Shenzhen
Museums
He
XiangNing Art Museum— China's second national modern
art museum, in addition to the National Art Gallery of China. It contains
an excellent collection of world-class modern paintings, and is currently
host to the "Fresh Eyes 06" exhibition. It is well worth a visit
for anyone interested in art. He Xiangning Art Gallery is located in Overseas
Chinese Town (OCT) of Shenzhen. It is accessible via Shenzhen Metro at
Hua Qiao Cheng Station, Exit C (or, if closed, use Exit D). Walk west
towards the McDonald's restaurant (in direction of terminus station, from
Exit D towards Exit C). The art gallery is next door to McDonald's (on
the left). Admission is just ¥20, and entrance is free on Fridays.
Shenzhen
Museum
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The Shenzhen Museum is located at the heart of downtown Shenzhen near
the Lychee Lake. It is a comprehensive multifunctional museum the entire
facility of which comprises the collection, display and research of cultural
relics of international standard. The building is an old castle with a
four storey dome structure with elevators. The permanent exhibitions include:
Ancient Shenzhen, Recent Shenzhen, Shenzhen Today, and several sociological
and cultural series.
The museum shows
the film version of the history of the city with the Xiasha community
in the Futian district. Although Shenzhen might be a city with a mere
26 years of history, the museum traces the chronology of eight centuries
of record up to the Song Dynasty (960 – 1279 AD). Ancient literature
housed in the museum is testimony to the fact that the locals of the community
of Huang are descended from the Huang community, which dates back to the
Spring and Autumn period (770 – 476 BC).
With exhibits in
both English and Chinese, the museum uses literary texts, docudramas,
and relics to sketch the evolution of specific clans and their lifestyles.
Lifelike bronze statues around the museum recreate the life of the residents
prior to 1980. Visitors here can also find small-scale replicas of ancestral
temples, tombs and ancient Hakka villages.
Nan
Shan Tian Hou Museum
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Shenzhen
Safari Park
Shenzhen Safari Park
is located in the north of Shenzhen, on the bank of the beautiful Xili
Lake. The zoo combines animals, plants and animal performances, and is
the first to uncage animals in China. More than 300 breeds of animals
live here. Many of them are rare animals in the world or national protected
animals in China. Pandas, giraffes, Asian elephants, red-crowned cranes,
Siberian tigers and flamingos all could be found in this park.
With green mountains
to the north as its barrier, the Safari Park is like a bright pearl in
the bustling metropolis. The zoo, occupying an area of 120 hectares (296.5
acres), has three parts according to the living habits of different animals.
Visitors can take buses to watch the uncaged animals strolling on the
lawn.
In the adventurous
beasts' zone, white tigers (Bengal tigers), North China tigers (Siberian
tigers), South China tigers, bears, wolves, lions and cheetahs, all have
their own homes. In China, a saying goes that 'one mountain cannot have
two tigers', but in the Chinese Liger Hill, tigers and lions live harmoniously
with each other. Here, visitors find the only tiglon in the world and
rare ligers. The South China tigers show the mien of Chinese tigers.
Giraffes, flamingos,
zebras, kangaroos, camels, hippopotamuses, swans, pandas and other vegetarians
inhabit the vegetarian zone. This area has the largest swan lake in China.
Visitors can float in this lake to appreciate the graceful black and white
swans. Considered the national treasures of China, the pandas are also
well worth viewing.
In the animal performance
zone, wonderful performances are awaiting the visitors. The red orangutans,
the closest animal to human beings, come from India. They even serve as
salesmen, cooperating with the parrots as cashiers and elephants as porters.
Every day, the zoo holds about ten animal performances in the four animal
performance halls, namely, the Circus Hall, the Elephants and Tigers Show
Hall, the Sea lion Performance Hall and the Birds Performance Hall. The
grand party for hundreds of birds can not be seen in other parts of the
world. Another exciting performance played by more than 300 actors and
about 1,000 animals is also a pioneer in the world. The elephants act
as the leaders of the parade, with tigers, lions and other animals following
behind and clouds of pigeons hovering in the sky.
The Zoological Center
in the northwest of the zoo is the largest in China introduces knowledge
about animals. Visitors get familiar with the colorful animal world by
watching specimen and pictures or simply using the Multimedia Touch Screen.
Admission Fee: CNY
100
Opening Hours: 08:30-18:30
Bus Route: 101, 104, 240, 226, 361, 66, 237 |
