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The Salt Museum in Zigong

Chengdu Panda Breeding and Research Center

  

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Chengdu Panda Breeding Research Center is located 10km away from downtown Chengdu. People all over the world love the giant pandas. They are very rare; there are fewer than 1000. They are found only in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, and 80% are in Sichuan province. The Panda Breeding Research Center was founded in order to provide pandas the best possible environment.





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The necessary facilities for giant pandas have been completed and include a fodder room, sleeping quarters and a medical station. Additionally, there is a Giant Panda Museum together with research laboratories and a training center. A great number of plants and as many as ten thousand clumps of bamboos and bushes have been cultivated to provide for the giant pandas' diet and habitat. The center is planning to expand by another 3000 mus (500 acres) of land on which to simulate a natural environment in order to prepare the giant pandas bred at the center for release into the wild.

The Giant Panda Museum was opened in 1993 to further scientific education and to improve public awareness of the protection of both wild creatures and their environment. This is the world's only thematic museum for rare and endangered animal species. The three main exhibitions are in the Giant Panda Hall, the Butterfly Hall and the Vertebrate Hall. The exhibits include all kinds of precious pictures, more than 800 materials, and show more than 2140 different samples gathered in Sichuan. These include examples of animals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and insects as well as fossils and models. The resources held in store at the museum include up to ten thousand samples as well as a library of thousands of books and documents. This excellent and comprehensive museum provides a wonderful venue for all who are interested in seeing something of the propagation and protection of the region's natural bio-diversity.




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  About The Salt Museum in Zigong
. Chengdu Panda Breeding and Research Center
. Three-star Piles Museum
. Dragon-Taming Temple
. Huanglongxi
. Qingyang Temple
. Mt. Qingcheng
. Mt.Siguniangshan (Four Maidens¡¯Mountain) Scenic Area
. Wuhou Memorial Temple
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. Chengdu

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