Nanchang Zoo

Nanchang Zoo

Nanchang new zoo, located on Taohua South Road in southwest of Nanchang, was officially opened in 2011. Founded in 1959, it was originally the animal exhibition area of Nanchang people's Park. In February 1987, it was officially established from the people's Park, covering an area of 8.24 hectares, including 0.67 hectares of water. It is a medium-sized zoo in the provincial capital city, which was demolished in 2013

. The new Nanchang zoo is located in Chaoyang Park of Nanchang, with a total investment of 198 million yuan, covering a total area of 784.5 Mu and 0.52 square kilometers. It broke the ground on October 1, 2005 and opened in 2011.

Historical evolution

The earliest prototype of Nanchang zoo can be traced back to the early 1950s (1950). At first, it was an animal training group under the management of the Bureau of culture with the color of performing arts.

In 1959, he moved to the people's Park and became an animal exhibition area of the park.

In 1987, it declared its economic independence and became the "garden in the garden" of the people's Park.

In 1992, Nanchang zoo was completely independent from people's Park and officially opened. Nanchang municipal government decided to invest 380 million yuan to relocate the zoo as a whole.

In 2005, the relocation project of the zoo was officially launched.

In 2011, Nanchang zoo reopened its garden in Chaoyang island.

Animal house

overview

Nanchang new zoo has a total area of 784.5 mu, 0.52 square kilometers, including 145 mu of water area, with a green coverage rate of more than 80%. According to animal geography and habits, the general layout is divided into Africa, America, Australia, China, aquatic amphibians, and herbivores in China. Besides, the main gate square area and the sub gate administrative area are also included. The Taohua river system, which is 3.6 km long, is used as the boundary between different regions. Twelve bridges with the theme of Chinese Zodiac on the river connect each park into one.

Main facilities

Africa

The African park is located in the southwest corner of Nanchang zoo. With its tropical animal civilization. There are restaurants, African tribal square, giraffe hall, hippo hall, rhinoceros hall, elephant hall and African herbivore free range area in the park.

America

Located in the west of the zoo, the American region is popular with tourists for its Mayan culture and various primates. There are also Indian villages, monkey mountain, monkey variety Museum, orangutan Museum, baboon Museum, gibbon, primate free area and other museum areas.

Australia

Although the Australian zoo covers a small area, it is very popular for its unique animal and cultural landscape. Kangaroo is the top priority of the zoo in Australia.

China proper

China is located in the center of the new zoo. There are panda hall, small animal hall, pheasant garden, stork and crane free zone, raptor cage, flamingo garden, cruise dock, animal performance hall, hornbill hall, beast hall, lion and tiger free zone, etc.

Aquatic animal area

At the northernmost side of the zoo in the aquatic animal park, there are five pavilions, including the crawling hall, the aquarium, the crocodile hall, and the cruise ship wharf. The crawling hall is the most distinctive. After entering the sightseeing corridor, many unique doors have their own unique flavor.

Herbivore area

The herbivore area is located in the east of Nanchang zoo. Turn left when you enter the zoo. These are some docile animals. In the herbivore area, there are: cattle Park, sheep Park, donkey Park, camel Park, small animal park and deer park.

Performance Hall

At the end of 1998, the zoo invested more than 1 million yuan to build a new large-scale animal exhibition hall. The exhibition hall covers an area of 1000 square meters, with 500 seats, lighting, advanced sound and other facilities. Between the stage and the auditorium, there is a 38 meter long and 5 meter wide animal isolation pool, in which marine animal performances can be carried out. The design of the hall is novel, the shape is beautiful, and the roof is made of stainless steel With the advanced grid structure in China, the roof tile is made of metal profiled plate, which is one of the largest comprehensive performance halls in China.

Collection animals

overview

Nanchang zoo is a medium-sized zoo in the provincial capital city. It is a comprehensive zoo integrating wildlife breeding and exhibition, recreation, landscaping, food and miscellaneous snack. There are 107 species of animals in the park, including 20 species and 87 caged first-class protected animals, such as clouded leopard, Asian elephant, South China tiger, northeast tiger, leopard, Malay bear, etc.; 24 species and 250 national second-class protected animals, such as golden cat, black deer, rhesus monkey, Little Swan, red panda, etc.; 9 species and 14 imported animals, such as baboon, hippo, etc. There are more than 50 kinds of waterfowl in the waterfowl lake, especially the little swan, black swan, Red Crowned Crane and white stork.

