Hong Kong’s nine-month-old twin panda cubs, known as “Elder Sister” and “Younger Brother”, have been named Jia Jia and De De, respectively, which embody good virtue in Chinese culture.
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Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law Shuk-pui revealed on Tuesday the results of the panda naming contest, which received more than 35,700 entries from members of the public since submissions opened in February.
“All suggestions reflected beautiful blessings for the giant pandas,” she said.
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Twin giant pandas greet excited public for the first time at Hong Kong’s Ocean Park
Twin giant pandas greet excited public for the first time at Hong Kong’s Ocean Park
Jia Jia is also the English name of another giant panda which lived in Ocean Park until its death in 2016, although the Chinese characters for the name of “Elder Sister” are different.
Ocean Park earlier said that the nicknames “Elder Sister” and “Younger Brother” would be kept as usual, while the Mandarin pinyin of the selected Chinese names would be adopted as the English names of the twin cubs.
On the same day, the cubs and their mother Ying Ying will be moved to the Alpine Zone of their enclosure at the Giant Panda Adventure.
The enclosure will be open from 10am to 4.30pm daily starting Wednesday for visitors to catch the twins together with their mother.