Xi'an Zoo is in the Chang'an District, Xi'an City, the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains around the mountain eco-tourism belt, called the Qinling Safari Park. You can take the 320 bus from Jinhua Road, Xiaozhai, TV Tower, Huamei Cross, and along Ziwu Avenue to the end. If you are traveling by car, you can take the Xi-Wan Road and turn left (east) at the intersection with the highway along the mountain.
The original Xi'an Zoo was founded in 1954, formerly known as the "with the law zoo" exhibition group, in 1956 the official public-private partnership, renamed the Xi'an Zoo in 1958. 1977 moved to the new city of Jinhua North Road, covers an area of 270,000 square meters, with all kinds of cages more than 40, the exhibition of more than 1,600 animals of 153 species (only), is the set of breeding and medical research in one of the city zoo, the annual reception of tourists, the city zoo, with the annual reception of tourists, the annual reception of tourists.
The city zoo, which receives more than 1 million visitors annually, was honored by the Ministry of Construction as one of the "Top Ten Zoos in China" in 1995, and was moved to Chang'an District of Xi'an City in 2004, where it was replaced by the Xi'an Qinling Wildlife Zoo.
With the development of urban construction and the improvement of people's living standards, the zoo's small space and limited animal species can no longer meet the public's viewing needs. Therefore, the Xi'an municipal government decided in the eastern suburbs of the former Hansenzhai nursery on the basis of the construction of a larger scale of the new zoo. In the construction, the city's people from all walks of life have to participate in voluntary labor, with just one year's time to build a new beautiful zoo now covers an area of 412 acres, and in 1977, "May Day" opened to the public.
This not only makes the tourists feel happy, but also for the lovely creatures to create a good living and breeding environment, and soon the animals increased to 78 kinds of 178 (only). Subsequent reform and opening up 20 years, Xi'an Zoo entered an important period of development, a variety of hardware and software facilities continue to improve, forming a variety of cages with more than 40, with a total area of 110,000 square meters, the annual reception of more than 1 million visitors, more than 1,600 heads of 153 species of animals (only), set breeding and medical research as one of the largest city zoo in Northwest China, was awarded the "National Ministry of Construction" in 1995 by the "National Zoo", and the "Zoo" is the most important city zoo in Northwest China. In 1995, it was honored by the Ministry of Construction as one of the "Top Ten Zoos in China".