Cheng Du hosts treated us to a very special visit to China’s Giant Panda Research and Breeding Base. The breeding base houses up to 50 of these gentle creatures. The adults spend 16 hours eating and the rest of their day is napping. The juvenile pandas have an additional responsibility; they play. Life is rough for a giant panda in China…
After leaving the panda base, we traveled to DuJiang, a nearby city. The DuJiang irrigation
system is a 2000-year old wondrous site, which is very popular with local tourists. The national park includes many pagoda temples and shopping opportunities.
Cheng Du’s Giant Panda Research and Breeding Base
Giant pandas doing what they enjoy most, eating and lounging
Giant pandas doing what they enjoy most, eating and lounging
Wrestling match between 3 baby pandas
An unexpected performance at lunch
A performer hams it up at a tobacco convention held at the restaurant
we dined at
The DuJiang irrigation system and national park
The DuJiang irrigation system and national park
The DuJiang irrigation system and national park
rs. Li and Hetzel light ceremonial incense at the DuJiang temple
Photos by Lisa Ortiz
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