Based on the survey of East Lake Park, South Lake Park and Tian Waicun in Tai'an by questionnaire survey, on-the-spot investigation and in-depth interview, the paper analyzes the tendencies of visitors to the animal elements and animal landscape in landscape architecture from three terms: primary attributes, the cognition of animal elements and animal elements landscape preferences. We have drawn several conclusions: the landscapes of animal elements are in urgent demand by the public ; The animal elements having lovely image, auspicious meaning and local characteristics are the most popular application types of animal elements landscapes ; The most favorite types of animals and animal elements are: doves, cranes monkeys, pandas, butterflies, dragonflies, fold fish, dolphins, dragons and cartoon animals ; The popular landscaping techniques of animal elements are the methods of combining with plants, buildings and garden ornaments.

Abstract
 1. Introduction
 2. Materials and Methods
  2.1. Materials
  2.2. Methods
 3. Results and Discussion
  3.1. Visitors' Basic Information
  3.2. Cognitions of Animal Elements
  3.3. Visitors' Preferences and Tendentious to AnimalElements Landscape
 4. Conclusions
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• Ning Shen(Forestry College, Shandong Agricultural University)
• Li-qin Zhang(Forestry College, Shandong Agricultural University)
• Jung Nam Bae(Division of Tourism, Sangji University) Corresponding author
• Yong-ji Piao(College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University)