Baoxing Fengtongzhai Nature Reserve

[chengdupanda]

As early as 1869, a French Christian preacher, David, come to Baoxing Fengtongzhai founded the church and firstly show panda to the world.The China Giant Panda is known and cherished around the world. The panda, one of the most rare and beloved animals in the world, is threatened with extinction - only about 1,000 pandas live in the wild.Although historically pandas were found throughout much of China and in Burma and Laos, today all of the wild pandas in the world live in six isolated forest areas in central China.Baoxing is home to the State-level Fengtongzhai Nature Reserve and boasts 38 wild pandas according to the third national panda census conducted in 2000.

The mountain and stream in there is beautiful here, bamboo grow in luxuriantly green. It is a sweet home for panda dwell in. And the most regional people are catholic adherent. So if you are Christian and love panda, love nature, come to Fengtongzhai. May be the panda in there known English, because they are always listen the Christian carols from the church.Fengtongzhai National Reserve, established in 1975. In mountains & valley area of 39,000 hectares reserved, located at Baoxing county in Ya’an, total animals about 380 species, 395 kinds of plants in this area. There are 7 conservative portions in this reserve. It is about 250km away from Chengdu.Baoxing County, in southwestern Sichuan Province.With a designated area of 1,200 square kilometers, the Baoxing Jiajin Mountain Giant Panda Ecological Tourism Zone will comprise the state-level Fengtongzhai giant panda nature reserve, a safari park, a station for panda observation and a state forest park.The central and provincial governments have invested 160 million yuan into panda protection programs since 1992.

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