Beijing and Shanghai, as two of the world’s most famous cities with two distinct style attract the people throughout the world. In Beijing, the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, Hutong, Peking Opera, roast duck etc make you feel a strong cultural atmosphere here; but if you want to know China’s rapid development, the recent outcome of Shanghai’s science and technology, information technology, trade, financial will make you feel an international cultural exchange and integration in the bustling city.
Originally a Ming Dynasty imperial manor, in the late Qing Dyansty it became an experimental farm with a small menagerie, called Garden of 10,000 Beats, for Empress Dogwager’s amusement. Today, visitors wander over Beijing Zoo’s Monkey Hill, through the Panda Hall, past Lion and Tiger Hill and into the Elephant House. In its 90,000-sq-m area are over 30 halls for 20,000animals of more than 900 species from all over the world. Exhibitions of endangered species such as Giant Panda and Golden Monkey are often on display, providing basic knowledge and awareness of the dangers facing the world’s animals.
Address: No. 173, Xizhimenwai Dajie, Xicheng District
Open time: 7:30 am – 6 pm (summer); 7:30 am – 5 pm (winter)
Ticket: RMB 15 (summer), RMB 10 (winter)
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