Beijing Zoo Attractions:Located at 137 Xizhimenwai Street in Beijing, adjacent to the Beijing Exhibition Center, Beijing Zoo is one of the largest and most varied zoos in Asia. It was formerly known as Wansheng Garden, which was built in 1908 and has a history of more than 90 years.
The park now covers an area of more than 90 hectares, with a water area of 48 hectares. A large number of animal venues in various styles and well-equipped facilities have been built one after another, integrating eastern and western garden art with the living environment of wild animals. Hundreds of species of animals from China and all over the world have settled here, and it receives more than 6 million visitors every year.
Opening hours:March 15 to April 30, 7:30 to 17:30; May 1 to September 30, 7:30 to 18:00; October 1 to November 14, 7:30 to 17:30; and November 15 to March 14, 7:30. You can also take the subway to Xizhimen and walk west for 15 minutes.
Tickets:High season (April-October) admission is 15 yuan (excluding Panda Pavilion tickets and circus shows), 20 yuan for a combined ticket (including the Panda Pavilion), and 5 yuan for Panda Pavilion tickets; low season (November to March) admission is 10 yuan, 15 yuan for a combined ticket, and 5 yuan for Panda Pavilion tickets. Students with valid ID enjoy a discount of 8 yuan in high season and 5 yuan in low season.
Beijing Zoo is the largest zoo in China, covering an area of 760,000 square meters. It currently exhibits more than 450 kinds of animals and more than 4,500 animals. There are more than 500 kinds of marine fish and marine life with more than 10,000 tails. It receives more than 6 million Chinese and foreign visitors every year. It is one of the largest zoos in China and a world-famous zoo.
The east side of the park is the small animal area. There are mink, otter and other fur animals. To the east is Monkey Mountain, where monkeys play. Not far ahead is an elephant room with Asian and African elephants, sometimes performing harmonica playing and dancing. To the north is Black and White Bear Mountain. At the foot of Black Bear Mountain, there is a Xu Bear. When it sees a visitor coming from above, it will stand up with the back of its eyes, bow and curtsy to the visitor and beg for food. It looks ridiculous. When a visitor throws food, it can catch it with its flexible and accurate mouth. The polar bear was raised at White Bear Mountain and had cubs a few years ago.
Westward through Wolf Mountain is the massive Lion and Tiger Mountain. In the iron fence in the hall below are Northeast tigers. South China tigers, Bengal tigers, African lions, cougars and leopards. , Standing around Lion and Tiger Hill on a nice day, some of them can be seen hanging out on the hill with their children and women.
Around the Songbird Pavilion and Waterfowl Lake, green willows flutter along the shores and islands, flowers of all colors bloom, danding cranes stroll on the sandy beaches, and white swans and mandarin ducks wander merrily in the turquoise waves. Especially at the Songbird Pavilion along the Hubei coast, geese, cranes, orioles, parrots and other birds of prey compete to sing, and a hundred birds chirp in unison in a pleasing manner.
The western half of the hippopotamus, rhinoceros, marine animals, reptiles, orangutans, and the northern part of the giraffe museum, elk park. Through collection and exchange, Beijing Zoo has many foreign rare animals, such as pumas, tigers, bison, longhorns, zebras, giraffes and frogs, as well as African elephants, white rhinoceros, black rhinoceros and hippopotamuses, and kangaroos, turkeys, black swans, flamingos, crocodiles, anacondas, elephants and chameleons.
There are many kinds of rare animals unique to China in the park, in addition to giant pandas and elk (commonly known as the four elephants), there are also white-headed langurs, golden monkeys, langur monkeys, honeybees, spotted golden cats, bison, wild camels, golden-haired forked-horned antelopes, white-lipped deer, vermilion _ and so on. Some of these animals have not been exhibited abroad so far.
The new panda house on the west side of the park is spacious and clean, with a small bamboo forest behind it. This is the pandas' favorite new home, where they can not only pass on their offspring, but also reproduce them through artificial insemination. The mother panda is holding her cub, knife-footed and deep in love, and tireless in her love.
In the southwest corner of the park, a small zoo was built especially for children, which has monkeys, dogs, sheep, deer, rabbits, pigeons, ponies, camels and so on. , making it easy for kids to feed themselves and their pets, and there's a bike to ride.
The former Beijing Zoo was the manor of the Ming Dynasty royal family. It was changed into a private garden for the royal family in the Qing Dynasty, and was changed into an agricultural test field, 'Ten Thousand Sacrificial Gardens' at the end of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, some animals were bought from Hamburg, Germany In 1908, it opened to the public. There were more than 700 animals at that time. Before the liberation, only a dozen kinds of birds were left here After repairing and replenishing, it reopened in 1950. Now it has developed into a comprehensive zoo, receiving more than 10 million visitors a year.