Panda’s home

Do you know where Giant pandas live?
Giant pandas are found only in the dense bamboo and coniferous mountains of central China — They occupy 6 small forest fragments in small isolated areas of the north and
central portions of theSichuan Province, in the mountains bordering the southernmost part of Gansu Province, and in the Qinling Mountains of the Shaanxi Province (about 5,400 square miles). The elevation ranges from 1,200 to 3,40 meters (4,000 to 11,000 feet) high. Themountains are shrouded in heavy clouds with torrential rains or a dense mist throughout the year. In most of the areas in which they still roam wild, they must compete with the farmers who farm the river valleys and the lower slopes of the mountains. In general the giant panda’s home territory will range from to 3.8 6.5 square kilometers (1.5 to 2.5 square miles). They in habit damp, mistyforests of bamboo and conifers. Their preferred habitat has dense stands of at least one species of bambo (preferably more). Females have been found to stay in an area of only 30 to 40 hectares (75 to100 acres). The male’s territory generally overlaps several female territories.

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Panda Legend!!

Do you know about ” Panda Legend”?
Long ago,a young and beautiful girl lived in the Wolong valley with her family. She was a shepherdess, loved by all who knew her for her kindness and good nature. Whenever she took her sheep into the hills a young panda would come to join her flock, perhaps mistaking them for its own kind for in those days pandas were all white.

One day the panda arrived as usual, but it had not been playing with the flock for long when a leopard jumped from a tree and begun to savage the helpless cub. Careless of her own life, the girl picked up a stick and began to beat the leopard. The panda ran off, but the leopard turned on its attacker and killed her.

When the other pandas heard this, they were stricken with grief. All came to attend the girl’s funeral, and as a mark of their respect they covered their arms with ashes as was the custom.

At the funeral, they could not contain themselves. They wiped their eyes to dry their tears, and hugged themselves as the sobbed. The cries became so loud that they covered their ears with their paws to block out the noise. Wherever they touched themselves the ashes stained their fur black and since that day all pandas have carried these marks.

Overcome with sorrow, the girl’s three sisters threw themselves into her grave, whereupon the earth shook and in place of the grave a huge mountain appeared. That mountain still stands, and is called Siguniang-the four sisters mountain. Each sister was transformed into one of it’s peaks, and between the ridges that spread from it the sisters continue to protect the pandas to this day.

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Chengdu Climate & Weather

The weather in the mountainous region is icy cold, but clear, which contrasts almost diametrically with the neighbouring mild, humid, and often overcast or outright foggy, weather of the Chengdu Plain to the east that characterizes the city of Chengdu; sometimes likened to the city of London as regards the fog and the drizzly weather. For example, Chengdu gets about 250-300 foggy, cloudy or rainy days each year. An old saying, describing the weather of Chengdu, mocks the infrequency of sunshine: ‘Shu dogs bark at the sight of the sun’.

Climate : Chengdu, situated in the Sichuan Basin, has a subtropical monsoon climate.

It is warm and wet all year. The annual temperature averages 16°C. To summarize the climate of Chengdu, it has “an early Spring, hot Summer, cool Autumn and relatively warm Winter”. It is very misty all year, and the sunny days are few.

The temperature is not so high in Summer, but it is very muggy because of the high humidity. The temperature is generally above 5°C during Winter, but is usually very cloudy and humid.

So being neither too hot in Summer nor too cold in Winter, the whole year is suitable for tourists.

Tip for Chengdu Weather >>
The best tourist season
March to June; September to November.

July and August are the hottest time in Chengdu. However, it is cool in the Qingcheng Mountain (20 km southwest to Dujiangyan City), Jiulong Gou (northwest of Congzhou City), Jiufeng Mountain (located in Pengzhou City), Tiantai Mountain (in Qionglai City, 120 km from Chengdu) and Longchi Forest Park (northwest to Dujiangyan City), where it is very nice to spend the summer. It is also a good choice to visit Xiling Snowy Mountain (in Dayi County, 105 km from Chengdu) and Longchi Forest Park in winter.

Chengdu Weather Tips
It often rains in Chengdu. Tourists are advised to carry umbrellas.

Try to Avoid domestic travel seasons
Try to plan your Chengdu tour by avoiding the peak holidays. Because of the popularity of Chengdu and Pandas for Chinese tourists, those attractions become more crowded in these periods.

The most crowded seasons in China are Chinese Spring Festival (usually in late Jan or early Feb.), International Labour Day (May 01 to 03) and National Day (Oct 01-07). Spring Festival and the National Day golden week are the most crowded time for travelling.

Triplets baby panda

Do you know on 29/07/14,

A 12 years old giant panda name “Juxiao” has given births to triplets baby panda in China. It is so amazing because panda normally gives birth to only one.

