At 15:00 on February 15, in Fenghe Village, Xiaohe Town, Songpan County, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan, a villager discovered a giant panda foraging in the forest on his way up the mountain. After receiving the report, the local government immediately arranged for staff to go to the scene to check, protect the giant pandas, and remind the public to keep a safe distance. On February 16, An Xiang, a staff member of Xiaohe Town Government, said that this adult giant panda is not afraid of strangers and walks slowly in the forest with a light, simple and cute gait. It stays for about an hour and then slowly returns to the forest.

Villagers took photos with wild giant pandas

At 15:00 on the 15th, people in Fenghe Village, Xiaohe Town, Songpan County reported that a giant panda was found foraging in the mountains and forests in the Giant Panda National Park. "The panda has come down the mountain..." Kuang Jinbing, a villager who discovered the panda, was very excited and told other villagers the news. After the giant panda was discovered, nearby villagers followed and watched.

After receiving the report from the villagers, the Xiaohe Town People's Government arranged for staff member An Xiang to go to the scene to inspect. After the staff arrived at the scene, they discouraged people from going up the mountain and reminded onlookers to keep a safe distance from the pandas.

The video shows that this giant panda has a cute and innocent appearance, slowly pacing in the mountain forest, and finally slowly returns to the forest under the protection of the staff.

An Xiang took a close-up photo of a giant panda

"I went up the mountain to look for pigs, and I found a giant panda!" Kuang Jinbing said that he is a farmer. Recently, his Tibetan pigs ran up the mountain. He came across the giant panda on his way up the mountain to look for pigs. Giant pandas are not afraid of strangers. He also took a photo with the giant panda on his mobile phone.

"It has snowed on the mountain recently, and the pandas probably went down the mountain to find food." An Xiang said that the place where the giant pandas were found is more than 1,900 meters above sea level. In the past, infrared cameras often photographed pandas. This is the first time that a wild giant panda has been photographed with a mobile phone. "This adult giant panda is not afraid of life and stayed here for about an hour."

In recent years, Songpan County, one of the areas of the Giant Panda National Park, has continuously strengthened the protection of wild animals such as giant pandas, and the number of existing wild giant pandas has continued to increase. Xiaohe Town, Songpan County, where the panda was discovered this time, is located on the outskirts of the Huanglong Scenic Area and in the upper reaches of the Fujiang River. It is an alpine canyon area with a terrain higher in the west and lower in the east. The average altitude is 1,515 meters. The average annual rainfall is about 900--1,100 mm. The average temperature is about 9°C to 11°C. Every year, villagers find traces of giant pandas.