Dahutong Commercial District

The original Guyi Street, with a total length of more than 700 meters, is located on Guyi Street out[...]

The original Guyi Street, with a total length of more than 700 meters, is located on Guyi Street outside the nine gates of Tianjin. It is an early commercial street market in Tianjin. Many second-hand clothing industries gathered in this area, such as Chengtai Second-hand Clothing Store and Wensheng Second-hand Clothing Store. At the same time, there are many ready-made clothing stores of various sizes that tailor clothes.

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Therefore, some people from other places come to Tianjin and specifically come here to buy new and old clothes. In the 1920s, the development of Guyi Street reached its peak and became a ‘silver nest’. Silk, woolen, satin, and fur industries successively entered Guyi Street and soon became the mainstream. At that time, there were 12 famous large silk and satin stores in Tianjin, and there were 8 of them on Guyi Street only.

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‘In Tianjin, there are merchants. Guyi Street is so prosperous.’ This is the scene at that time. Now, from the original Guyi Street, it has gradually developed into the Dahutong commercial district, forming a very important commodity distribution center in the north. It reproduces the commercial style of Guyi Street, a historical and famous street, and constructs a development framework of ‘a city within a city and a market within a market’.

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Today’s Guyi Street and Dahutong have evolved into a comprehensive commercial area integrating shopping, tourism, leisure, business and other multiple functions.

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