Japan postponed the return of giant panda Xiangxiang for the fourth time, what is the history of suf

When it comes to what our country's national treasure is, many people will definitely think of pandas first. Indeed, as a national treasure of our country, the panda has become one of the representatives of our country by virtue of its cute appearance and uniqueness of living conditions. The cute image of the panda is not only liked by the Chinese people, but also attracts a large number of foreigners.

Therefore, pandas have also become a testimony to the friendship between the two countries, and foreign countries often lease pandas to China. Previously, Japan postponed the return of the giant panda Xiangxiang for the fourth time, and the news once again aroused the discussion of pandas among netizens, although everyone often envied the status of the panda's national treasure, but few people noticed the panda's suffering history before it became a national treasure, so let's learn about it. <>

First of all, we can know that the panda can be said to be one of the living fossils on the earth, which has been on the earth for more than 8 million years. Although they are not as good as those that have existed for hundreds of millions of years, they are very rare for large animals to survive to this day, so it is no exaggeration to call them living fossils. The panda was first spotted in 1869 by a French missionary.

But at that time, our country was still very poor, and even if there were many foreigners eyeing pandas, there was nothing they could do. Therefore, this has led to a large number of hunting of giant pandas by many foreign explorers, museum specimen collectors, etc. In the thirties and forties of the last century alone, more than a dozen live giant pandas in China were smuggled abroad, and because of a large number of hunting, pandas became an endangered species in China.

It was not until 1950 of the last century that our country began to attach importance to the giant panda, and since then it has been protected and gradually established its status as a national treasure. <>

Secondly, the first loan of China's giant pandas was in 1984, when Los Angeles hosted the Olympic Games. After the Olympics, foreigners saw that the giant panda was very popular, so they continued to start renting giant pandas, and since then other countries have followed suit. <>

In short, although the panda is now a national treasure of our country, it has also experienced a lot of hardships before, otherwise how could it become an endangered animal.

Discovered: Giant pandas have lived on the earth for at least 8 million years, because they live in dense bamboo forests with thin air and mist at an altitude of 2600-3500 meters, so it was not until 1869, in Baoxing County, northwest of Sichuan, China, that the cat and bear living in the wilderness were discovered by the French missionary Armand David, and began to enter the field of vision of human civilization.

Taken out of the country: After its discovery, the panda's fate was full of ups and downs: it died on the way out of the country in the same year it was discovered, and was then taxidermy and exhibited at the National Museum in Paris, France.

Since then, groups of Western explorers, hunters, and museum specimen collectors have come to the panda production area, but they have never been able to catch a live giant panda, so they can only hunt, buy and make taxidermies, and so on.

In 1936, Westerners had been seeking giant pandas for more than half a century. Ruth Harkless, a 35-year-old female fashion designer in New York who fulfilled her husband's last wish William Harkless, finally found a live giant panda in Wenchuan, named it "Su Lin", and brought it back to the United States to be exhibited in major cities, causing a sensation everywhere she went. Unfortunately, Su Lin only lived for a year before being made into a permanent specimen.

Since then, giant pandas have been captured by various Western powers and brought out of the country one after another. In the 10 years from 1936 to 1946 alone, 16 live giant pandas were shipped out of China.

Giant pandas have been on the earth for 8 million years, and although they are not as old as many animals that are hundreds of millions of years old, they are actually rare to consider as large animals, and it makes sense to be called "living fossils". They were first recorded and discovered in 1869 by the French missionary Armand David. At that time, we were not strong enough, and many foreigners were worried about pandas, and we couldn't do anything about them, which led to many foreign explorers, hunters, and museum specimen collectors hunting pandas uncontrollably, because they couldn't catch them alive, so they usually killed them directly and then took the organs they needed, such as fur and claws.

With the improvement of technology, even from 1936 to 1946 alone, 16 live giant pandas in China were transported abroad, and the number of giant pandas fell off a cliff, so it became an endangered species.

At that time, most pandas were unable to eat enough, life was more difficult, very thin, would participate in some circus activities, life was relatively difficult.

In the previous history, humans hunted giant pandas on a large scale, the number of pandas dropped a lot, and every day they faced kidney replenishment, and the ecological environment changed, they did not have enough food, their living environment has also been seriously changed, and they have become endangered animals.

In 2017, Xiangxiang's parents gave birth to it in Japan, but due to the global epidemic, "Xiangxiang", which was supposed to grow in China in June 2022, is still in Japan and has not embarked on the road back to her hometown. Pandas have existed on the earth for more than 8 million years, and are called "living fossils" by humans, and at present, giant pandas grow in the natural environment, only China, and now we see pandas on display in various countries, without exception, they are all pandas on loan from China. Let's take a look at this problem**, I hope these contents can help friends in need.

The lease of the panda first appeared in American history.

Los Angeles, USA, 1984.

To host the Olympic Games, the United States sent a letter of application to China to try to cooperate in leasing 3 pandas, and China also began to try the form for the first time, China lent the giant pandas to the Los Angeles Zoo, and the global Olympic Games were crowded.

It was all the rage, and since then there has been an endless stream of pandas coming to the Los Angeles Zoo, which not only increases the popularity of the zoo, but also increases the popularity of pandas, and subsequently, the San Francisco Zoo in the United States also asked China to lease giant pandas.

In 1972, China again gifted the United States a pair of giant pandas, which was the envy of Canada at the time, and the following year Canada brought beavers.

It was not until 1985 that Canada successfully leased giant pandas to China, and Chinese giant pandas were kept in Toronto Zoo, in Canada, Chinese pandas are also empty alleys, although they are only rented for 3 months, but the audience exceeds one million.

