Beijing pandas. Beijing Zoo: Garden of Ten Thousand Animals. Historical information about Beijing Zoo

"Good afternoon. We are sending our son to study in China. The list of documents includes such an item as a power of attorney for guardianship of a minor. We need a translation into Chinese and state stamps. authorities, consular departments in Moscow and the consulate. We don’t know how to draw up a power of attorney correctly, because the university doesn’t provide a sample. Have you made such documents before?”

Valeria, Rostov-on-Don

Good afternoon, Valeria. Yes, in our practice there have been cases when it was necessary to issue a power of attorney for the care of a minor, or in other words, a power of attorney for guardianship in China.

Such a document is always required if you are applying to study in China. foreign citizen under 18 years of age. The student's parents must draw up a power of attorney for an adult Chinese citizen who will act as the student's guardian during the student's studies. Once the letter is notarized, it must be certified by the Chinese embassy.

By checking several official websites of Chinese universities, you can find the so-called applicant sheets, which contain a list of documents required for admission to the university. Interestingly, in all state universities this list is the same and one of the items is the provision of a power of attorney.

Excerpt from the applicant's sheet:

Phrase “The documents should be notarized by the Chinese Embassy in the applicant’s country” means that the documents must be certified by the Chinese Embassy in the applicant's country.

Expert advice:
A power of attorney for guardianship in China is only required if the student is a minor. Therefore, if the applicant is not yet 18 years old, in any case you need to issue a power of attorney and legalize it at the Chinese Embassy in Moscow. Or wait until you reach the age of majority and enter China without such a power of attorney.

How to draw up a power of attorney for guardianship in China?

A power of attorney for guardianship in China can only be drawn up by a Russian notary.
The power of attorney is drawn up in the presence of both parents of the child.
It is recommended to include in the power of attorney the details of the parents’ international passports, if any.
The guardian must be a citizen of the People's Republic of China.
The power of attorney specifies which university the student will study at.
Typically, a power of attorney is issued for a specific period. But in the case of a power of attorney for guardianship in China, it would be more correct to write down the wording “until the age of majority”.

Power of attorney for guardianship in China: legalization

After drawing up the power of attorney, you must:

Make a translation into Chinese and have the translation certified by a notary.
Only translation into Chinese is suitable for certification at the Chinese Embassy. If you need a translation into English, you are allowed to translate into two languages at once.
A notarized copy bound with a notarized translation must be certified by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. .
Next, the document is certified by the consular department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

We lived in Beijing for a week - in the evenings we played in bars on shopping streets, on holidays there are a lot of people and the performances are a success with the public :-) We visited hutongs, a tea district, comparable in size and population to an ordinary Russian city. Everything related to tea is sold there - tea itself of all kinds, dishes, accessories. You can find whatever your heart desires.

We always traveled around the city by metro. Very convenient transportation of course, especially in such a huge metropolis. The fare costs 2 yuan, and the distance does not matter. There are stations at all railway stations, a line is also laid to Capital Airport or Beijing Capital International Airport(PEK).

Beijing subway tickets can be purchased from a cashier or at a self-service terminal, where you can select English in the settings. Travel is carried out using plastic and magnetic cards, which must be saved until the end of the trip - at the exit, a special machine will “eat” them.

I am attaching a Beijing metro map in English and Chinese. Keep in mind that by the time you arrive there may be twice as many stations! The Chinese build very quickly!))

Beijing Zoo

On my last day in the capital of the Celestial Empire, I managed to visit the Beijing Zoo, look at animals that I had never even seen in person before, but mostly to take photographs and then show them to Anya - she is a big fan of fauna))

While walking around the city I saw these views

Beijing Zoo ticket price for October 2013 - 70 yuan. I passed for 35 yuan with the ISIC youth card, which already gave us a discount in the spring.

The zoo is of course huge and very beautiful, I enjoyed walking around for several hours. The animals are divided by continent - there are African, Australian, South American and other enclosures. There is also an enclosure for amphibians and reptiles, where the inhabitants of Chinese rivers live: crocodiles, lizards and others. It's difficult to take photographs there - everything is behind stained glass.

And now photos for lovers of cute, fluffy and smacking creatures!

The enclosure with the pandas stands apart, with the largest concentration of people around them. We have already been to a specialized one this spring . I think it’s not worth going to the Beijing Zoo specifically for pandas; Chengdu is much more interesting. If you are interested in the topic of animals, then be sure to read our article about in Thailand - it’s very unusual place! We also visited the city of monkeys in Thailand - Lopburi. If you are interested in the topic of animals, then be sure to read near the city of Kanchanaburi, in Thailand.

