It’s going to be a zoo out there this weekend 🐼 The National Zoo is expecting more than 10,000 people on Saturday for the 50th “pandaversary.' Longtime Washington tradition, Easter Monday at the zoo, also returns.
Bunnies, lambs, and chicks usually get the springtime spotlight, but not this year. All weekend long, and into Easter Monday, the zoo isThat’s because this Saturday marks a bear-y special “pandaversary”: It’s been 50 years since giant pandas Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing moved into the zoo in 1972.
On Saturday, zoo-goers can catch a Chinese calligraphy demonstration at 9 a.m., nosh on some panda-shaped bao buns at 10 a.m., and enjoy performances from Gin dancers and lion dancers at 11 a.m. and noon. Violinist Shu-Ting will also perform in front of the Elephant Community Center at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. And don’t worry: the pandas get to celebrate, too, with treat feedings in the mornings and afternoons on both Saturday and Sunday.
In the visitor center auditorium, the zoo is also hosting a world-premiere screening of “The Miracle Panda,” though seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. Narrated by award-winning actress Lucy Liu, the documentary follows the beloved baby panda, Xiao Qi Ji, who, against all odds, was born at the zoo in August 2020.
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