In 1991, the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, because of the joining of the two giant pandas, was particularly lively.
Under the explanation of "Monkey Brother", Pan Pan and Bass performed a series of acrobatics such as shooting, weightlifting, and cycling for the national audience.
The cute panda performance caused the audience to clap and applaud, setting off the climax of the party.
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Today we will tell the story of the legendary giant panda Bath.
Bath is the longest-lived giant panda in the world and the most prominent member of the giant panda family.
So far, it can be said that no giant panda has achieved the same achievements as Bass.
In 1984, a large number of arrow bamboo blossoms in Sichuan Wolong Nature Reserve, folklore rumors that "bamboo blossoming" is an auspicious omen, for the giant panda is a disaster.
Arrow bamboo blossoms, and then large areas wither and die, and there is less and less edible bamboo. An adult giant panda eats at least 10 kilograms of bamboo a day to stay alive.
However, bamboo could not be found in the mountains, and giant pandas died of lack of food. During this period, a 4-year-old giant panda ran down the mountain to forage for food, but was chased by hounds, and panicked and fell into an ice river.
Tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by dogs, and this wolf panda struggled in the river, almost frozen. It happened that a villager chopping wood passed by, looked at it black and white, and roughly concluded that it was a giant panda.
So he immediately decided to go down to the rescue. So he tied one end of the rope to the tree and the other end to himself, and went into the rushing water to save it from the shore.
This giant panda looks round and rolling, quite blessed and cute. In the Sichuan dialect, it is generally called "Bashi" for good looks, and there is a river near Baoxing County, Sichuan Province, where the incident occurred, which is also called "Bass".
So this giant panda was named "Bath" by the villagers.
When Bath was rescued, Chen Yucun's unit just submitted an application to rescue giant pandas, and by chance, Bass settled a new home in Fuzhou.
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The distance between Chengdu and Fuzhou is more than 2,000 kilometers, and the climate difference is large. In May of the following year, the temperature in Fuzhou has reached 30 degrees.
The giant pandas in the zoo are so hot that they refuse to eat even their favorite nests.
The breeders could only bring a truckload of ice cubes in the morning and evening to cool off the giant pandas, and the effect was still not satisfactory.
Impatient, Chen Yucun walked through the mountains and rivers around Fuzhou with one pair of feet, and finally found a habitat for the giant pandas in Guling, 1,000 meters above sea level.
It is full of bamboo and rhododendrons, the temperature is cool, and it is very close to the natural environment of Wolong.
Bath will love it!
At that time, human experience in domesticating giant pandas was rare, and in the face of the giant panda's attack ability, adult males were not opponents at all.
Buzz is lively and very intelligent. According to the early method, the staff would use anesthesia first when they approached them.
The arrival of Bass changed the relationship between the keepers and the giant pandas. Chen Yucun and his colleagues were domesticated through "zero distance" and became intimate with Bass without the aid of anesthesia.
It also opened the way of Bass's talent, and it gradually learned acrobatic skills such as rocking, cycling, shooting, weightlifting, etc., and stood out from the crowd of giant pandas.
In 1987, Bath became the only giant panda to visit San Diego.
It was cute and decathlon, setting off a panda fever in the United States.
It is no exaggeration to say that tourists line up for five hours and watch for 3 minutes.
There are also parents who have queued up with their children for a long time, and they are physically weak and faint. But everyone was enthusiastic.
The mayor of San Diego at the time sighed: "The whole san diego citizen fell into the river of love of Bass." ”
As planned, Bath's visit was only 3 months long, but the fanatical panda show received unprecedented popularity and was extended by another three months.
During this period, there were 2.5 million tourists visiting Bath, with an average of more than 10,000 people waiting to meet bath every day.
Who can refuse a giant panda that greets you, as long as it raises a paw and waves it slightly, the audience will erupt into warm applause.
Let the American people know that there is such a lovely and irresistible species in the world, and it comes from China.
The 7-year-old Buzz did not know the significance of its role in Sino-US diplomacy, but every accompanying staff member behind him was worried day and night, afraid that Bass would not adapt.
To this end, Chen Yucun abandoned the nearby star hotel and asked to sleep in a car, which was parked outside Bath's room. He and Bass were only a dozen meters apart, and he could see Buzz's every move when he raised his eyes.
For half a year, Chen Yucun's heart never let go.
Bath became the most famous giant panda in China and even the world at that time.
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Three years later, the Asian Games were held in Beijing, and bass was used as a prototype to design the mascot "Panpan".
Round head, round ears, round head, healthy and graceful movements, "hope" has become an immortal memory of the times.
During the Asian Games, many children gather in Tiananmen Square every day to see the giant pandas.
Finally, on the day of the closing ceremony, Chen Yucun sent Bass to the stage of the closing ceremony. Because the program was announced late, the stage was too late to be set up.
Bass performed a classic shooting and weightlifting performance on a stage without railings and limited venues.
That night, Bath's performance was broadcast in more than 30 countries around the world.
After Bath once again carried out reverse cultural export on behalf of the Chinese giant pandas, his fame became even greater.
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In 1991, Buzz boarded the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and performed live.
In the following years, Bass often went out on tours, and all the donations received were handed over to the state to build and improve the habitat of giant pandas everywhere.
It can be said that today's complete and mature panda bases in China are inseparable from the contribution of Bass in that year.
But Bath is getting old.
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In 2000, Bath celebrated his 20th birthday, which was the age of an elderly man.
Human diseases due to the deterioration of bodily functions have also occurred in Bath.
Suffering from cataracts in its eyes, it can no longer recognize familiar breeders and can only rely on sound to cope with the crisis. When someone approached, the giant panda of this relative no longer stepped forward, but turned around and sat down.
