[2024 Zhouzhi Attraction] Travel Guide for Qinling Four Rare Animals Science Park (Updated Sep)
Science & Technology Museums
Address:
西安市周至縣樓觀鎮温泉大道（陝西樓觀台百花珍獸園）
Opening times:
Opening hours TBDTemporarily Closed
Recommended sightseeing time:
1-2 hours
Phone:
029-85198333
Qinling Four Treasures Science Park in Xi'an, Shaanxi
The Qinling Four Treasures Science Park is located to the west of Louguantai in Zhouzhi County, Xi'an. It serves as an important showcase for the achievements of Shaanxi Province in ecological civilization construction, the biodiversity of the Qinling Mountains, and the conservation of wild animals in Shaanxi Province. The park opened on May 28, 2021, and is home to a variety of precious wild animals including red pandas, black bears, Reeves's muntjac, goral, golden eagles, long-eared owls, eagle owls, common kestrels, vultures, and Lady Amherst's pheasants. It also houses the world's only captive brown giant panda, 'Qi Zai'.
Here are some travel tips:
• Itinerary suggestion: Starting from downtown Xi'an, you can take the highway, covering about 80 kilometers, and navigate directly to the Qinling Four Treasures Science Park, which takes about 1.5 hours. It is recommended to depart earlier and aim to arrive by 9:30 am. The park is of moderate size, and the external parking area is not large, so parking can be difficult if you arrive late. The park opens around 9:30 am, and there is a feeding session by the keepers after opening, where you can see Qi Zai eating and interacting with visitors.
• Tour route: Pavilion 1 is at the highest point of the Four Treasures Park, and you can take a shuttle bus directly there (ticket price is 10 yuan per person). After reaching the highest point by bus, you can slowly walk down. The star of Pavilion 1 is A Bao, one of Qi Zai's fathers-in-law, who was bitten by Qi Zai and became known as 'Wrench Ear'. Qi Zai is in Pavilion 2, located slightly to the left among the four enclosures. The design of the eight enclosures in the Four Treasures Pavilion is very good. The indoor part is divided into three rooms. One is a pure enclosure, which is a relatively independent resting place for the giant panda, not visible to visitors and only accessible to staff. Another is a room with large glass windows, which is also the activity room for the giant panda, equipped with a pool, activity frames, and other facilities, allowing visitors to see the panda's indoor activities. The third part is the passage from indoors to outdoors, designed under the visitor's walkway, with a transparent high-strength glass ceiling, allowing visitors to look down and directly see the giant panda walking from indoors to the yard. The fourth part is the outdoor activity area for the panda, nearly 800 square meters, with a simulated mountain slope design. The lowest end has a wall and a visitor platform, allowing visitors to have a full view of the panda's outdoor activities at eye level. This design is fantastic.
• Other experiences: In addition to pandas, there are also other rare animals such as takins, crested ibis, and Qinling golden snub-nosed monkeys, which are also very worth seeing. Around the Four Treasures Park, located at Louguantai in Zhouzhi County, is a very particular place in Chinese Taoism. There is a large sightseeing garden nearby, and friends interested in Chinese Taoist culture can take the opportunity to visit.
If you plan to visit, it is recommended to purchase tickets in advance and to be mindful of protecting wildlife and the environment.
MARIAH LOPEZ
Xi'an: Qinling Four Treasures Science Park
Xi'an: Qinling Four Treasures Science Park
📍Location:
195 meters southwest of Louguan Hot Spring, Wenquan Road, Zhouzhi County, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province
🅿️The scenic area has a parking lot. If you arrive late, local villagers also organize parking on the roadside for 10 yuan without time limit.
🕘Entrance Time
🔸Off-season (March-November) 9:00-16:30
🔸Peak season (December-February) 9:30-16:00
Due to the weather, there were fewer people on the day we visited. We arrived at the park entrance at 9:30 for ticket inspection without queuing. Many schools and institutions organize study tours for children. It is recommended to start early during holidays.
🎫Ticket Purchase
Both online and offline are available
🔸Off-season ticket price 20 yuan/person
🔸Peak season ticket price 30 yuan/person
You can enter by verifying the QR code of the ticket, no need to exchange for a paper ticket
🛺There are sightseeing cars in the park for 10 yuan/person
Personally, I think there is no need to take the sightseeing car as the scenic area is not large and can be walked.
🍜There is a family restaurant in the scenic area, and there are snack vendors at the entrance. The taste is average, so it is recommended to bring your own snacks or go to Zhouzhi County for a meal after the tour.
🐼The pandas come out early on weekends. If you want to see Qizai, you need to enter the park early. Qizai, as the "star" of the park, attracts a lot of people, making it very crowded. You can see Qizai walking back and forth, constantly observing the neighbors. The red pandas are also very cute, and I even took a close-up photo of a panda hugging a tree.
🛍️There is a cultural and creative museum at the entrance of the scenic area, and there are many stalls selling souvenirs such as plush toys. We bought commemorative badges of Qizai, Abao, the golden monkey, and the crested ibis from the self-service machine in the cultural and creative museum.
