MOSCOW, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Panda Pavilion of the Moscow Zoo was redecorated to celebrate the Chinese New Year for the giant pandas "Ru Yi" and "Ding Ding" now living in Russia.
The staff prepared a fir tree for each of the two pandas and decorated them with paper lanterns and pandas' favorite food. Chinese Light Festival
In addition to the Chinese New Year feast, "Ru Yi" and "Ding Ding" also received two large cardboard toys in the shape of rabbits, as 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit.
The male panda "Ru Yi" was born in July 2016 in Ya'an, China's Sichuan Province.
"Ding Ding" the female was born a year later in Wolong, also in Sichuan.
According to the agreement signed between the China Wildlife Conservation Association and the Moscow Zoo, the two pandas arrived in Moscow in April 2019 and began a 15-year sojourn.
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