Lemurs ran back and forth constantly

The Bengal tiger was sleeping peacefully. Noble…

But the llamas are the most positive of the entire zoo!

They happily eat fresh Chinese cabbage (naturally)

These artiodactyls are also beautiful, like oryx

Along the way there are lakes, thickets of plants unknown to me, benches and Chinese pensioners on them)

And here is the symbol of the Atmasphere festival!) Giraffe merged with the wall

The giraffes are really huge, they amazed me, I had never seen them live before

Delicious bushes

Well, I also came across a huge turtle - she is also in a great mood, everything is written on her face!

The polar bears swam to their hearts' content, they must have been hot...

After a hard swim, it won't hurt to rest

The zoo also includes the Beijing Aquarium, they say that it is also interesting and huge, paid separately. I saw it, but decided not to go inside.

But mother panda takes care of her baby ;-) video

In conclusion, some useful practical information:

Address: No. 137 Xizhimen Outer Street, Xicheng District, Beijing

Opening hours: from April to October from 07-30 to 18-00, from November to March from 07-30 to 17-00.

Price entrance ticket: 70 yuan, for children under 12 years old - 35 yuan. ISIC card discount.

How to get to Beijing Zoo:

Beijing Zoo metro station (Dongwuyuan 动物园) - line 4.
Naturally, you can get to the Beijing Zoo by bus, but I took the metro.

Before leaving for the airport and subsequent flight to Novosibirsk, I managed to look at the Beijing TV Tower, which is one of the tallest buildings in the capital of the People's Republic of China (405 meters). Since all the money was spent on a ticket home, the entrance fee observation deck there wasn't enough inside the tower...Well, I looked outside! Large-scale!

While in Beijing, travelers often go for a walk to the local zoo 北京动物园 (běi jīng dòng wù yuán), which is considered the oldest and largest in the Middle Kingdom. Just imagine, in 2008 he celebrated his centenary! During our visit to the capital in the summer of 2015, we also decided to visit it, and I’ll tell you what came of it in this article.

Impressions from visiting the Beijing Zoo

The territory of the zoo is a large landscaped park, in which, in addition to enclosures and pavilions with animals, there are beautiful alleys with flower beds and sculptures, lakes and lotus ponds, as well as gazebos and interesting Chinese buildings.

But, of course, we went there not just to walk around the park, but to get acquainted with various representatives of the animal world, of which there are about 500 species. The zoo features not only rare and unusual Chinese animals, but also specimens from all over the world. And its main advantage was the pavilion with pandas.

I love animals very much and don’t have a very good attitude towards keeping them in captivity, which is why I don’t like visiting such places. But I was sure that the Beijing Zoo had to be at its best, after all, the capital of China. Unfortunately, my expectations were not met. The territory of the zoo is really large and beautiful, the diversity of the animal world is also impressive, but at the same time there are more than enough disadvantages.

Firstly, I was upset by the conditions in which the animals were kept, and secondly, I didn’t like the behavior at all Chinese tourists and their attitude towards animals. Most of the enclosures were small, cramped and dirty, and the animals looked tired and unkempt. Also, despite the fact that there are warning signs everywhere about what not to do, the Chinese behave worse than wild animals. They throw inedible food at the animals: chips, savory snacks, plastic bottles; they beat their fists on the glass of the enclosures, trying to attract attention; they scream loudly, stick their hands through the bars of cages, litter everywhere, etc. The attitude towards foreigners here is the same as towards representatives of the animal world.

We observed the following picture: a group of Chinese, seeing us, shout “hello”, then with the same words try to reach the monkeys. Foreigners here are also like exhibits, with which everyone takes pictures and points their fingers. For some reason, when visiting other attractions in Beijing, we encountered less of this behavior. So the impression turned out to be a little spoiled, but perhaps someone will have better luck.

Beijing Zoo area

Unfortunately, I was unable to find a map in English, but in order to get an idea of the structure of the park, you can use the Chinese one. It shows the location of the enclosures and the main animals that you can meet here. She will also help you understand park infrastructure, such as where to eat or find a restroom.

Navigating inside the zoo will not be difficult; all the main inscriptions and signs are written in two languages: Chinese and English. As for animal diversity: even if you have been to such places many times, there are several animals that live only in China and which I definitely advise you to get acquainted with. First of all, this is, of course, a giant panda. Her pavilion is probably the most visited place in the entire zoo.

Be prepared that not only cute and clumsy bears will be waiting for you here, but also crowds of visitors and, most likely, you will have to show all your arrogance to get closer to the fence of the enclosure.

