beijing zoo

Beijing zoo is a very nice place to visit when you in beijing.
many of friends go there for the panda,
panda is of course the star of the zoo. while the beauty of the zoo is also worth you visiting.

originally, beijing zoo is a private imperial area for raising many kinds of anemal and later emperor will go hunting there.
since the zoo is at the center of the city, so it is convinient for emperor to travel from forbidden city to the zoo area.

right now beijing zoo is open to public every day and receive visitors from all over the world.

it is the largest zoo in Asia until now.
and considering you can see such beautiful place in the center of a big city, it is really not common.

a very large lake which is considered connect to summer palace .

there are many kinds of anamals. like panda, tiger, lions, birds and so on.
i took some photos of the zoo, you may have a view first.