Ryna Karrpe
Exploring Qinling | A secret place full of New Year's atmosphere within an hour of Xi'an, it will definitely surprise you!
| A secret place full of New Year's atmosphere within an hour of Xi'an, it will definitely surprise you!. Xi'an 1h‼️The seriously underestimated Qinling secret place🏮The New Year's atmosphere is super strong||Xi'an 1h!! Avoid the crowd, go to Zhouzhi for the New Year🧨See giant pandas🐼Qinling's four treasures➕Louguan to pray for blessings🙏🏻Visit the New Year's Ancient Meeting🔥➕Play Shehuo😈+Qinling National Botanical Garden to learn🙊➕Fireworks Alley to see the Lantern Festival🏮Iron Flower✨Bonfire Party🔥, the New Year's atmosphere is so strong that it can't be dissolved!!!
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🗺️Tour route:
🚗Qinling Four Treasures Science Park (see giant pandas, Qinling's four treasures, various rare wild animals)→🚗Qinling National Botanical Garden (walk around, rare plants)→🚗Ancient Louguan (pray for blessings, take Hanfu big pictures, God of Wealth himself, fight Shehuo, New Year's Ancient Meeting) → 🚗Zhouzhi Shasha River Water Street New Year Lantern Festival (Lantern Festival temple fair, iron flower, folk performances, snacks)
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⭕️Must-visit attractions + Spring Festival highlights:🌟✨
1️⃣Qinling Four Treasures Science Park- 3h+
🐼Close observation of giant pandas!! The chocolate-colored Qi Zai, the wrench-eared A Bao are all here! And the panda cubs!! Panda fans must rush~😍🐼
🙊There are also golden monkeys, crested ibis, antelope, red pandas, golden eagles, vultures and other rare animals, really! Very enjoyable~🦍🦉🦌🦋
2️⃣Louguan Ecological Cultural Tourism Scenic Area- 1h+
Xi'an's small Forbidden City, "Daoyuan Xian Du", "The world's first blessed land", Laozi once wrote the 5,000-word "Tao Te Ching" here, and there is also Zhao Gongming's God of Wealth Temple
From the first to the fifteenth, more than 20 Guanzhong folk Shehuo teams fight Shehuo, visit the traditional Guanzhong New Year's Ancient Meeting💃🎇
3️⃣Zhouzhi Shasha River Water Street Lantern Festival- 3h+
The fireworks alley has a kind of Jiangnan water town feeling, it's just right to see the night view when it gets dark, antique buildings➕New Year Lantern Festival➕folk performances➕iron flowers➕New Year atmosphere➕authentic Shaanxi food➕circus➕various temple fair program activities, it's too suitable for the New Year~🌆🎆
The key is to avoid the crowded flow of people in Xi'an city, who can't love this!!!🚶♀️🌃
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⭕️Zhouzhi food🍽️:
Steamed meat sandwich-It's different from Xi'an's, it's delicious 😋
Spicy sandwich
Oil tea twist
Liu Li eggplant
Tuotuo noodles
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I really like the slogan of Zhouzhi's cultural tourism: 2024 Come to Zhouzhi for the blessed year to the blessed land, the source comes to Zhouzhi, the more you come, the more blessings🎊
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In the Qinling Mountains of Xi'an, Zhouzhi also has many small and secret places, hidden and full of charm🌳🍃
Joseph Lewis
The internet-famous bear is here, showing its face to everyone
⛰【Scenic Spot Guide】
📍Detailed Address:
Zhouzhi County, Qinling Four Treasures Science Park
🚗Traffic Guide:
Driving is the most convenient
🕙Opening hours:
9:00-17:00
💰Ticket price:
30/person
🌟Highlights:
The only chocolate-colored panda cub in all of China is here
📌Small Tips:
Parent-child tour, leisure time, very humanized service
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The curious brown panda
At the Foping Panda Base, we learned that there are not only one species of pandas in China, but the Qinling panda and the Sichuan panda belong to two different groups. The Qinling panda is older and more primitive than the Sichuan panda. They may have been a family 300,000 years ago, but now they each have their own genetic system. The Qinling panda is more like a cat, with a rounder face, shorter mouth, smaller ears and head, and is cuter 😊. These national treasures are more precious and are not allowed to be rented out. They only live in the Qinling Mountains.
During our stay in Zhouzhi, we were informed by the enthusiastic waiter that there is a rare brown panda in the Qinling Four Treasures Science Park, so we added a project to our itinerary: Qinling Four Treasures Science Park.
The Qinling Four Treasures Science Park is the only rare wild animal protection base in Shaanxi Province and is a modern park integrating culture, science, education, and tourism. In the park, there are not only the four treasures of Qinling (pandas, crested ibis, golden monkeys, antelopes), but also red pandas, black bears, small deer, gazelles, golden eagles, long-eared owls, eagle owls, red falcons, vultures, red-bellied pheasants and other rare wild animals in the Qinling area.
Compared with the pandas we saw in Foping, we saw more Qinling pandas in this park. There are not only adult pandas here, but also panda cubs, and the world's only captive brown panda-'Qi Zai'. Super cute
Park ticket: 30 yuan
Opening hours: 9:00—17:30