In late August 2022, the giant panda "Tuantuan" suddenly developed symptoms of epilepsy and foaming at the mouth, and was sent to the National Taiwan University Affiliated Animal Hospital for examination on September 18, and was found to have cerebral edema and necrosis. Due to the deteriorating condition, the mainland sent experts to visit Taiwan.
On November 19, 2022, it was confirmed from the Taipei Zoo that the mainland donated Taiwan giant panda "Tuantuan" died at 13:48 on November 19, 2022, and the Taipei garden will retain fur specimens and bone specimens, as well as live cells.
The giant panda "Tuantuan" is a male panda among a pair of giant pandas that Chinese mainland presented to Taiwan Province. "Tuantuan" was voted at 0:00 on January 29, 2006 through the "Mainland Compatriots Present Giant Pandas to Taiwan Compatriots" at the 2006 Spring Festival Gala. It and another female giant panda, Yuanyuan, received text messages and phone votes from 130 million viewers.
At 8:20 a.m. on December 23, 2008, the giant pandas "Tuantuan" and "Yuanyuan" who presented Taiwan took a large truck, escorted by armed police soldiers under the reluctant eyes and affectionate blessings of the hometown people, and set off from the base of Ya'an Bifeng Gorge to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport.
"Tuan Tuan" was born in 2004 and is nicknamed the No. 19 giant panda in Sichuan Wolong Nature Reserve, nicknamed "Little Obedient".
He went to Taiwan at the age of 4 and spent 14 years in Taipei Zoo. "Tuantuan" is the descendant of the "returnee" female giant panda "Huamei". In 2008, the 4-year-old "Tuantuan", who had just experienced the Wenchuan earthquake, came to Taipei from his hometown in Sichuan with his wife "Yuanyuan" as a giant panda from Sichuan and began a 14-year settlement life on the island of Taiwan.
"Tuantuan" and "Yuanyuan" have two descendants, "Yuanzai" and "Yuanbao". Before their deaths, "Tuan Tuan" and "Yuanyuan" spent their 18th birthday at the Taipei City Zoo, and the zoo also prepared fruit birthday cakes for two giant pandas.
The giant panda "Tuantuan" used to be the best symbol of family ties on both sides of the strait. Not only become a star of Taipei Zoo, but also become the most popular animal. Moreover, it has a large number of panda fans in Taiwan, and often exchanges the latest news of giant pandas donated to Taiwan with panda lovers on the other side on the Internet.
The "tuantuan" is a symbol of the yearning for exchanges and peace between compatriots on both sides of the strait, and is also the epitome of the Taiwan people's boundless expectations for returning to the motherland.
The death of "Tuantuan" has aroused strong concern and concern among people and fans on both sides of the strait.
A Taiwanese netizen left a tearful message in Chaotalk: "Tuan Tuan, thank you for coming to Taiwan 14 years ago and letting me know you." Tuantuan, go all the way, I will always love you and miss you! ”
Many parents rushed to the Taipei Zoo site with their children, handwritten blessing cards, and pasted them on the wishing wall of the Taipei Zoo to pray for the "tuantuan" and hope that the giant pandas would recover as soon as possible. Taipei Zoo set up three prayer walls, and within half an hour, all the children's prayer cards were pasted.
"Tuantuan" is just a giant panda, but the attitude of fans, netizens and children is full of touching.
From them, we can feel that the ardent feelings of "one family on both sides of the strait" have not subsided, but have become stronger. For the mainland of the motherland, the Taiwan people have deep feelings and yearning.
In contrast, some officials and well-known statements in Taiwan are infuriating and chilling.
An official in Taipei City publicly declared at the press conference: "(This giant panda) is like a daughter-in-law who has been married, she is about to hang up, and the other party wants to come and see, so be it." "If we can't save Taiwan from all of us, don't expect the other side to save us."
Another official threatened: "If you want to go back, then just take it back, it is yours." ”
The cold-blooded remarks of these officials could not stand even Taiwanese netizens, and issued a rebuttal: "Why should a giant panda, a symbol of friendship, be so ruthless." ”
It's just a common outrage.
The remarks of Ms. Long Yingtai, a well-known writer in Taiwan, are even more puzzling.
Compare the humble and popular "tuantuan" to "black and white fat impermanence" and "black and white fat fat".
The words are full of disdain and ridicule!
If you don't care that you can, why should you use this remark to hurt the hearts of people on both sides of the strait?