How popular are giant pandas "Ruyi" and "Ding Ding" in Moscow?

On March 19, 2023 local time, at the Moscow Zoo, there was an endless stream of tourists coming to watch the giant pandas "Ruyi" and "Ding Ding". It is understood that the Panda Pavilion has become the most popular venue at the Moscow Zoo for local residents and tourists for four consecutive years.

There is an endless stream of tourists coming to watch the giant pandas "Ruyi" and "Ding Ding"

In the clean and tidy sunny "suite", the giant panda "Ruyi" sometimes plays in the pool , sometimes rolling on the ground, sometimes eating bamboo leisurely, sometimes climbing on the climbing frame to show people their fitness skills, and even walking past the eyes of tourists, as if they were models catwalking on the T stage, attracting bursts of laughter and exclamations from the visitors.

Moscow Zoo has specially prepared two indoor and outdoor suites for "Ruyi" and "Ding Ding", equipped with temperature and humidity control equipment and various toys, and carefully provided guarantees in terms of diet, life, housing and other aspects.

Previously, media reports stated that "Ruyi" and "Ding Ding" each gained 20 kilograms in four years.

It is reported that the male giant panda "Ruyi" was born in July 2016 at the Ya'an Bifengxia Base of the China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center, and the female giant panda "Ding Ding" was born in July 2017 at the Wolong Shenshuping Base of the China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center. In 2019, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Russia, this pair of "envoys of friendship" came to Russia and will live here for 15 years.