Hidden in the zoo in the late Qing Dynasty Royal Palace Changguan Building I like to visit the zoo since childhood, I have not been to count how many times, but the late Qing Dynasty Royal Palace Changguan Building hidden in the westernmost end of the zoo is really the first time back. I really didn't know this place before, because it is remote on the one hand, at the western end of the whole park; on the other hand, it is surrounded by water and green trees. If it is not for the purpose of looking for it, it is really difficult to face this unique European-style small building. Qingguangxu 32 years (1906), in order to open ventilation, revitalize agriculture, the Ministry of Commerce requested to set up a agricultural test site in the official land, the venue is set up in Wanxing Park, opened in 1907, which is the original construction of the Beijing Zoo. Changguan Building is located in the northwest of this agricultural test site. It was built in Qingguangxu in the early thirty-four years (1908). It is the earliest baroque building designed by the Chinese themselves in modern history. It is also the only preserved and completed last Royal Summer Palace in Beijing. It is said that Cixi traveled from the Changhe boat to the agricultural test site, that is, entered the Changguan Building from the Northwest Palace Gate, and every time Cixi took a boat to the Summer Palace, he also rested in Changguan Building many times. In addition, Changguanlou not only witnessed the west learning and east gradually in the late Qing Dynasty, but also as an important political stage and diplomatic place in recent modern history, and experienced many historical and political events. In August 1912, the National Railway Association, Guangdong Guild and Post Association welcomed Mr. Sun Yat-sen in Changguanlou. In September 1912, the provisional Senate participated in the garden meeting at the agricultural test site. In March 1955, Mao Zedong personally visited the Tenth Panchen Erdeni Quejijianzan. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the first planning plan of Beijing was born in Changguan Building. Known as the "Changguan Building Plan". On January 1, 1984, Changguan Building was listed as a protected cultural relics at the Beijing Municipal Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics. After entering the zoo from the main entrance, follow the road to the west, go to the head to the north, along the path to find a small white stone bridge on the river, called Nanxun Bridge, there is a bronze lion on the south east side of the bridge, and a bronze fin on the west side. After crossing the bridge, this spectacular European-style two-story building flashes in front of you. The wall of the building is earthy red, the east and west sides of the building are not asymmetric, the east side is a cylindrical three-story roof with a platform, and the west side is an octagonal two-story roof with a base like a Chinese-style sumizu, which is very distinctive. The main entrance of the building has a Cixi gift of the name "Changguanlou", and the two sides are connected to the "Chi Yulong Yuyun Cheng" and "Window Yuxiang Weifang Yuyang". You can visit by pushing the door in. At present, only one floor has been transformed into an exhibition hall. The second and third floor platforms are said to be places for ciche and guangxu to rest and view. They are not open at present. The exhibition on the first floor is two themes, the east side mainly talks about the world's zoos and the origin and evolution process, the west side mainly introduces the construction and development of Beijing Zoo, through pictures, physical objects, sand plates, scene restoration and other forms, human domestication, research, The history of the animals on display and the development of the Beijing Zoo for more than 100 years have been introduced in detail.