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The Nanjing Hongshan Zoo is a zoological park in Nanjing, the capital city of Jiangsu province, China. Located on 168 Heyan Road in the northern section of Nanjing city.

History
In January 1954, the xuanwu lake zoo, the predecessor of nanjing hongshan forest zoo, was built in lingzhou, located in xuanwu lake park.

From 1955 to 1963, the zoo continued to expand and built the monkey hill, aquarium, small animal house, crocodile pool, beast house, songbird house, pheasant house, xiong shan, panda house, camel garden, peace pavilion and other pavilions.

From 1980 to 1989, the zoo built a giraffe house, kangaroo house, zebra house, mandrill house, orangutan house, among which, the giraffe house with eight deer-shaped buildings won architectural design awards.

In 1993, the nanjing municipal government listed the xuanwu lake zoo, located in lingzhou of xuanwu lake park, as a planning project, and the hongshan zoo was merged with hongshan park.

In 1994, nanjing city set up the preparatory group of hongshan zoo, and began the detailed planning work of hongshan zoo.

In 1995, the establishment of hongshan forest zoo was listed in hongshan park, and the zoo infrastructure construction began.

In 1996, the hongshan forest zoo animal house began construction.

In August 1998, the overall construction of the zoo was completed.

The original xuanwu lake zoo underwent a month-long relocation on August 15, 1998. At the same time, the zoo has introduced rare animal species such as hippo, golden monkey, white ibis and swan, expanding the scale of the exhibition to more than 200 species and over 3,000 species.

On September 1, 1998, xuanwu lake zoo was officially closed and moved to its present site.

On September 28, 1998, all the animals in the original xuanwu lake zoo were merged into hongshan forest zoo and officially opened to the public.

On May 1, 2004, the zoo rebuilt its "grand pavilion" at a cost of 3 million yuan.

In July 2015, nanjing urban planning bureau planned to expand hongshan zoo from 50.45 hectares to 74.82 hectares with an increase of 24.37 hectares. In addition, it will renovate the north gate, build a new south gate, add a commercial complex, and add an Australian and African animal pavilion.

natural environment
Nanjing hongshan forest zoo is a large land area park in nanjing, but also a special park to display the legacy of the six dynasties.The park has big red mountain, small red mountain, cattle - grazing mountain peaks, the highest altitude of 81.8 meters. There are more than 400 kinds of plants in the garden from ferns to tall trees, with a greening coverage rate of more than 85%. Among them, cedar, ginkgo, magnolia, camphor, metasequoia and red maple constitute the landscape of mountain gardens. The garden has a large area of water surface formed by mountain water confluence, with a little artificial repair, which is a good place for waterfowl habitat.

Transportation
Fold into park traffic Metro:

From the station of hongshan zoo, subway line 1, it is a five-minute walk to the north gate.

Take subway line 1 and line 3 under the "nanjing station" station and walk 10-15 minutes to the northeast to shenyang village gate.

Bus:

22, 24, 40, 66, 74, 203, 501, yuge line "hongshan forest zoo" station, along hongshan road to the south walk 130 meters to cross street, and then to the west walk 150 meters to the east gate.

No. 8, no. 30, no. 54, no. 64, no. 72, no. 76, no. 77, no. 77, "dongjing ting" station, 5 minutes walk to the north gate.

No. 36, no. 141, no. 206, no. 207, no. 208 "nanjing railway station (north square east)", it is 5-10 minutes' walk to the northeast to shenyang village gate.

Park traffic Battery car adult ticket 20 yuan, preferential ticket 10 yuan, can sit 4 stations.

opening hours
Hongshan forest zoo is open to visitors every day throughout the year. Opening time: 07:30

Last admission time: 16:30

Closing time: 18:00

animal
Nanjing hongshan forest zoo together with the representative of the world's approximately 4000 fertilized and rarity of nearly 300 species of animals, the tigers have been introduced from Germany, Canada, the introduction of the ring-tailed lemur, imported from Japan mandrill, chimps imported from South Africa and South America, from the color of python, introduced in the Antarctic penguins and so on, have a national animal protection: the giant panda, golden monkey, gibbons, francois' langurs, red-crowned cranes, manchurian tiger, panda, hydropotes inermis, green peacock, alligators, etc., to show the world more than 280 kinds of rare animals, 3000 kinds of animals.