Celebrating the year of the tiger in the Tiger Park, the San Diego Wildlife Park held Chinese New Ye

Original title: Tiger Park celebrates the year of the tiger, and San Diego wildlife park holds Chinese New Year celebrations
Xinhua news agency, San Diego, United States, February 5 - News Agency: Tiger Park celebrates the year of the tiger - San Diego wildlife park holds Chinese New Year celebrations
Xinhua News Agency reporter Gaoshan
Red lanterns greet guests, red cards filled with new year's wishes and blessings are decorated with "wishing trees" on both sides of the path to the park... The Tiger Park of San Diego wildlife park, California, USA, blew "Chinese wind" on the 5th.

A child hangs his new year's wish card at the San Diego wildlife park in California on February 5. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Gao Shan
This is the first spring festival celebration held by the San Diego wildlife park in Escondido, San Diego County in 50 years. During the two-day celebration, in addition to watching tigers in the Tiger Park, tourists also had the opportunity to directly ask animal experts for relevant knowledge and protection plans of rare animals such as tigers. Children will have the opportunity to receive lucky red envelopes and learn Chinese paper cutting and lantern making skills.
The San Diego Zoo in San Diego, the sister Park of San Diego wildlife park, also held related activities.
San Diego wildlife park is a famous wildlife park in the western United States. There are more than 300 species and about 3600 animals in the park. San Diego wildlife park and San Diego Zoo belong to the non-profit organization San Diego Zoo wildlife alliance.

This is the "Wishing Tree" with new year's wish cards at the San Diego wildlife park in California on February 5. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Gao Shan
Paul Barry bolt (Chinese Name: Pan Libang), President and CEO of the alliance, and Zhang Ping, Chinese Consul General in Los Angeles, jointly presided over the opening ceremony of the celebration on the 5th, and tied their new year's wish cards to the branches of a "Wishing Tree".
Pan Libang extended spring festival greetings to the guests. He said that these "wish trees" will be planted locally for a long time, symbolizing the long-term and profound friendship between the alliance and Chinese partners.
Pan Libang is proud of the long-term cooperation between the alliance and China in giant panda breeding and protection. The giant panda "Baiyun" once lived in San Diego Zoo for 23 years, becoming the symbol of San Diego Zoo and the "Darling" of San Diego, a famous coastal city in the southwest of the United States. "Baiyun" and its last cub "little gift" returned to their hometown China in 2019 and have been concerned by the people of San Diego since then.

On February 5, Paul Barry bolt (second from right), President and CEO of the San Diego Zoo wildlife alliance, and Zhang Ping, Consul General of China in Los Angeles (first from right), gave gifts to tourists at the San Diego wildlife park in California. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Gao Shan
In his speech at the scene, Zhang Ping thanked the Alliance for holding a new spring festival celebration. This can not only let the American people feel the power and vitality of the tiger, but also realize the meaning of the year of the tiger. He recalled the vivid scenes of San Diego Zoo seeing off "white clouds" and "small gifts" at home, and expressed his sincere feelings for the American people's love for giant pandas and their friendly feelings for the Chinese people.
Many tourists lined up at the scene to receive red envelopes and souvenirs of the Beijing Winter Olympics presented by the Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles. Bing dwen dwen, a child who has been sent to the "ice pier", said that he loved the mascot of the giant panda. A tourist named Alex said that he was very happy to participate in the Chinese year of the Tiger Spring Festival in the Tiger Park. He and his daughter felt the novel and beautiful cultural atmosphere.