Animal

The Giant Panda
---Pixie of Human Fairy Tales

Giant pandas--the world treasure--live among the high mountains and deep valleys which locate in the western strip of Sichuan Basin along the eastern edge of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China. The body of gaint panda is plump and gentle, with a round head, a fat neck, a short tail and small ears as well as the thick and strong extremity. The special pair of figure eight black eye socket, a pair of sunglasses, makes giant panda very cute. They are not only exclusive wild animals as national treasures of China but also the common fortunes of the people all over the world. Now, giant is supported as a gigantic star, the being in severe danger in the modern world of animals.
The Giant pandas not only belong to Sichuan, China, they belong to the world.

The Giant Pandas Archives of the National Treasure
--Hometown of Giant Panda: Sichuan, the province in which giant pandas are most abundantly distributed in China

We consider the giant pandas as the pride, because in the world 80% wild giant pandas live in Sichuan Province.
Giant panda is one of the most archaic species being in severe danger which only survives in China in the world. The total number of giant pandas in the wild all over the world is less than 2,000, 80% of which live in Sichuan province. Their main action areas are inside the circle of Chengdu--Mianyang--Songpan--Maerkang--Ya'an--Chengdu and they live in Wolong, Dujiangyan, Qingcheng Mt., Longchi, Hongkou, Mt. Siguniang, Baoxing Fengtongzhai and some other places.
Giant pandas have been living in the dense bamboo forest among the high mountains and deep valleys which locate in the western strip of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of west China, their lives are just like the ones of mysterious anchoret. There is an advantaged natural geography condition and a perfect general climate situation. The distribution of vegetation assumes and obvious vertical trip, which is very feasible for the growing of the giant panda's main food--arrow bamboo and birch orange bamboo. So, Sichuan is and ideal location where animal "living fossil"--giant panda survives and breeds. At the same time, it is the world famous landscape showplace and super excellent destination of travel and review for giant pandas.
Sichuan is not only the place where the giant panda was discovered for the first time, it is also the place where there are the most abundant giant pandas.

Seeking and Tracking of Giant Pandas: Sichuan, the Discovery Site of the First Giant Panda in the World

The first giant panda in the world was discovered by a French missionary named David in Baoxing county of Ya'an city in Sichuan province, 1869.
Frenchman Gene Pierre Armand David was born in a small town in Pyrenees of France. This Frenchman, who had been reveling in nature since he was only a child and who was passionately devoted in exploration, discovered many nature fortunes of the world such as peculiar treasure giant panda, golden monkey, Chiese dove tree.
In March of 1869, when David saw the special "black and white bear" for the first time, he concluded that it would probably be a new interesting species. On May4th, 1869, hunters of David successfully captured a living "black and white bear". He planned to carry it back to Paris; however unfortunately, due to the bump of the hill road and a variety of weather changes, the "black and white bear" died on the way to Paris. David could only send its skin to Paris National Museum. When people saw the big wide round face and black spots in the eye sockets which looks like a pair of glasses, they assumed that it was not real because there was no such kink of animal at all. Some people considered it a special bear. Later, director of the museum, Kenney Edward didi a research on it and believed that it was not a bear or a cat, what's more he believed that it was a bigger panda similar to the little bear which was discovered in Tibet of China, so it was formally named "Giant Panda". Since David introduced the Baoxing giant panda to the world for the first time in 1869, there was a giant panda rush in western countries. Making light of has no fear of great distances at all costs; many experts and scholars wished to capture the special treasure which only existed in China. The giant panda mode specimen which was collected by David in those years is still being treasured up in Paris National Museum now.

If you want to be a volunteer of Wolong Giant Panda Club, you can click the following link:
http://www.pandaclub.net/view_e.jsp?tipid=1150593677425