China's national treasure, the giant panda, is a veritable "world group pet". Their every move is frozen in the gaze of countless attention, and it has become a precious memory that warms the world.
01
"Heart-to-heart" to the messenger of friendship
In the "album" of the giant panda "Fu Bao", there are yellow rape flowers. Born on July 20, 2020, "Fu Bao" is the first birth of giant pandas "Ai Bao (Hua Ni)" and "Le Bao (Yuan Xin)" in South Korea, and the first giant panda born in Korea.
Giant panda "Fu Bao" when he was a child
April 3 this year is the day when "Fu Bao" departs for China. A section of the road where the truck carrying "Fu Bao" drove in Everland in South Korea was covered with stickers in the shape of rape flowers, on which the Korean people's blessings for "Fu Bao" were written.
Breeder Jiang Zheyuan said that when he went to China to pick up "Aibao" and "Lebao", rape flowers bloomed there, and since then he has been planting rape flowers in South Korea every year, so that the giant pandas of the "Bao family" can smell the smell of their hometown.
On April 3, people bid farewell to giant panda "Fu Bao" in the rain at Everland in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yao Qilin
As a friendship envoy from China, the giant panda has countless "fans" around the world. Paradise Zoo in Belgium is home to the giant pandas. Jean-Pierre de Gobert, an 80-year-old Belgian man, is one of the zoo's most famous visitors and is known as "Grandpa Panda". On his 70th birthday, De Gobert's children gave him a special gift – an annual pass to Paradise Zoo, and he fell in love with the giant panda ever since. He also deliberately sold his house far away and moved to live near the zoo. De Goebel knows the habits of every panda at Paradise Zoo inside out, "It's a hobby that makes my retirement very fulfilling." I always meet panda lovers, and we all share our feelings and have a great time."
Frenchman Jérôme Pouille is the founder of the giant panda information website "panda.fr". He recalls that when he was a child, he passed by a shop window and fell in love with a cute panda doll at a glance. When he grew up, he began to search for everything about giant pandas, and also ordered the English version of the book "Giant Pandas in Wolong" from abroad. At the age of 17, at the Vonsenne Zoo in Paris, Puye saw a real giant panda for the first time. Puye said that he likes China because he loves giant pandas, and because he came to China, he knows sincere and friendly Chinese. He remembers that one year in Baoxing, Sichuan, Chinese friends entertained him to eat hot pot and told him stories about cattle herding and encountering wild giant pandas.
02
Protect the lovely creatures together
In the "photo album" of the giant panda "Katyusha", it records its growth.
Katyusha is the first giant panda born in Russia. Akulova, the director of the Moscow Zoo, regularly posts about the "Katyusha" on social media, from opening her eyes and raising her head to learning to crawl and stand on all fours...... Every little change in the little one is a delight. "Panda cubs have not only panda mothers, but also human mothers. "Akulova has traveled to China many times to study in the field. To better understand giant pandas, she said, she and her colleagues "visited almost all panda breeding sites in China."
For a long time, China has actively promoted international cooperation in giant panda conservation. The birth of each giant panda cub overseas is the crystallization of in-depth exchanges and collaborative innovation between Chinese and foreign researchers. Giant panda guardians from all over the world have made concerted efforts to achieve remarkable results in wild conservation, breeding and rearing, disease prevention and treatment, technical exchanges and public education, and jointly overcome a series of technical problems.
This is the giant panda "Katyusha" photographed at the Moscow Zoo in Russia on March 8. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cao Yang
In China, the homeland of giant pandas, the survival and reproduction of giant pandas in the wild also affects people's hearts. Through the implementation of key ecological projects such as the protection of natural forests, the return of farmland to forests and grasslands, the protection of wild animals and plants, and the construction of nature reserves, China has continuously strengthened the protection of wild populations and habitats of giant pandas. In 2021, the Giant Panda National Park was officially established, which further improved the connectivity, coordination and integrity of the giant panda habitat, and promoted the significant growth of the total wild population of the giant panda.
China's achievements in the field of biodiversity conservation have left Eric Dongbo, founder and chairman of Paradise Zoo in Belgium, impressed. After the giant pandas came to Belgium, Dong Bo invited their "fellow villagers" - South China mountain antelope, red panda, and Chinese alligator to Belgium. Dong Bo said that protecting rare species and protecting the living environment on which they depend actually improves the entire ecosystem, "which is beneficial to the future of mankind." Paradise Zoo is committed to spreading Chinese concepts such as "harmony between man and nature" and "harmony and symbiosis", so that the truth of harmonious coexistence between man and nature will be more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Eric Donbo, founder and chairman of Paradise Zoo in Belgium
03
Giant pandas have "superpowers"
In the "photo album" of the giant pandas "Sihai" and "Jingjing", it is recorded that they are serving as "public welfare ambassadors" in Qatar. At last year's Doha International Book Fair, an interactive panda-themed zone attracted a large number of visitors, and the Ministry of Municipalities wanted to educate the public about health, sustainability, agriculture and the environment.
"Sihai" and "Jingjing" are from the Wolong Shenshuping Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. When they first arrived in Qatar, they set off a "giant panda whirlwind", and many tourists even learned to speak Sichuan dialect to attract their attention. Today, the Giant Panda Pavilion has become one of Qatar's main attractions, with posters of "Four Seas" and "Jingjing" everywhere along the main roads and in the subway of the capital Doha.
Giant pandas have adorable "superpowers" that sow the seeds of peace and friendship in people's hearts. Paradise Zoo in Belgium has seen a huge increase in visitors due to the arrival of giant pandas, and has been voted the most popular theme park in Europe many times.
In March this year, a large bronze sculpture based on the first giant panda born in France, "Dream Comes True", was unveiled at the Beauval Wildlife Park, which is another "check-in" attraction for this well-known French zoo.
This is a giant panda sculpture photographed on March 22 at the Beauval Safari Park in the central French city of Saint-Aignan. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Gao Jing
Born at the Ueno Zoo in Japan, Xiang Xiang returned to Sichuan, China, in February last year. Since then, many Japanese people have made a wish to go to China to see "Xiangxiang". In November last year, Japanese giant panda photographer Takahiro Gao set out on his first trip to China because of "Xiangxiang". The reporter learned from the Chinese Tourism Office in Tokyo that many Japanese travel agencies have recently launched giant panda sightseeing tours to China, and the registration is very popular. "Fubao" returned to China, and Korean travel agencies also rushed to launch a "panda tour package" to China.
In the deep integration between China and the world, the humble giant panda has shown its "superpower" to connect with the heart, bringing the goodwill from China into the hearts of people around the world.
Source: iPanda Panda Channel, Xinhua News Agency, etc