As early as 2 million years ago, a group of giant pandas appeared in China, and they were called "brave" at that time. It is said that more than 4,000 years ago, the people of Longan County (now Pingwu County) in Sichuan Province dedicated the giant panda to Yu Wang, which has made great contributions to water control.

Giant pandas are also mentioned in the Book of Songs, such as "offering skins". By the Tang Dynasty, the giant panda had been regarded as a precious animal. When Emperor Taizong gave a banquet in Xiaodan Hall to reward more than 65,438+00 meritorious ministers, the highest prize given to them was tapir (Yin Mo the Giant Panda).

The giant panda is the only mammal belonging to Carnivora, Xiong Ke, Ailuropoinae and Ailuropoda, with a head length of 1.2- 1.8m and a tail length of 10- 12cm. The weight is 80- 120kg, and the maximum weight can reach 180kg. It is black and white, with round cheeks, big dark circles, chubby body, iconic walking posture, with eight characters in it and claws as sharp as scalpels. Is one of the cutest animals in the world.

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The modern name of the giant panda (that is, the popular Chinese name in China) was originally named Panda or Giant Panda, which means that its face is chubby like a cat, but its whole body is like a bear, and some even belong to Xiong Ke.

Before the 1950s, Chinese was written straight, reading from right to left, but it was changed into a horizontal book, reading from left to right. 1939 was exhibited in Beibei Museum, Sichuan Province, and the brochure was called Hengshu, a famous panda. At that time, tourists used to read straight books from right to left and mistakenly thought they were pandas. ?

Since then, first in its main producing area (Sichuan), it has been used to changing the name of panda to panda for a long time. Since then, its common Chinese name is Giant Panda, which has been recognized by people.

Its local name, in my hometown, is mostly called White Bear, or White Old Bear, and some are called Flower Bear. In Minshan Tibetan area, it is called Dang or Du Dong Ga (G m 4), and Baimadabu people in Pingwu are called Dongga; The Yi people in Liangshan are called Aqu. Although the names of these places are different, their meanings are the same as those of the brave dogs in ancient books, only that they are white, black, white or bear-like. ?

Other aliases for giant pandas are China Bear, Bamboo Bear, Silver Dog and Big Raccoon. Silver dog, this is because the local name and trade name of the little panda is golden dog, and the corresponding panda is called silver dog because of its white body color. Bamboo bear is named after its main food is bamboo. Hua Xiong shows that it is a rare animal which is a special product of the Chinese nation. ?

When the western world learned about it, it was originally translated into "panda" or "panda", but another legend was accidentally reversed into "panda" when it was first published in a newspaper in the 20th century, and unexpectedly became an ordinary name. If we take these names as clues, we can trace back many magical records.

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