Chengdu, China

Yes, pandas.

Two pandas lounging — Chengdu, China. June 10, 2026.

Look at my guys. What are you going to do?

Red panda, a Firefox — Chengdu, China. June 10, 2026.

A Red panda, aka a “Firefox”.

A panda sleeping in the trees — Chengdu, China. June 10, 2026.

A panda in a log habitat — Chengdu, China. June 10, 2026.

A panda lounging while eating bamboo — Chengdu, China. June 10, 2026.

They say they eat bamboo 16 hours a day, and sleep for 8 hours.

Chengdu, China — Chengdu, China. June 10, 2026.

Chengdu, China — Chengdu, China. June 10, 2026.

There’s more to Chengdu than panda bears, though. The Wenshu Temple (or monastary) does not allow photography. They have a giant jade Buddha from Myanmar. I have never seen anything like it.

They call the panda bear installation the “panda base”. They do not take in wild pandas unless they are injured, but they do train some panda bears to return to the wild. There are about 230 pandas in the panda base, and about 800-900 in the wild.