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The Western Kai Church is also known as the French Church. It is located in the old west of the original wall outside the Dushan Road, Binjiang Road, Heping District, Tianjin, which is next to the intersection of Yingkou Road, Xining Road. It includes the Catholic Church and the Cathedral, built in 1914 and 1917, respectively, for the French Catholic Church. The cathedral is built in French Romanesque style, 45 meters high, with a construction area of 1585 square meters, with a long cross-shaped plane, three towers towering on the front and rear, and a "pin" type. The building is made of yellow and red brick, with green round belly-shaped spires. The church is a three-way corridor, with painted murals on the interior walls and gorgeous decoration. The Xikai Church is the largest in Tianjin Church. It has been renovated and opened to the outside world.

Xikai Church is located in Tianjin Heping District Binjiang Road Dushan Road, southwest to the northeast, full name of the Catholic Xikai General Hall, and later because of its area also known as the Western Kai Church and the Old Western Kai Church. The Western Kai Church was built in the Republic of China for five years (1916 AD) by French missionary Du Bois (Paul-Marie Dumond, 1864~1944); the construction area is 1891.95 square meters, can accommodate 1,500 people at the same time, and the plane is cross-shaped. Tianjin Xikai Church building plane is a Latin "ten" shape composition, three giant domes up to 45 meters are arranged in "product" shape, three domes are slightly elongated upward, the surface is covered with green copper, the giant domes are supported by wooden structures, each dome has a bronze cross. Xikai Church is a historical building of Tianjin cultural relics protection unit and special protection class; Xikai Church is the largest Romanesque building in Tianjin and the cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Tianjin (Xikai Church is the bishop's palace, but there is no bishop.).

Xikai Church is located in Tianjin Heping District Binjiang Road Dushan Road, southwest to the northeast, full name of the Catholic Xikai General Hall, and later because of its area also known as the Western Kai Church and the Old Western Kai Church. The Western Kai Church was built in the Republic of China for five years (1916 AD) by French missionary Du Bois (Paul-Marie Dumond, 1864~1944); the construction area is 1891.95 square meters, can accommodate 1,500 people at the same time, and the plane is cross-shaped. Tianjin Xikai Church building plane is a Latin "ten" shape composition, three giant domes up to 45 meters are arranged in "product" shape, three domes are slightly elongated upward, the surface is covered with green copper, the giant domes are supported by wooden structures, each dome has a bronze cross. Xikai Church is a historical building of Tianjin cultural relics protection unit and special protection class; Xikai Church is the largest Romanesque building in Tianjin and the cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Tianjin (Xikai Church is the bishop's palace, but there is no bishop.).

Xikai Church is located on the Dushan Road, Binjiang Road, Heping District, Tianjin, and sits in the southwest and northeast. Xikai Church is a historical building of Tianjin cultural relics protection units and special protection grades. Xikai Church is the largest Roman-style building in Tianjin, and is also the cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Tianjin.

Tianjin's famous Internet celebrity punching place, the downtown area, you can see the spire of the church from a distance, the century-old building, now well preserved, still still in use, when I went to the afternoon, there was no worship activity, but there were a lot of tourists, there were volunteers in serious guidance, remind tourists! The church hall is magnificent, with towering stained glass windows, large paintings depicting biblical stories, beautiful crystal chandeliers, neatly arranged seats