Pandas are really very funny, but we weren’t so interested here, especially after visiting the panda breeding center in , where we admired them a lot, and which I highly recommend to everyone. In addition to pandas, the golden snub-nosed monkey, the small red panda, the Tibetan yak, the giant salamander and the red-footed ibis deserve attention - all of them are listed in the Red Book and are unique animals.

There are elephants, hippopotamuses, rhinoceroses, kangaroos, tapirs, anteaters, various representatives of the cat family, many species of monkeys, bears, antelopes, a small terrarium and various types birds. True, not everyone can be seen, for example, we were in the summer, and many animals simply hid from the heat and from annoying tourists.

I liked the enclosures with giraffes, where you can not only look at them up close, but also feed them practically by hand.

There are also zebras, which you can even pet if they are in the mood for it).

So there really is something to see! I just hope that the zoo will soon be updated and conditions for the animals will become better.

Opening hours and ticket prices

The zoo is open daily, but opening hours vary depending on the season. The schedule looks like this:

High season: from April 1 to October 31, open from 7:30 to 18:00.
Low season: from 1.11 to 31.03 - from 7.30 to 17:00.

Ticket price

Entrance to the zoo is not expensive at all. There are several suggestions:

a simple ticket will cost $3 (20 yuan),
a separate fee for visiting the pavilion with pandas (大熊猫馆 dàxióngmāo guǎn) is $0.75 (5 yuan),
entrance to the pavilion with penguins is another $1.5 (10 yuan),
for $6 (40 yuan) you can buy a ticket that includes entrance to the zoo, the panda pavilion and a boat ride (the boat goes to the Emperor's Summer Palace).

How to get to the Beijing Zoo

Beijing Zoo is located near the city center. On the map below I have marked not only the location of the park itself, but also several other famous attractions of the city that are popular with tourists.

The Beijing Zoo is located at: 西城区西直门外大街137号, (Xizhimen Outer Street 137, Xicheng District, Beijing). To get to it, you can use one of the methods suggested below.

By metro

In my opinion, the most convenient and cheapest way to get to the zoo is by metro. We drove to him from main square city - Tiananmen, the route can be seen on the following map. I will say that it won’t be difficult to navigate the metro, all the signs are in English, and the rest of the trip is quite comfortable: the stations are new, the trains are modern. The only negative is large number people at any time of the day.

If you decide to use this method, you need to go to Beijing Zoo subway station, aka Dong Wu Yuan/动物园 (which is Line 4), and then follow the signs to exit B, which is located at south gate. Once you go up the street, you can easily see the ticket office and the entrance.

By taxi

For those who are afraid of getting lost in such a metropolis as, or just want to get there in comfort, you can always use a taxi.

Most cars are equipped with a meter, and the prices for trips around the city are as follows: landing and the first 3 km cost $1.95 (13 yuan), each subsequent km costs $0.34 (2.3 yuan). Thus, knowing the distance from you to your destination, you can calculate approximate taxi costs. To get to the zoo, you need to say ‘Dong Wu Yuan’ or show the driver the name in Chinese.

By bus

You can also arrive at your destination by city buses No. 27, 87, 105, 107, 111, 360, 347, 362, 534, 714, 563, 608, 632; the desired stop is called Dong Wu Yuan Stop/动物园站. But I would not recommend this option to those who do not know Chinese, since the Chinese announce and write the names of stops on buses only in their native language.

is one of the must-see attractions in Beijing. First of all, to see the big (giant) panda - one of the symbols and symbol of WWF. And also an Oceanarium with the longest tunnel in Asia.

Beijing Zoo was founded in 1906, during the reign of Emperor Guangxu. It was originally called "Garden of Ten Thousand Animals" 万牲园 Wanshenyuan, and in 1955 received its current name “Beijing Zoo” 北京动物园 Beijing Dongyuan. The area of 86 hectares is home to more than 5 thousand animals belonging to 450 species. In addition, the Beijing Zoo is laid out in accordance with the principles of classical Chinese gardens: there are ponds, a stream with graceful bridges across it, willows near the water, rocks, etc.

Beijing Zoo plan

Several thematic sections have been created on the territory of the zoo: the Giant Panda Pavilion, the Hill of Monkeys, the Mountain of Bears, the Hill of Lions and Tigers, the Lake of Waterbirds, the African Zone, the Giraffe Aviary, the Pavilion of the Golden Monkeys, etc. Various animals are bred here, and a lot of scientific and educational work is carried out .

