Laohutan Ocean Park

Located at No.9 Middle Binhai Road in Dalian, Laohutan Ocean Park covers an area of 1,180,000 square meters and occupies a 400 meters long coastline. Blue sky, clear water, green hills, odd rocks inside the park prevent the splendid beach scenery. As a modern ocean park, Laohutan Ocean Park combines tourism, popular science, recreation, shopping and culture of the coastal city of Dalian.

Legend

Legend has it that there was a tiger lived in the mountain near the sea that often hurt people and animals. One day, the tiger caught a pretty girl who was the daughter of the Dragon King. A young man named Shi Cao heard the girl crying for help and saved her from the tiger. In order to repay Shi Cao for saving her life, the Dragon King’s daughter married him. Shi Cao was a brave man who wanted to exterminate the sinful tiger to protect villagers around the mountain. However, he was told that only a special sword in the Dragon King's palace could kill the tiger. One the day the Dragon King’s daughter back to home to get the sword, the tiger hurt people again. Shi Cao fought against the tiger to death. The one of tiger’s tooth became a cliff, tail turned into Laohuwei Peninsula in Lvshun Port, the body became Laohutan Beach, and half of its head became a mountain. Shi Cao turned into a cliff near the shore. When the girl came back, she found that her husband had been died. She was so inconsolable that became another cliff beside Shi Cao.

Main Attractions

The park provides many attractive natural sceneries and magnificent man-made sights with unique style of ocean culture, including Caved Tiger Square, Polar Region World, Bird-Singing Woods, Coral Hall, Marine Mammal World and so on.

Coral Hall

Covering an area of 3, 700 square meters, the Coral Hall is the largest sea creature hall with coral reefs living in their natural habitat. It exhibits more than 200 species coral reef biogroup with over 5,000 marine organisms, including live corals, sea anemones, shells and other fishes from Southwest Pacific Area. The Hall consists of 6 sections, namely Selected Coral and Coral Fishes, Underwater Kaleidoscope, Sea Lab, Seeking Treasures over a Sunken Ship, Animal Knowledge Gallery, and Diving Performance. Strolling in the hall, visitors enter into a mysterious world of corals.

Bird-Singing Woods

Occupying an area of 45,000 square meters, Bird-Singing Woods owns a huge bird cage on the mountain. The bird cage has a 43-meter high central stanchion and 18 cables to support it. With an area of 18,000 square meters, the cage is one of the largest semi natural man-made bird cages in China. There are altogether 2,000 birds of 80 species in the garden, including blue and white peacocks, red-crowned cranes, parrots, larks, thrushes and egrets. All the birds live a peaceful, tranquil and happy life here!

Polar Region World

The Polar Region World has an area of 20,000 square meters with a construction area of 36,000 square meters. The building is composed with 5 sections, including Large Polar Animals, Polar Experience, Animal Knowledge, Mysterious Ocean world, Polar Animal Performance and Service Area. In the hall, you can appreciate various rare polar animals, enjoy the excellent animal performance, and learn knowledge of expedition to polar zone.