Beijing Zoo

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Beijing Zoo
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Front gate
Beijing Zoo
39°56′19″N116°20′00″E / 39.93861°N 116.33333°E / 39.93861; 116.33333
Date opened19 July 1907
Location Xicheng District, Beijing, China
Land areaBeijing 89 ha (220 acres)
No. of animals14,500
No. of species950
Memberships Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens  [ zh ] (CAZG)
Website www.beijingzoo.com

Beijing Aquarium

The Beijing Aquarium is located within the zoological park, on the northern bank of the Chang River. Opened in 1999, the aquarium complex covers an area of 120,000 square meters, with 42,000 square meters of interior space. [9] It is the biggest aquarium in China with a large number of fish species and marine mammals. Visitors can watch shows performed by dolphins, belugas, and sea lions.

Location and access

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Giant Pandas in the Beijing Zoo
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Lion in the Beijing Zoo

The Beijing Zoo is located at 137 Xizhimen Wai Dajie in Xicheng District, just west of the northwest corner of the 2nd Ring Road. Outside the zoo is a local public transit hub with Beijing Zoo Station on Line 4 of the Beijing Subway and terminals for Beijing Bus routes 7, 15, 19, 102, and 103. Bus routes 27, 105, 107, 111, 305, 347, 360, 362, 534, 563, 604, 632, 686, 特4, 特19, 夜8 also stop at the zoo. [10]

Nearby attractions

The Beijing Planetarium is located diagonally across the street from the zoo's main entrance. To the west of the zoo is the Purple Bamboo Park. To the east is the Beijing Exhibition Center and the Moscow Restaurant.

Controversies

According to a 2010 article in The Guardian , a restaurant located in the Beijing Zoo, named "Bin Feng Tan," offers various dishes of exotic animals on its menu. The restaurant manager commented that its dishes were within the law, as the animal products were supplied by exotic animal farms. However, the restaurant received a backlash since the news spread. Ge Rui of the International Fund for Animal Welfare describes the restaurant's menu and practices as "utterly inappropriate for a zoo" and "socially irresponsible." Following the negative coverage, the restaurant stated they would be revising the menu. [11]

A significant portion of James Rollins' Sigma Force novel, The Bone Labyrinth (2015), takes place in, near, and below the Beijing Zoo. Rollins depicts unsanitary and inhumane conditions at the zoo, and inhumane animal experimentation there. In the "Author's Note to Readers: Truth or Fiction", Rollins writes: "I did visit the Beijing Zoo and found the state of that zoological park to be appalling. The government continues to hint at changes and plans to move the place into a larger zoo outside the city with more modern accommodations. So hopefully now that I've blown it up, they'll get on with those plans." [12]

Fish and Elephant , directed by documentary filmmaker and former TV hostess Li Yu, is based within the zoo. The film is often referred to as the first Chinese mainland film to broach the topic of lesbian relationships in China.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "联系方式". Beijing Zoo (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2021. 西直门外大街137号
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "简史橛述". Beijing Zoo (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Beijing zoo". The China Magazine. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ""北京动物园（一）" 北京旅游集散中心" (in Chinese). 17 October 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2020.[ dead link ]
  5. ↑ "北京动物园畅观楼". aibaohu.com (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "8处抗战纪念遗迹首次发布 北京动物园"猴山"上榜". Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese). 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  7. 1 2 3 4 ""天坛神乐署是日军在华第二个细菌战基地" 人民网" (in Chinese). 13 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.[ dead link ]
  8. ↑ "Beijing Zoo Magazine Jan. 2014 edition" (PDF). Beijing Zoo (in Chinese). January 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  9. ↑ ""北京海洋馆"". Xinhua (in Chinese). 23 November 2018. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  10. ↑ "动物园". beijing.8684.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  11. ↑ Watts, Jonathan (21 May 2010). "Hippopotamus on menu at Beijing zoo | Environment | guardian.co.uk". London: Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  12. ↑ Rollins, James (2015). "Author's Note to Readers: Truth or Fiction". The Bone Labyrinth.
Beijing Zoo
Simplified Chinese 北京动物园
Traditional Chinese 北京動物園
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