The zoo is popular among both Beijing residents and tourists. Of course there are a lot of children here. There is a ban on visitors feeding animals, but it is often violated.

Let's start our acquaintance with the zoo with Giant Panda Pavilion. You can read more about this funny animal in the post. Now we'll see where she lives. This large pavilion. During the cold season, pandas are kept inside, and in warm weather they walk in open enclosures. This is where the most people are. And the pandas, of course, are tired of such attention.

Panda eats bamboo

There are several sculptures near the Giant Panda Pavilion.

Sculpture - panda

There are a lot of people inside the pavilion. Everyone is trying to see and photograph these animals.

Zookeeper entertains a panda

There are wide roads throughout the zoo. There are signs everywhere in Chinese and English languages. Souvenir shops, cafes and, of course, clean toilets are open to visitors.

One of the alleys at the zoo

Bizarrely shaped stones

Tigers, lions and other predatory cats live in a pavilion called

Pavilion "Hill of Lions and Tigers"

On the other side of the pavilion there is giant statue tiger

Another theme park — Australian.

Boats rush along the large canal that divides the zoo territory into two parts - an attraction for thrill-seekers.

Channel at the zoo

There are also remains of ancient buildings in the Beijing Zoo.

Antique steps

Another very cute inhabitants of the zoo that will not leave anyone indifferent are giraffes.

Although the animals cannot be fed, as the signs warn, both children and adults feed them by hand.

A boy hands a cabbage leaf to an oryx

Oryx's serious look

The Beijing Zoo also has a green area where you can relax and sit on the grass.

Very popular among children and adults Elephant Pavilion.

Also located in the Beijing Zoo (there are three in total in Beijing).

The oceanarium has a dolphinarium where dolphin shows are regularly held.

This is a zoo in Beijing. Here you can see many rare animals that cannot be found in our zoos.

Information on visiting Beijing Zoo

Directions:动物园站 Beijing Zoo metro station, line 4.

Ticket price: 15 yuan (April - October); 10 yuan (November - March); pensioners and students - 8 and 5 yuan depending on the time of year. Panda Pavilion - 5 yuan. Oceanarium - 130 yuan (pensioners and students - 70 yuan). Children under 120 cm tall are free.

Last minute tours to China

Beijing Zoo is one of the ten largest zoos in the world - about 7 thousand animals live here, among which there are representatives of more than 600 species. Animals are kept in beautiful spacious enclosures that very accurately replicate their natural environment habitat. However, this is not the only thing pleasing to the eye - the entire territory of the zoo is designed according to the canons of a classical Chinese garden: there are artificial ponds with bending willows, streams with small curved bridges, and decorative compositions made of stones.

There are many people who want to admire the animals - it is better to plan a trip to the zoo on a weekday and arrive as early as possible.

The zoo's area is huge, so before visiting you should decide whether you want to see any specific animals and plan a rough route.

The most popular among the inhabitants, of course, are pandas. However, despite all the excitement surrounding them, the pandas themselves are quite lazy and not too eager to entertain visitors - most likely, you will have to wait if you want to see them doing anything other than reclining in different parts of their home.

Please note that visitors with regular tickets are not allowed to see the pandas - you need a ticket to visit their home (slightly more expensive).

However, besides pandas, there are plenty of rare and unusual animals here. The Beijing Zoo has taken care of many endangered species. There are South China tigers, the entire population of which numbers just 20 individuals, menacing-looking (though completely peaceful) Chinese giant salamanders and cute golden snub-nosed monkeys.

The zoo workers themselves are most proud of the cranes, which in Chinese culture are considered messengers of the gods. Almost all species are collected here - 13 out of 15 existing in nature.

Practical information

Address: Beijing, Xizhimenwai Dajie, 137.

From April to October the zoo is open from 7:30 to 18:00, the aquarium from 9:00 to 17:30. Tickets during this period cost 15 CNY (20 CNY with a visit to the panda house). From November to March - from 7:30 to 17:00, aquarium - from 10:00 to 16:30. Ticket price is 10 CNY (14 CNY). If you want to visit the panda house and aquarium, you will have to pay 170 CNY. Admission is free for children.

The most convenient way to get there is by metro - the Beijing Zoo station (line 4) is literally a stone's throw from the ticket office. In addition, about 20 different buses stop nearby.

There is another way to get to the zoo: every hour from 10:00 to 16:00 from Summer Palace The ship leaves here. The journey takes approximately 50 minutes, the cost of a one-way ticket is 40 CNY, round trip - 70 CNY. The price includes a visit to the zoo and the panda house.