On her 100th day, Fan Xing was officially named through a public vote. "Fan" honors Van Gogh, "Xing" comes from her father Xing Ya — together evoking the famous "Starry Night."
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Fan Xing (梵星), studbook #1257, is a female giant panda born on May 1, 2020 at Ouwehands Zoo in the Netherlands — the fir...
Fan Xing was born at Ouwehands Zoo in the Netherlands — the first giant panda ever born in the country, weighing a healthy size and conceived through natural mating.
After completing quarantine and acclimation, Fan Xing moved to the visitor-accessible Overseas Returned Pandas section at Ya'an Bifengxia Base.
Fan Xing departed Ouwehands Zoo with a farewell ceremony featuring lion and dragon dances, as hundreds of Dutch fans bid her goodbye. She arrived at the China Conservation and Research Center the same day.
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