Baoxin County is well known as the homeland for the giant pandas. In 1869 the world's first panda was discovered here in Denggou Valley of Baoxin County. A French priest Armand David made it into specimen. The world was astonished when it was first exhibited in Paris. From then on the giant panda has been taken as a lovely good-natured vegetarian animal. With the increasing cultural exchanges between China and the outside world, the giant panda is almost taken as the symbol of Chinese culture. There have been some pandas stepped out of China. About 150 of them were from Baoxin. People all love pandas. Therefore the panda was chosen as the Mascot for the 23^rd Olympic Games in Los Angeles and the 8^th Asian Games in Beijing.

In 1979 Fengtongzai Giant Panda Reserve was founded in Baoxi which covers an area of 40,000 hectares. The pandas are kept in a feed lot with semi-wild environment. People can see the pandas living here in their natural condition. Since the pandas are kept with semi-wild environment, they live peacefully with people. Occasionally there are pandas visiting homes of local people. There are thousands of plants grown here, and 300 different kind of animals such as golden monkeys and antelopes live in the same habitat.

Baoxin is the place where Tibetans in the eastern most live mixed with the Hans. The Tibetans here still retains ancient traditional custom and melted some custom of the Han people. The western church built over a hundred year ago still lives intact. It coexists with Tibetan temples. They formed into a special cultural sight. You will find much more when you come to Baoxin.

D2 Baoxin/Raoji

D3-D4 Fengtongzai

D5 Raoji/Baoxin