature is a collection of "Tianjin literature" and "Weifang literature". In a certain historical stage, Tianjin's regional cultural characteristics are presented intermittently, such as the appearance of "Tianjin novels", but from a longer historical perspective, the regionality and inheritance of "Tianjin literature" are not so obvious. * * * In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, writers, poets and dramatists in the liberated areas dominated Tianjin's literary world, and they themselves became the main body of Tianjin's literary world. For example, Sun Li's The Story of the Storm and The Collection of Guinness were born during this period. Feng Jicai, a Tianjin writer, is a representative of Tianjin literature. He has created many novels and essays, and many articles such as "Mountain Picker" and "Pearl Bird" have been selected into teaching materials.
Tianjin painting has a long history. During the Kangxi period, Tianjin painting circle was an important territory of orthodox painting style. Hua Shikui, Meng Guanghui, Yan Xiu and Zhao Yuanli were four famous calligraphers in Tianjin in the early days. And, Sun Qifeng,,,, Essien Choro,, and Mu are also called the eight masters of painting and calligraphy in Tianjin dialect, while Li Shutong, the master of Hongyi, is also good at painting and calligraphy. Contemporary painters include He Jiaying, Huo Chunyang and Wu Yuyang.
The four major folk arts in Tianjin are: clay figurine Zhang Caisu, Yangliuqing New Year pictures, kites and brick carvings.