The "overseas" giant panda couple is 16 years old!
In the Malaysian National Zoo Giant Panda Conservation Center, the Chinese giant panda couple in Malaysia celebrated their 16th birthday on the 23rd.
Both "Xingxing" and "Liangliang" were born on August 23, 2006, and went to Malaysia to tie the knot together in 2014. In the past eight years, the star couple has had three consecutive children. Among them, the eldest daughter "Nuan Nuan" is 7 years old this year and is now in Nanjing. The second daughter, "Friendship", is 4 and a half years old, and because of the impact of the epidemic, she also lives in Malaysia with her parents and sister. The youngest daughter, "Shengyi", just celebrated her first birthday in May this year.
The staff of the conservation center prepared a "birthday cake" for the two birthday stars – a fruit feast, with watermelons, apples, grapes, pears and other spells, carrots carved into heart shapes, giant panda shapes for embellishment, and finally ice cubes.
Giant panda father "Xingxing" has his own territory in the museum. He came to the "birthday cake", chewed slowly piece by piece, and enjoyed it gracefully like a gentleman.
At the National Zoo of Malaysia near Kuala Lumpur on August 23, giant panda Xingxing enjoys a birthday feast. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhu Wei
The "beautiful" side of the giant panda mother is a different scene. The lively and mischievous "Shengyi" first pushed the bamboo down, smashed it on his mother's "birthday cake", and then grabbed the fruit with his mother. When her mother wanted to rest quietly, "Shengyi" climbed up and down, trying to get on her mother, trying to pull her mother up to play with herself.
The audience in the museum was amused by the noise of "Shengyi", and at the same time, she was surprised by her various difficult actions such as handstanding and tumbling, and picked up their mobile phones to record this happy scene.
At the National Zoo of Malaysia near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on August 23, giant panda "Liangliang" (right) and its baby "Shengyi" prepare for a birthday feast. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhu Wei
At the birthday party, the reporter met Fang Chuyun, a librarian from The Raman Polytechnic University. As a veteran fan, she wears a panda-patterned top, a giant panda-patterned mask and a panda ear-like hair band. Fang Chuyun excitedly told reporters: "I deliberately took a leave of absence today to celebrate the birthday of 'Xingxing' and 'Liangliang', and also made a family portrait of their five and hung it there." ”
Following the direction of her finger, the reporter saw this large family portrait hanging on a high place - parents sitting on both sides, three children in the middle, each giant panda marked with name and date of birth.
Fang Chuyun and his friends formed a giant panda fan group, early in the morning with a variety of decorations to decorate the scene - the fence is hung with "Xingxing" and "Liangliang" photos and cards with the words "Happy Birthday" in Chinese and English, the lamppost is a balloon in the shape of a giant panda, and tourists can also get photos and badge souvenirs of giant pandas made by the fan group.
Fang Chuyun said, "This is more ceremonial." ”
At the National Zoo of Malaysia near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on August 23, keepers prepare a birthday feast for the giant panda Xingxing. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhu Wei
The conservation center's team of giant panda keepers is busy with the birthday party on this day. Akmil, who has been caring for giant pandas for eight years, is called "Panda Daddy" by netizens, and today and colleagues have been busy since the morning, not only to prepare the normal meals of the giant panda family today - bamboo, apples, pears, and giant panda cakes made of eggs, soybeans, sugar, salt, calcium powder, corn oil, but also to make two luxurious "fruit birthday cakes".
"Taking care of giant pandas is like taking care of your own children, it has become a part of life," Akmäller said. ”
Dr Matt Nayim, head of the Giant Panda Conservation Centre, said: "Happy birthdays to 'Xingxing' and 'Pretty' and hope that they will have more babies in the future, and the more the better." ”
Reporters: Wang Yi, Mao Pengfei, Liang Huiwen, Zuer (Reporter)
Source: Xinhua News Agency