The San Diego Zoo in California started a three—week farewell party(告别派对) for two pandas.
Twenty-seven-year-old mother panda Bai Yun and her son, six-year-old Xiao Liwu, would leave the zoo in late April and go back to China.
Erica Kohler, leader of the San Diego Zoo, said that it is sad to see the two pandas leaving for China. Each year about 2 million visitors went to the zoo to see Bai Yun and Xiao Liwu. Bai Yun arrived at the San Diego Zoo in 1996.
The cute panda soon became popular and one of the most popular animals in the zoo. The name of her son, Xiao Liwu, means Little Gift in English.
Many zoo visitors went to the zoo to say goodbye to the pandas, and wrote down their best wishes on cards and posted them on a friendship wall.
