South Koreans hold farewell to panda Fu Bao before her departure to China

A crowd of people, some weeping, gathered at a rain-soaked amusement park in South Korea to bid farewell to their beloved giant panda before her departure to China on Wednesday. Fu Bao has been a major attraction at the Everland theme park near Seoul since she was born there in 2020 to two other giant pandas Ai Bao and Le Bao, who came from China in 2016 on a 15-year lease program. On Wednesday, many panda fans in South Korea stood in the rain to say goodbye at the Everland park to Fu Bao, who was to be flown to China later in the day. As a truck carrying Fu Bao slowly moved to a plaza amid rain, many visitors wearing raincoats or holding umbrellas waved flags, shouted their parting messages and took photos with their phones. Some loudly cried or wiped away tears. The truck was decorated with a huge picture of Fu Bao and a message that read “It was a miracle that we met you. Thank you, Fu Bao.” But she wasn’t shown to the public on Wednesday. Her last public appearance was on March 3. __________________ ShanghaiEye focuses on producing top-quality contents. Nobody knows SHANGHAI better than us. Please subscribe to us ☻☻☻ __________________ For more stories, please click ■ What’s up today in Shanghai, the most updated news of the city ■ Amazing Shanghai, exploring the unknown corners of the city, learning the people, food and stories behind them ■ What Chinese people’s lives are like during the post COVID-19 period ■ Views of foreign scholars on China and its affairs ■ Foreign faces in Shanghai, people living in this city sharing their true feelings ■ Mini-docs showing why China is the country it is today __________________ ☎Leave us messages if you have any suggestions or questions! Thank you!