Its ears are moving alertly, trying to capture everything that is changing in the outside world.
Bass's deterioration of vision left the breeders heartbroken, and after much discussion, it was finally decided to perform cataract surgery on him.
This is the world's first panda cataract surgery, and at the dose of the first level of anesthesia, it encountered difficulties. How much should I fight?
After the anesthesiologist's first injection, the surgery begins. Halfway through, Bass suddenly woke up, frightened the medical staff, and everyone fled the operating room, embarrassed.
Later, an additional dose of anesthesia was added to remove the lens for Bass.
Unfortunately, before that, humans did not know the size of the panda's lens, and according to the medical technology at that time, no manufacturer could customize the lens for the panda.
After the surgery, Bass lived without a lens.
One day in 2001, Bath's blood vessels suddenly ruptured and a lot of blood was shed.
Bass, who had lost too much blood but had no blood to transfuse, was in a coma for a week, and finally woke up again under the rescue of Chen Yucun and his colleagues.
In the process of slow aging, Buzz's spine gradually became unable to bear the weight of the body, and it moved less and less, and later began to sit down leaning on the tree.
Later, I could only eat on my stomach.
This is a panda with a tenacious will, it has always struggled with illness, and has refreshed the panda's life expectancy record year by year.
In 2010, Bath had another crisis, and the results of the blood routine test were not satisfactory, and only antibiotics could be injected to barely maintain.
Everyone was at a loss for what kind of disease Bass had.
Animals, on the other hand, cannot speak and cannot express their condition. Chen Yucun anxiously closed in his office to check the information, and finally he judged that Bass was suffering from acute pancreatitis.
This conclusion put cautious colleagues in a dilemma, watching Bass's condition worsen, Chen Yucun would rather carry a huge risk and deliver drugs to Bass to treat pancreatitis.
On the day of treatment, Bath's condition improved greatly, and the elderly giant panda once again turned the tide.
All the breeders took care of Bass as if he were a child, and after he fell ill, they took care of it sleeplessly, with only one wish, that is, health.
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Bass did think of the breeder as the most trusted person.
In 2010, Shi Feining, who has been engaged in panda breeding for 21 years, officially became a full-time breeder in Bath.
She scrubs, combs, feeds, warm compresses for Bass every day, and patiently soothes while the veterinarian examines her body.
Bass had to take nearly 20 kinds of drugs every day, and the good medicine was bitter, and only Shi Feining could coax and trick the medicine into feeding it.
In her later years, Bass lost her appetite and had weak digestion, so she cut the bamboo leaves into thin wires and mixed them with carrots to feed to Bass.
And she had to crouch in front of Bass and feed her mouth by mouth, and the whole process would take two hours.
It's a chore that requires years of patience and physical exertion.
Shi Feining did not dare to take a vacation, and accompanied Bass until three o'clock in the morning every night, only to sleep for two hours and then get up to check.
Once Bass could not see Shi Feining, he would gamble not to eat and pull the rice bowl aside with his paws.
One day, her daughter came to her and saw her mother coaxing pandas to eat, and afterwards said to her, "Mom, how do you talk to Bass exactly like I do?" ”
In Shi Feining's heart, Bass had already become his own biological child.
In 2015, Bath was 35 years old. Shi Feining personally brought a birthday hat to the birthday star.
This year, it once again experienced a ghost gate, Shi Feining stayed up all night for a month, and finally saw that Bass's situation improved.
This year, Guangzhou hosted the Asian Games, and Bass also recorded a cheering video for the audience. Bath, who still looks cute, is now equivalent to a centenarian.
However, a few months later, in March 2016, Shi Feining suddenly fell ill and fell at the age of 44.
She had just won the "National March 8Th Red Flag Bearer", and she didn't even have time to see the certificate.
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Bass, who celebrated his 35th birthday, was also in deteriorating health.
Its teeth are badly worn and can only drink nutritious rice paste.
Except for eating, the rest of the time I was asleep. The keepers monitor its physical condition 24 hours a day, combing, tuina and turning over.
Under careful care, Bath, who had been lying down for a long time, did not have skin ulcers.
Since July 2017, Bass's physical indicators have changed rapidly, and medical experts from various disciplines have been dispatched to diagnose and treat it, but it is still unable to return to heaven.
By then, Bass was unable to eat on his own, and most of the nutrients and medications were transported into the body by a single tube.
On the last day of his life, Bass could not eat food, but he had to swallow the drug, and he was still struggling to survive.
After 100 days of life-and-death struggles, Bass left due to liver hardening and kidney failure.
Bath's life is fixed at 37 years old, which is equivalent to a 108-year-old human being.
After Bath's death, 73-year-old Chen Yucun was finally able to retire with peace of mind.
He spent nearly 33 years of his life with Bass, hence the name Papa Panda.
Bass's life as a panda has made incomparable contributions to international diplomacy, panda scientific research, cross-strait exchanges, and sports publicity.
Bass is a hero of his time, and behind it stands many nameless devotees.
Today Chinese New Year's Eve, on the occasion of retiring the old and welcoming the new, I salute every ordinary and extraordinary you!
Source:
Straits Metropolis Daily WeChat public number: the last 100 days of the secret panda star Buzz, the memoirs of the breeders brought tears to people's eyes
Fuzhou Evening News: Guarding panda Bass for 27 years Panda "mother" Shi Feining died suddenly
Legal Evening News: "Dialogue "Hope" Giant Panda Lifelong Companion: Although she can't speak, she has a "Bass Spirit"",
【Narration】 Legendary Bath