Characteristic animal

Cygnet

Cygnus columbinus is a large waterfowl with a body length of 110-130 cm and a body weight of 4-7 kg. The female is slightly smaller. It is very similar to the big swan in body shape. It also has a long neck, pure white feathers, black feet and fins. Its body is only slightly smaller. Its neck and mouth are slightly shorter than those of the big swan, but it is difficult to distinguish. The most easy way to distinguish them is to compare the size of the yellow color of the base of the mouth. The yellow color of the base of the mouth of cygnet extends below the nostril, while the yellow color of cygnet only extends to both sides of the base of the mouth and does not extend below the nostril along the edge of the mouth. Its head to occipital often slightly stained with brown, iris brown, black mouth. Its sound is clear and crisp, like the whistle of "kowtow, kowtow", but not like the trumpet of a swan.

black swan

Black Swan (scientific name: < icygnus atratus) < / I is a large swimming bird with body length of 110-140 cm. Native to Australia, is an important member of the swan family, as a world-famous ornamental bird. Black swans live in coastal waters, bays, lakes and other waters. They live in pairs or in groups. Their food is almost entirely plants, all kinds of aquatic plants and algae. It has strong nomadism and irregular migration pattern, which mainly depends on the climate conditions. When it migrates, it will form thousands of large groups.

Red-crowned crane

Red Crowned Crane (scientific name: Grus japonensis) is a kind of crane. It is a large wading bird with body length of 120-160 cm. The neck and feet are long, most of them are white, the top of the head is bright red, the throat and neck are black, the ears to the headrest are white, and the feet are black. When standing, the neck and tail feathers and feet are black, the top of the head is red, and the rest are all white. When flying, only the secondary and tertiary feathers and the neck and feet are black, and the rest are all white, which is very obvious and easy to identify. Its head and neck are brown, and its body feathers are white and maroon. Often in pairs or in family groups and small groups. During the migration season and winter, there are usually several or dozens of family groups forming a larger group. Sometimes there are as many as 40-50 or even more than 100 in the cluster. However, the activity is still scattered into small groups or family groups in a certain area.

stork

The White Stork (scientific name: Ciconia Ciconia) is a large wading bird. Its feathers are mainly white, its wings are black, and its adult has long and thin red legs and long and thin red beak. There are only two subspecies with slightly different sizes. The mouth is long and stout. It builds large nests on tall trees or rocks. Its head and neck are straight when flying. The white stork is a very famous bird in Europe. It often nests on roofs or chimneys. It is a carnivore with a wide range of food habits, including insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, small mammals and birds. Most of the foraging areas are shallow water areas with low vegetation. Monogamy, but not for life. The female usually lays four eggs a year. It takes 33-34 days to hatch and 58-64 days to get out of the nest. It is distributed in Europe, northwest Africa, southwest Asia and South Africa. They are long-distance migratory birds, wintering in tropical areas from sub Saharan to South Africa or Indian subcontinent. In Europe, the white stork is known as the "Songzi bird", which is considered as the auspicious bird. The white stork is the national bird of Germany.

Honors

In 2011, Nanchang zoo management was successively awarded the titles of Jiangxi Civilization Park, provincial greening model unit, four-star City Park, city, province and even national popular science education base, and was repeatedly rated as advanced unit and advanced collective by the municipal Landscaping Bureau. In 2011, Nanchang zoo management won the second class collective merit by virtue of the triplet breeding work of South China tiger.

In 2015, Nanchang zoo participated in the launching ceremony of the 34th bird love week in Jiangxi Province and was awarded the title of "China wildlife protection science education base".

Visit information

Opening Hours

The zoo is open all year round without special circumstances.

Opening hours: 8:30-18:30

Ticket selling time: 8:00-17:30 from July to September, 8:30-17:00 from October to next June

Traffic routes

Walk to Nanchang railway station, take high-speed rail bus line 1, or no.219 changban air conditioner, No.221 air conditioner, get off at Fusheng intersection station, walk to Nanchang Bridge station, transfer to No.38 and get off at Nanchang zoo station

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