You can see them more on this link: http://youtu.be/xuMrOkzVsMc

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Prevention and Treatment of Panda Disease

Do you know giant pandas suffer from a variety of diseases like the humans and other mammals? The disease of giant panda is consist of:

Internal diseases of giant pandas > > Giant pandas internal diseases are primarily in the digestive, respiratory, urinary, nervous, hemopoietic system, etc. Common diseases include; acute gastroenteritis, chronic gastroenteritis, cold, and pneumonia. The most threatening diseases for giant pandas are; sunstroke, ileus (blockage of the intenstines), volvulus (bowel obstruction), intussusception, (where a segment of the intestine is pulled into itself) acute pancreatitis, and kidney failure.

Surgical diseases > > The common surgical diseases of giant pandas include trauma, fracture, craniocerebral injury and tumour, which can only be treated via surgical operation. Because giant pandas would scratch the wound on and on, which prevents healing, therefore the key of success of surgical operation lies in the post-operative care.

Giant Panda Obstetrical Diseases > > Obstetrical diseases of giant pandas mainly include pseudopregnancy, abortion, dystocia, edema of pudendum (swelling of the vulva), endometritis, ovarian cyst, obstruction of fallopian tube, and infertility. Pseudopregnancy and abortion are the most common. The weight of the newborn panda cub is only 1/1000 of the female panda (or sow), so the possibility of dystocia (obstructed labor)due to oversize of fetus is extremely small, and the most likely is that the mother is subject to dystocia due to abnormal uterine action because of weak uterine contraction during delivery. Presently, only one case of giant panda dystocia was reported internationally. The only case was Er Yatou (Pedigree No.: 401#) living in the Chengdu Panda Base in 2004. At that time, she did not show any contractions or straining within 14 hours after the amniotic fluid broke for the first time, and experts conducted B-ultrasonic examination and found that the fetus was still in the uterus. Finally, via the conservative therapeutic method with combination of Chinese and western medicine, the dead fetus was delivered from the mother, a surgical operation was avoided, and Er Yatou was protected.

Infectious or Communicable Diseases of Giant Pandas > > Communicable diseases of giant pandas are diseases greatly threatening the population health and life safety of giant pandas. Before scientists completely know the new communicable disease, giant pandas are impossible to defend effectively such disease, which causes serious loss or even devastating blow to the entire giant panda captive population, just like the panic among human beings caused by SARS and bird flu when they just appeared. In the history of giant panda captivity, the hemorrhagic enteritis triggered by the invasive escherichia coli O152 introduced to the captive population due to rescue of wild pandas in 1980s resulted in death of nearly 20 giant pandas within 2 years; the intractable dysentery and chronic malnutrition syndrome of post-weaning giant panda cubs caused by rotavirus, canine distemper caused by canine distemper virus, viral enteritis caused by parvovirus, etc. brought harm to the entire captive population.

Through concerted efforts, scientists all over the world have made major breakthroughs in the treatment and prevention of known giant panda communicable diseases. Experts have succeeded in finding effective therapeutic methods and preventive measures against hemorrhagic enteritis caused by the invasive escherichia coli O152, the intractable dysentery and chronic malnutrition syndromes of post-weaning giant panda cubs caused by rotavirus, and tests to screen, and vaccines to prevent against canine distemper virus. 

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More information at : http://www.panda.org.cn/english/research/disease/2013-09-12/2449.html

Giant panda

Another thing that you should do to complete the task in visiting Chengdu is take a photo with giant panda. At Chengdu Panda Breeding Research Foundation. It is the place where you can enjoy playing with many giant panda. At first, you only need to check the opening time, which is open at 07:30am—18:00pm, all year round. After that you have to pay the money for the ticket around RMB 58 per person and then you can access into the Chengdu Panda Breeding Research Foundation that you will see many giant panda. The giant panda is a rare and beloved animal that only inhabits the six major mountain ranges in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces of China. With a population of less than 2000, the species is included on the endangered list by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and is protected by China’s Wildlife Protective Law as the special-class protected animal.

Giant pandas are appreciated and cherished by humans the world over; their familiar black and white faces and rounded ears endearing them to children and adults alike. Because of its prominent scientific research value, endangered status, and delightful viewing value, the giant panda is considered a national treasure of China. Though small in number, giant pandas have visited many countries and served as envoys of friendship from China to the world.

In order to rescue and protect the endangered giant panda species, the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding was established in March 1987 with the mission to further the research and conservation carried out by the Chengdu Zoo. Its formation was sanctioned by Chengdu’s municipal government and came under the support structures of the Ministry of Housing and Urban – Rural Development of the People’s Republic of China (formerly the Ministry of Construction), the State Forestry Administration, PRC (formerly State Forestry Department), and conservation organisations like the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens and China Wildlife Conservation Association. With the aim of promoting Chengdu as “The Home Land of The Giant Panda,” the Chengdu Zoo has worked tirelessly since the 1950s. Now the Chengdu Panda Base has taken up the causes of research, breeding, and conservation among the giant panda population. The Base’s geographic location and excellent technological and professional resources allow it to carry out the ex-situ (off-site) conservation efforts and to improve the artificial reproduction procedures to increase the giant panda population. When population levels have reached desired levels, the Chengdu Panda Base will shift its efforts toward helping giant pandas adapt to their natural habitats so can be released into the wild and repopulate their native homeland.

