Beijing Zoo is located near the Astronomical Laboratory and Exhibition Center in Beijing, near Hsizhimen. This park is very similar to an ordinary garden, but among the ferns, shrubs, green meadows and picturesque ponds are hiding a rare flora and fauna.

Beijing Zoo more than a hundred years, it was opened in 1908 under the name of "Garden of 1000 animals." During the reign of the imperial Qin Dynasty, the zoo complex was renamed and became known as the "House of Prince". The base of the Republic of China reflected in the Beijing Zoo in the form of the next rename "the western edge of the Park." Last time the sign changed its name in 1955 and became read "Beijing Zoo".

The total area of ​​buildings - 50,000 square meters. meters, which contains more than 7,000 animals, of which were brought to Beijing from all over the world. In cages, cells, cabins and sites inhabited by tigers, rhinos, lions, elephants, crocodiles and pythons, giraffes, zebras and kangaroos and many others. Also, the zoo has an unusual short-nosed golden monkey, Tibetan yak and Belogub doe.

The zoo is divided into several sections: Monkey Hill, Hill Lions and Tigers, Giant Panda House, Aviary Giraffe, Lake waterfowl, Bear Mountain, the African Zone, etc. The two-storey, purpose-built enclosure designed for reptiles and amphibians, tourists and visitors can see the snakes, pythons, turtles and alligators.

In the north-eastern part of the zoo is the aquarium - the biggest in China. Its area - a little less than 35,000 square meters. meters. The building is shaped like a giant seashell, and the inside - a huge maze.

Inside the aquarium is divided into four zones: tropical plants hall, lounge sharks, oceanic and oceanic Library Theatre. In the hall of the tropics presented vivid tropical fish. In the hall of sharks - the main sea predators. Library and reading room provide ideas about marine life and the ocean in the theater, you can see performances of dolphins, seals and sea lions.