In 2012, the Berlin Zoo in Germany loaned two pandas, and after a lapse of five years, they leased the giant pandas again, in 2017 in Denmark.

Two pandas were loaned to China, and the national treasure panda was leased to various countries mainly for ornamental purposes, but they both lived luxuriously in a foreign country.

The ownership of giant pandas in the world is only owned by China, and there are no giant pandas abroad, so giant pandas are very popular abroad, for them pandas have research value and ornamental value, and at the same time, they can also be used to promote the protection of giant pandas. In order to obtain profits, foreigners rent giant pandas from China to attract more people to watch, which is also a means of commerce, so what are China's requirements for leasing giant pandas abroad?

The annual rent for a pair of giant pandas is about 3.45 million to 6.9 million yuan, but these rents are used to support the conservation of giant pandas in China, and the lease period is generally 10 years, and the contract can be renewed when it expires. If a baby bear dies abroad, a hefty fine is required.

Giant pandas must have life insurance, the insurance compensation amount in the United States is 1 million US dollars, and if the giant panda dies, the compensation is owned by China. In addition, if the panda is killed due to improper captivity, an additional fine of $800,000 is impossible. Giant pandas live in a special environment and need a lot of fresh bamboo, so they will ask to plant bamboo near the zoo or buy bamboo regularly for giant pandas to eat.

The history of panda leasing began in 2005, and Japan first borrowed giant pandas from China, and then the United States, Britain and France.

Panda leasing was a way for China to export giant pandas abroad in the mid-1980s and early 1990s.

Xiang Xiang was rented out to accommodate Japan's invitation, and this act was also to establish friendly relations between China and Japan。You will find that there are giant pandas in many countries, and these countries have spent a lot of effort to negotiate for a long time in order to be able to lease the giant pandas in China, and finally got them. There are many ways to diplomacy, some countries use specific souvenirs to conduct diplomacy, while others use national treasures to conduct diplomacy.

In fact, like many countries, national treasures will be exchanged, because national treasures are equivalent to the symbol of a country, like the giant panda is only available in China, so everyone knows that it is Chinese when it comes to the giant panda. In diplomacy, in order to be able to show friendly feelings with other countries, China will choose to lease giant pandas to certain countries for breeding. These giant pandas are treated very well after going to these countries, for example, I wanted to lease giant pandas in France, so I also built a very beautiful residence for the giant pandas.

The level of enthusiasm of the local people is also very high, and there is a long queue at the entrance of the giant panda museum every week. <>

When we lend out pandas, we receive a rent every year, and the ownership of the red pandas produced by the same leased pandas also belongs to our country. Xiangxiang, a giant panda, was born in Japan, and due to the impact of the epidemic, he was unable to return to the embrace of his motherland in time, and this is the fourth time that his return to China has been postponed. <>

He was born in Tokyo in 2017 and had planned to return to China in 2020, but the pandemic did not send him back at this time to ensure his safety. After that, the time was postponed to this year, but the overall situation this year was still unstable, and finally decided to postpone the time again to the end of this year. Presumably, by the end of this year, everyone will be able to meet this cute red panda.

Xiangxiang was not rented out, mainly because there was no giant panda in Japan, and Tokyo, the capital of Japan, borrowed giant pandas from China at that time, claiming that the ownership of the cubs would also belong to China in the future, but due to the impact of the epidemic, the time for the pandas to return should be far.

Because at that time, in order to promote the economic and development between the two countries, Japan also liked China's giant pandas very much at that time, so China rented Xiangxiang out, which can not only let more people know about China's giant pandas, but also bring good ones to China.

Because there are no giant pandas in Japan, giant pandas were sent out to show Japan's friendship with China.

The deep meaning behind Japan's move is to delay the return of the giant panda Xiangxiang. Because the popularity of the giant panda Xiangxiang in Japan is higher than that of the Japanese royal family, it is loved by everyone in Japan.

Japan postponed the return of the giant panda Xiangxiang because the giant panda Xiangxiang was so popular in Japan, and even when the giant panda Xiangxiang was born in Japan, it caused a scene of thousands of empty alleys in Japan, when the birth of the giant panda Xiangxiang was reported in major headlines. Giant panda Xiangxiang has also brought huge benefits to the local zoo, which can be said to be beneficial and harmless, as long as the giant panda Xiangxiang is in that zoo, that zoo will have a steady stream of income. Of course, for the high-level in Japan, they postponed the return of the giant panda Xiangxiang because the giant panda Xiangxiang is really too popular in Japan, and they are afraid that after sending it back, it will cause dissatisfaction among the Japanese people, so they can delay for as long as they want, and it is best to continue to discuss with our country to let the giant panda Xiangxiang stay in Japan for a while.

In fact, Japan's postponement of sending back the giant panda Xiangxiang can be said to be completely forced by the Japanese people. Because the Japanese people's love for the giant panda Xiangxiang is really terrifying, all kinds of peripherals about the giant panda Xiangxiang have been swept away. There are only 13 in Japan, and the most popular is the giant panda Xiangxiang, this panda was born in Japan, and many people in Japan value it very much, and even want to let this panda live in Japan for the rest of their lives.

Of course, for our country, this is impossible, the giant pandas in foreign countries are basically rented out by our country, and they must be recovered when they expire, and if the living conditions of the giant pandas are not up to standard, they cannot be rented, and even if they meet the standards, they may not be able to rent, so Japan values our pandas very much, because they are not easy to come by.

In general, Japan's postponement of the return of the giant panda Xiangxiang is actually of little significance, because the popularity of the giant panda Xiangxiang in Japan is too high, causing many Japanese people not to want to return it, and Japan is also afraid that this move will cause dissatisfaction among the Japanese people, so it took this opportunity to postpone the time of return.