Located at Tianjin old city drumtower south (in ancient civilization street) the Guangdong clubhouse is Tianjin preserves until now is most complete, the scale greatest Qing Dynasty clubhouse construction. It both has manifested our country Lingnan's architectural style, the difficulty which and condenses is living abroad in the Cantonese who Tianjin city starts an undertaking. about 300 years ago, the Guangdong merchants with Fujian, Chaozhou's merchants form the merchant fleet to do business to Tianjin. Their merchant, the ship hair oil becomes red, above picture has the big eye chicken, is called as “the big eye chicken ship”. Every year spring, when the monsoon blows time, their then full and complete cargo, enormous and powerful, the coast goes north, enters Tianjin along Haihe river. In the course of time, these merchants formed have constructed help (the Fujian gang), the tide to help with the Guangdong Group 3 big cliques, to do business, the reunion to be convenient, they gathered capital to construct “the Fujian and Guangdong clubhouse”, 3 groups of years on duty managed the clubhouse in turn.

The Daoguang last years, are catching up with the Guangdong Group year on duty, because a person handling it has a deficit the government money to create the contradiction, constructs helps, the moist gang to reject the Guangdong Group year on duty, and cannot the Guangdong Group examination account, Guangdong Group fall into the Fujian and Guangdong clubhouse the region which repels. Guang Xu last years, Tianjin Customs Cantonese Tang Shaoyi, to develop consolidates the Guangdong Group influence, proposed that gathers capital to construct own clubhouse, and takes the lead to contribute the silver 4200. This proposal receives the Guangdong Group merchant's warm response, in the very short time gathers capital more than 90,000 two silvers, drumtower South purchased the original salt commissioner bureau former site land in the Tianjin city to start to construct the new clubhouse. Guangxu 33 (in 1907) on January 14 the new clubhouse was completed, names the Guangdong clubhouse. The clubhouse looks like a big central courtyard, the bricks and tiles lumber mostly purchases from Guangdong, the front gate is vast, the arhat gable stands tall and erect, the main hall veranda mansion, the interior trim is magnificent, has the Lingnan characteristic very much. Around the clubhouse has also constructed the shop room, housing more than 300, and the surface has constructed “south the garden” southeast the clubhouse, grows flowers plants trees, to set up the medical pharmacy, rests for the Guangdong fellow villagers recuperates. In the past south in the garden had the peach blossom forest, the vineyard, the scenery is very exquisite.

The stage platform is the Tianjin Guangdong clubhouse main construction, front has is hanging “range Bohai Sea to harden” the great plaque's broad central courtyard, passes through the avenue, is one may hold 7, 800 person of wood construction indoor theaters, in the building the auditorium is the theater box, the downstairs is the individual seat. The stage platform stage deep 10 meters, the width 11 meters, the crown is the screw type caisson ceiling which becomes with the thin timber component joggled joint, carves decorative patterns the craft to be fine, the acoustics are good. The onstage frowns by the open work technique engraves the lion to roll the embroidered ball design, two jiao carve the lotus desire in bud to put the shape to hang the style, the stage mount huge "Day Official To bestow Luck" directly the woodcarving, the day official, the young lad, the apes and monkeys, the pine and cypress, the cloud are mad vividly with 4 jiao bats, the constitution, the coordinated picture. The stage platform windows and doors also vulture has traditional decorative designs in a utensil and so on lion, phoenix, peony.

On this north rare stage platform, in 1911 has performed the revolutionary new opera. on August 24, 1912, north the alliance association the branch once invited Mr. Sun Yat-Sen in this lecture. when “54”, here holds the populace to assemble or the performance frequently, renowned performing artist Mei Lanfang, Yang Xiaolou et al. once performed on this stage platform. in 1925. Communist An Xingsheng sets up the Tianjin General labor union, also take the Guangdong clubhouse as the conference site. When Tianjin falls to the enemy, the clubhouse once became the Japanese invading army launch the police officer teacher institute. Now, after repairs the Guangdong clubhouse has become understands and appreciates our country dramatic art and demonstrates the Chinese play culture the window. on June 25, 2001, the Tianjin Guangdong clubhouse constructed as the Qing Dynasty, has been authorized by the State Council to include the fifth batch of nation key Cultural relic preservation organ name list.

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