On November 4, 1972, when the Chinese giant pandas "Kang Kang" and "Lan Lan" met the audience for the first time at the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Japan, they became the interview center of the Japanese press.
Lan Lan died in 1979
Japanese children observe a moment of silence
The giant panda "Lanlan", which Chinese people gave to the Japanese people, suddenly fell ill on August 31, 1979, and died on September 4, 1979.
Photo by Wang Jingying
On September 9, 1979, among the mass members welcoming the Chinese Vice Premier's visit to Nara, Japanese children displayed a sign wishing to get another panda, expressing the wishes of the Japanese people.
Rejoice
On February 6, 1980, the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Japan, held a welcome ceremony to welcome the giant pandas presented to the Japanese people by the Chinese people.
Photographed by Wang Dajun
To commemorate the first anniversary of the friendship between Fukuoka City in Japan and Guangzhou City in China, the giant pandas "Shanshan" and "Baoling" of Guangzhou Zoo have been exhibited at Fukuoka Zoo since April 1, 1980.
1981 Photo by Li Qirong
The giant pandas "Rong Rong" and "Zhaizhai", which were transported from the sister city of Tianjin to the Kobe Maritime City Expo, attracted thousands of Japanese audiences.
Photo by Li Qirong
The giant panda flying, a gift from the Chinese government to the Japanese people, was publicly exhibited at the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo on November 19, 1982. This is a Japanese elementary school student watching the newly exhibited giant panda flying (right) and the giant panda Huanhuan (left) donated a few years ago.
1984 Photographed by Jin Xunqi
In early April 1984, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, a famous Japanese actress and director of the Japan Committee of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), led a Japanese panda visit to China to visit the Wolong Nature Reserve in Sichuan Province, the main source of giant pandas. Tetsuko Kuroyanagi was the first to introduce the knowledge of giant pandas to the Japanese people. Back in 1960, she had broadcast the program "Do You Know Pandas?" on the Japan Broadcasting Association television station. He also wrote a book called Panda and Me.
Photo by Qian Sijie
From May 5 to December 31, 1984, the Japan Committee of the World Wildlife Fund launched a donation campaign to "Protect Pandas" throughout Japan, planning to donate 200 million yen to save Chinese pandas.
Photo by Li Ping in 1984
In order to assist China in rescuing giant pandas, the Japanese government provided 50 million yen of free aid to the mainland government.
Naming ceremony 1986 Photo by Qian Sijie
Children
On December 15, 1986, the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Japan, held a naming ceremony for the giant panda "Tong Tong". "Tong Tong" is huan huan's first cub born in Japan.
Photo by Li Xiaoguo
The Giant Panda Mausoleum was shipped to Tokyo, Japan on November 5, 1992, at Beijing Airport. The mausoleum will be paired with children raised at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo to breed offspring, and Ueno Zoo will exchange the children's "close relatives" to the Beijing Zoo.
Photo by Chen Jianli
On September 23, 1997, thousands of people from all walks of life in Japan braved the rain to come to Tokyo's Ueno Zoo to mourn the death of the giant panda "Joy" on the 22nd. The 25-year-old "Huan Huan" is a gift given to the Japanese people by the Chinese government in 1980 and is deeply loved by the Japanese people.