Baby Panda Now Has a Name: Bei Bei

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Baby Panda Now Has a Name: Bei Bei - The Smithsonian Zoo’s month-old panda cub finally  provides   a good   identify  – Bei Bei – thanks  to   primary  Lady Michelle Obama  AND  Chinese  very first  Lady Peng Liyuan.

While  ones  David M. Rubenstein Panda Habitat  remains  closed  towards the  general  established  until Bei Bei  can be   a minimum of  four months old,  the  zoo opened  the  facility Friday  and so  Mrs. Obama  AND  Ms. Peng  incase  make  your  big reveal.

They  additionally   managed to get   for you to  briefly  Select   because of the  panda cub,  a great   www  sensation whose life  is  followed  via   your own  Zoo’s giant panda hashtag #PandaStory. Giant panda Mei Xiang gave  labor and birth   for you to  Bei Bei  AND  another male cub  exactly who  died  on  Aug. 22. Watching  your own  pandas  for the  Zoo’s Panda Cam  is actually  something  of any  D.C. pastime.

Zoo keepers  inside  Washington  ALONG WITH   with the  Wolong nature reserve  in  China  crafted   a good  short  record   of  names,  by   of which  Mrs. Obama  AND  Ms. Peng  selected   your  moniker. Bei Bei means “precious treasure”  within  Chinese.

Mrs. Obama wore  the  cap-sleeved navy blue dress  in   precious metal  floral stitching. Ms. Peng,  obtained   by   some   like a  fashion rival  of the  stylish  very first  lady, wore  a great  turtle-necked white blouse  within  pink floral  details  accompanied  from   a  knee-length pink satin skirt.

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The pair  am  treated  to help   2  musical performances  through  students  through the  Yu-Ying  standard  Charter School,  the  Chinese immersion elementary school  inside  Washington.  a  group  of  15 kindergartners sang “head, shoulders, knees  AS WELL AS  toes”  throughout  Chinese  next   a  second group  involving  15 third graders sang  the  Chinese song “Little Snail.”

Mrs. Obama  AS WELL AS  Ms. Peng together announced  your  cub’s name,  because of the   assist   connected with   two  school children  with the  ceremony. They simultaneously unrolled wooden scrolls  In the same way  they stood  within  front  of the  lush panda habitat,  inside  Bei Bei’s  brand   wrote   with  both English  AND ALSO  Chinese.

While Mrs. Obama  ALONG WITH  Ms. Peng were  logging  Bei Bei,  your own  schoolchildren  ALONG WITH   Simply click  pool  caused it to be   in order to   check out  Bao Bao, Bei Bei’s 2-year-old sister,  AND  Tian Tian, Bei Bei’s father, chow  lower   from  “panda cakes,” treats  designed   involving  fruit  AND ALSO  ice  AND  shaped  just like  Chinese pagodas. They were  mentioned   coming from   single  zoo staffer  Just as  “a popsicle  intended for  pandas”  AND   a  panda’s favorite thing  for you to  eat.