Tianjin City
天津卫
Tianjin as a military stronghold of ancient Beijing gradually grew into a city through history from the Sui Dynasty on,
天津作为古代北京的一个军事据点，逐渐发展成为一个城市，在历史中从隋朝大运河的修建开始，
when the Great Cannel was built, to the prime time of the Tang Dynasty when Tianjin became a hub of communications for rice and cloth.
到唐中叶，天津成为粮和绸的交易枢纽。
In the Tongzhi Reign of the Qing Dynasty, the governor of Beijing and Tianjin cities and minister of Northern China were both stationed in Tianjin.
在清同治统治时期,北京和天津城市的管理者和中国北方大臣都驻扎在天津。

Tianjin became the center of modernization campaign of Northern China and the base for developing capitalist industries.
天津成为中国北方的现代化运动的中心和发展资本主义的基础。