Foreigners hail historical exhibits at Tianjin museums

Foreign experts, entrepreneurs and students in Tianjin hailed the exhibitions at the Tianjin Museum and the memorial to Zhou Enlai (1898-1976) and his wife, Deng Yingchao (1904-92) on Monday. The couple were early promoters of Marxism and great revolutionaries before the founding of new China.

The visitors had joined a tour organized by the Tianjin municipal Publicity Department, together with the municipal Education Commission, Bureau of Science and Technology and the Bureau of Commerce.

The museum launched an exhibition on June 18 titled Red Memory: Tianjin Revolutionary Cultural Relics. The memorial to Zhou and Deng had undergone a major face lift in the first half of this year in gearing up for the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.

Through more than 1,000 exhibits of cultural and historical relics, historical documents, pictures and videos, the exhibition displayed the revolutionary history of the CPC and Tianjin as a heroic city.

The memorial to the couple also exhibited many rare photos and documents for visitors for the first time since the renovation.

The exhibits include Zhou's and Deng's efforts to spread Marxism in Tianjin. Zhou used to study in Tianjin and became the first premier after the founding of new China.