How to get to Changsha Zoo

Changsha Zoo Transportation Guide: Route 901 (Changsha University-Lingguandu) can reach the west gate of Martyrs Park, and then you can go to the zoo.

Changsha Zoo is located in the northeast of the city, close to Hunan Martyrs Park. Founded in 1956, it covers an area of ??28,000 square meters. There are more than 70 kinds of wild animals from the equator, mountains, seas, deserts, grasslands, forests, rivers and lakes inhabiting here, including more than 500 animals, including the giant panda, a specialty of my country, with beautiful and cute appearance; , the singing and dancing red-crowned crane; the small and clever tufted deer.

There are also ferocious tigers, leopards and jackals, tall camels, sika deer, sleepy pythons, cunning foxes, naughty monkeys, colorful peacocks, swans, mandarin ducks, brown-eared pheasants, and golden roosters. , parrots and sea animals seals. There are also huge hippopotamuses, elephants and majestic lions from abroad.

Changsha Zoo has made certain achievements in raising and domesticating animals. The wild elephant "Ma Guo" can already perform performances such as playing the harmonica, beating gongs and drums, circling on a high platform, and presenting gifts to the audience.

As early as 1934, Changsha Tianxin Park had a zoo attached, raising more than 20 animals. In 1951, an animal shed was set up in the children's park. In 1956, the children's park was converted into a juvenile home, and an animal exhibition area was opened in the southwest corner of Martyrs Park. In 1958, Changsha Zoo moved to its current location and was officially listed. After decades of hard work, the park has become a base for viewing, breeding and scientific research of wild animals in Hunan Province. There are currently 17 cages and rooms.

The park is covered with greenery and has a beautiful environment. The animal cages are novel and beautiful, the plants and animals are lifelike, and the grass and flowers complement each other. The flowers and trees are evergreen all year round, providing shade to avoid the heat in summer and wind protection in winter. Avoid the cold. More than 3,700 meters of green hedges wind between flower beds, lawns, bamboo gardens, and peach groves, and are equipped with stone tables and benches to form a garden within a garden, creating a good viewing and resting environment for visitors. Amusement, photography, and catering services are all available here. The zoo is not only a place for rest and entertainment, but also an ideal place to popularize scientific knowledge about wild animals, allow young people to explore the mysteries of nature, and open the window of scientific civilization.