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Qinghe
庆贺
- Life status
- Living
- Born
The name “Qinghe” itself preserves a piece of Olympic history. She was born at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding on September 24, 2001, and keepers named her with the sense of “celebration” and “congratulations” after Beijing won its Olympic bid. Qinghe later raised multiple litters. Her 2015 twin sons Qiqi and Diandian were selected by the United Nations Development Programme as Global Animal Ambassadors; in 2018, she gave birth to mixed-sex twins later named Qicheng and Qihang.
- Sex
- Female
- Studbook number
- 537
- Current place
- Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
No photograph is available yet.
Timeline
7 recorded events
Born at Chengdu Research Base
Qinghe was born at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding on September 24, 2001.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Gave birth for the first time
Qinghe gave birth to her first cub, a male, on August 4, 2011, and at the time became the oldest first-time mother at the Chengdu panda base.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Gave birth to Qianqian
Qinghe gave birth to a female cub, Qianqian, on August 14, 2013.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
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Gave birth to twin males
Qinghe gave birth to twin males on September 16, 2015; they were initially nicknamed “Qingda” and “Qingxiao.”
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Twin sons formally named Qiqi and Diandian
On September 18, 2016, Qinghe’s twin sons were formally named Qiqi and Diandian. Earlier that January, they had been formally appointed by the United Nations Development Programme as the world’s first pair of Global Animal Ambassadors for the Sustainable Development Goals.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Gave birth to Qicheng and Qihang
Qinghe gave birth to mixed-sex twins Qicheng and Qihang on July 2, 2018.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
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Gave birth to Chongyang Festival twins
On October 25, 2020, the Chongyang Festival, Qinghe gave birth to mixed-sex twins initially named “Qingchongyang” and “Qingzhuyu,” later renamed Qiangqiang and Guoguo.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Relationships
Offspring7
Places
Current place
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Read more about its time in different places in the Timeline.
Sources
These are sources related to this panda. Sources for individual events appear in the timeline; one source does not establish every detail.
- pandapia.comhttps://pandapia.com/panda/view.html?id=MzQ%3D
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- www.xinhuanet.comhttps://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-07/02/c_1123068199.htm
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- www.chinanews.com.cnhttps://www.chinanews.com.cn/sh/2011/08-05/3236932.shtml
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- inews.nmgnews.com.cnhttps://inews.nmgnews.com.cn/system/2018/04/20/012482641.shtml
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- www.wenming.cnhttps://www.wenming.cn/zg/20240605/cb769a09b98b4f5a9ca5c1992f7c3bd4/c.html
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- pandapia.comhttps://pandapia.com/panda/view.html?id=NzY%3D
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- www.undp.orghttps://www.undp.org/zh/china/dongwudashi
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- news.ipanda.comhttps://news.ipanda.com/2018/07/03/ARTIDVSpi8mX9tx9aaceLfd4180703.shtml
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- www.fjdaily.comhttps://www.fjdaily.com/app/content/2026-01/17/content_3838155.html
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- www.bjdw.orghttps://www.bjdw.org/contents/news/11011.html
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- sc.cri.cnhttps://sc.cri.cn/n/20210204/7ff3fd37-969b-e19c-87d2-d1e76630c873.html
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- paper.people.com.cnhttps://paper.people.com.cn/rmrbhwb/html/2016-01/13/content_1647344.htm
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