More information: http://www.panda.org.cn/english/

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Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport

Chengdu is served by the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport located in Shuangliu County 16 km (9.9 mi) southwest of downtown. It has been the busiest airport in Central and Western China and the 4th busiest air hub city nationwide, with a total of 29.07 million in terms of passenger traffic in 2011. The number surpassed 31.59 million in 2012.

A second runway was constructed at Chengdu’s airport, capable of landing an Airbus A-380, the largest commercial (passenger) airplane to date. Chengdu is the fourth city in China with two commercial runways, after Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. On May 26, 2009, Air China, the Chengdu Government and Sichuan Airport Group signed an agreement to improve the infrastructure of the airport and increase the number of direct international flights to and from Chengdu. The objective is to increase passenger traffic to 40 million by 2015, making Chengdu Airport the fourth international hub in China, after Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. There is also a long-term plan to build a second airport in Qionglai County with five runways. Upon completion, it will take less than 30 minutes to travel from Qionglai to downtown Chengdu.

More information: http://www.chinahighlights.com/china-flights/china-airport/chengdu-shuangliu-airport.htm

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Sichuan Teahouse!

The tea culture of Chengdu is different from that of North China and that of the grasslands area. People in Chengdu like to meet each other or have a rest by way of drinking tea together at a tea house.“Gaiwan Tea”was firstly invented in Chengdu.

Tea sets of“Gaiwan Tea”include tea cover, teacup and saucer. Seats in a tea house usualLy are bamboo chairs wrth backs, steady and comfortable to our backs.Moreover,a bamboo chair is so light as to be moved about.If some people often drink tea together, we call them tea friends. When n new one comes, the old ones wiIl firstly say “hello”to him and invite him to drink tea with them. Then, they will move to another table and ask the ¨tea doctor”to make new tea.

Tea doctors are attendants serving in tea houses.They are good　at making tea. Holding bronze pots with long mouths in hand, they can pour tea water from about one meter into cups without a drop spilling out. Tea doctors have superb skill in handing out teacups,quickly and accurately. So, they can serve many customers at a time.

More information : http://www.sccts.com/english/chengdu/sichuan_teahouse.html

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Yibin Bamboo Forest

The long Mid-Autumn weekend coming up provides a chance to get away and relax for just a little bit longer. These Chengdu weekend getaways will provide a change in scenery，an increase in air quality and recharge your batteries for the winter.

Yibin Bamboo Forest  is one of the most memorable scenes from the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is when Chow Yun Fat and Zhang Ziyi float after each other through a forest of ultra-green bamboo trees in a battle of kung-fu masters. The Yibin Bamboo Sea, close to the southern border of Sichuan, is where those scenes were filmed. The whole area is filled with bamboo, but there is an actual site you can visit for an 85 RMB entrance fee. The park is large enough that if you want to see all the sites, which include waterfalls, lakes and a monastery carved into a cliff，you may want to hire a driver and get out for hikes and pictures. Most hotels offer a driver/sightseeing package for the Bamboo Sea.

Opening hours: 08:00 -18:00
Price：85 RMB park entrance fee per person
Accommodation: 50-600 RMB per night

More information: http://www.echinacities.com/Chengdu/city-guide/Long-Weekend-Getaways-A-Little-Farther-From-Chengdu

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Panda-inn

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Panda-inn Function● This hotel is a courtyard pastoral hotel combines accommodation and panda culture-experiencing.

Panda-inn Location● Our hotel is located beside Mount Emei, which is not only a world cultural heritage but also a world natural heritage. The exact location is the 5^th yard of Emei Courtyard in Exiu Lake International Holiday Resort.

 

Panda-inn Transportation● It takes only an hour and a half to reach Panda-inn, starting from Chengdu, through Chengle and Chengya expressways. Our hotel is just 100 m away from the terminal of Chengmianle high speed rail, which will be functioned by the end of 2012. Our reception office in Chengdu Kuanzhai Alley, we can receive you directly from Chengdu to Panda-inn. We will pick up you at the station if you take a coach. You can take our travel bus to Baoguo Temple in the morning to start your journey of Mountain Emei. When you want to go back in the afternoon, just give us a call, our bus will be at your service. 

Pandas-inn Room● There are 32 rooms in total, every room has a unique theme style. Single room, standard room and suite room are all available.

Panda-inn Courtyard● Panda courtyard consists of panda sculptures group, panda ecological farmland, panda ecological orchard and panda ecological flora.

Panda-inn Entertainments● You can drink tea or play chess or do some reading in panda courtyard. You can experience labor in farmland and orchard while enjoy the sight of pandas playing on the grass or in the garden. 

Further information: http://www.panda-inn.cn/services/show.php?lang=en&id=70