Historically, there is a saying of seventy-two sells in Tianjin. ‘As we come to Xunfang step by step, who builds a fishing platform outside Liuliu? The spring water is alive in the seventy-two gu, and the wild peaches are blooming in the sound of the afternoon scene. ’ The Qing Dynasty poet Cha Changye’s poem “Ji Scene” outlines the scenery of the northern country of Jiangnan with “Seventy-two Gugu, wide water, and a general flavor of Xiaojiangnan”.
Tianjin has the name of 72gu, but the number in the city is actually 21gu.
There are 21 Gu in the city, including Dingzi Gu, Xigu, and Donggu (Donggu is located in Yaowa. You can see the inscription on the Yuandi Temple in Yaowa in the Ming Dynasty that reads "Donggu Gang Village". Today, the Yuandi Temple has been renamed Pure Land. Courtyard), Sanchagu, Xiaozhigu, Dazhigu, Jiajiagu, Xingjiagu, Xianshuigu, Gegu, Yuangu, Caotougu, Taoyuangu, Pangu, Siligu, Dengshangu , Haojiagu, Dongnigu, Zhongnigu, Xinigu, Dago. This twenty-one Gu is named after Xilu River, which is also named Xigu River.
There is Dinggu with "the shape of the river is like a T";
There is Xugu with "If you want to know the depth of spring, you can only see if the flowers have bloomed";... .