As a symbol of the mascot, I believe everyone knows that the panda is a national treasure. Giant pandas have lived on the earth for at least 8 million years, and many activities in China will also use them as mascots. Let's understand the meaning and symbol of the panda as a mascot.
The meaning and symbol of the panda as a mascot 1 1, the panda has a beautiful meaning of peace and unity; Panda also symbolizes the harmonious coexistence between man and nature; From a global perspective, the panda symbolizes China and has a very high representative significance, because the panda is the national treasure of China. The meaning and symbol of panda is usually because of its gentle temperament, which is quite rare among animal species.
2. The giant panda has lived on the earth for at least 8 million years and is known as "living fossil" and "national treasure of China". It is the image ambassador of WWF and the flagship species of global biodiversity conservation. The giant panda is a unique animal in China, and its existing main habitats are the mountainous areas of China, Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu. The giant panda is a highly endangered species.
Giant pandas have many aliases, such as Chinese bear, bamboo bear, silver dog and big raccoon. Silver dog, this is because the place name of the little panda is golden dog, and the corresponding panda is called silver dog because of its white body color. Bamboo bear is named after its main food is bamboo. Hua Xiong shows that it is a rare animal which is a special product of the Chinese nation.
Cultural symbol of panda
The panda symbolizes China. Panda also symbolizes the harmony between man and nature. The giant panda is a symbol of friendship, reconciliation and even normalization of diplomatic relations. As a national gift of China, the giant panda was presented to the friends of the people of China, which played an irreplaceable role in promoting cultural exchanges between China and other countries in the world.
Cultural symbol of panda
Pandas have lived on the earth for at least 8 million years, and are called living fossils and national treasures of China. The giant panda is a unique species in China, and it is the image ambassador of WWF.
The main existing habitats of giant pandas are China, Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu. The main food is bamboo, which belongs to a highly endangered species.
The significance and symbol of panda as a mascot. What is the meaning of panda?
1, the panda symbolizes China and is a national treasure of our country, which is representative;
2. It implies something political, which brings the friendly relations between countries closer;
Panda itself is a very docile animal, symbolizing peace and unity.
Panda symbolizes the harmony between man and nature.
5. Give it to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to promote cross-strait exchanges and strengthen people's unity.
Symbolic significance of giant panda
(A) As a "kind" gentleman
Confucian culture is the main body of traditional culture. The core of Confucianism is benevolence. What is benevolence? "Asked Ren, Confucius said: love". Ren's thoughts are perfectly displayed in the giant panda.
Round and white face, slow manner, seem so simple and honest. Gentle temperament, rarely take the initiative to attack. Peaceful appearance, simple and honest behavior and gentle temperament are not the images of Confucius and Mencius.
Life of vegetarian Buddhists
Buddhist culture is an important part of traditional culture. Compassion is the fundamental spirit of Buddhism, and the precept of not killing animals reflects the thoroughness of Buddhist compassion. In order to practice the precept of not killing, Buddhists in China stipulate that they can't eat meat, but only vegetarian food. These are fully expressed in giant pandas. The appearance is peaceful, the nature is gentle, eating bamboo does not kill life, like a kind-hearted bodhisattva, which fully embodies the compassionate spirit of Buddhism.
(C) the "bamboo seclusion" of quietism
Taoist culture is an important pillar of traditional culture. Taoism is the only local national religion in China. Taoist culture is based on Laozi and Zhuangzi's thoughts, and is based on nature, femininity and indisputable. Zhuangzi pays more attention to the detachment of the mind and pursues the carefree realm of "inaction, inaction and namelessness". You can see the figure of Laozi and Zhuangzi from the giant panda, and the combination of giant panda with water, snow and bamboo more prominently reflects the Taoist style.
Look calm and calm, behave calmly, walk, sit and lie everywhere, and look detached, quiet and elegant. Especially when eating bamboo, you sit against a tree or even lie down directly. Lie down steeply when you are full. No matter how noisy the outside world is, it will turn a deaf ear, turn a blind eye and no one will look. Therefore, isn't it the so-called "hermit living in bamboo forest, carefree wins Zhuangzhou"?
In a word, the giant panda fully embodies the benevolence of Confucianism, the charity of Buddhism and the detachment of Taoism. The concentrated expression of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism on giant pandas also expresses two characteristics of traditional culture:
First, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are integrated, complementary and indispensable;
Second, the literati of past dynasties often accepted the three schools of thought in an all-round way, governing the country with Confucianism and cultivating the mind with the knowledge of Buddhism and old age.
Therefore, from the ideological and cultural point of view, the giant panda can not only represent traditional culture, but also is most suitable for representing traditional culture.
Habitat environment of giant pandas
Giant pandas live in the high mountains and deep valleys in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China, which is the windward side of the southeast monsoon. The climate is warm, cool and humid, and its humidity is often above 80%. They are wet animals. Giant pandas live in Minshan, Qionglai, Liangshan, Daxiangling, Xiaoxiangling and Qinling, spanning 45 counties (cities) in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, with a habitat area of more than 20,000 square kilometers and a population of about 1600, of which more than 80% are distributed in Sichuan. Their active areas are mostly in ravines, mountainside depressions, river valley terraces and so on. , generally in the gentle slope terrain below 20. These places have lush forests, good bamboo growth, relatively stable temperature, good hidden conditions and abundant food and water resources.
Giant pandas live in dense bamboo forests at an altitude of 2,600-3,500 meters. The air here is thin and foggy all the year round, and the temperature is below 20℃. Other factors will also affect the distribution and density of giant pandas in the wild: bamboo, topography, distribution of water sources, whether there are hiding places and nests for feeding cubs, and mountain conditions. Human disturbance is the main factor affecting the distribution of giant pandas at present.
Giant pandas are not afraid of cold and humidity and never hibernate. Even if the temperature is -4 ~ 14℃, they still walk through the dense bamboo forest bent by snow. They are not afraid of humidity, and always love to live in a humid world with humidity above 80%.
Behavioral characteristics of giant pandas
Giant pandas spend half their eating time every day, and most of the rest time in sleep. In the wild, giant pandas sleep for 2-4 hours between meals. Lying flat, lying on the side, prone, stretching or curling are their favorite sleep styles. In the zoo, the keepers feed them regularly, twice a day, so the pandas spend the rest of their time resting. Giant pandas look cute even when they sleep. They are very flexible and can put their heavy bodies in various positions. My favorite posture is to support my legs on a tree and cover my eyes with my hands.
The cutest characteristics of giant pandas are chubby body and slow walking style. This is because they live in an environment with sufficient food and no natural enemies, and do not need to act quickly. However, it is its slow movement that enables it to conserve energy to adapt to low-energy foods. They sometimes climb trees to spy on the situation, avoid intruders or take a nap.
Giant pandas are good at climbing trees and love to play. Climbing a tree is generally a way for the weak to avoid the strong when approaching the marriage proposal period, or avoiding danger, or meeting each other. Pandas sometimes go down to valleys, string into houses in small villages or mountain villages, use pots and pans, especially round utensils, as toys, and then discard them in Shan Ye after playing. Sometimes they get along well with sheep, pigs and other domestic animals and live with them.
Under normal circumstances, giant pandas are always docile. When you meet someone for the first time, you usually cover your front paws with a mask or lower your head to hide your true feelings. They rarely take the initiative to attack other animals or people, and they always avoid them when they meet in the wild. But once she becomes a mother, her baby is sacred. Even if she cares about visiting, she will be angry with her mother, showing her teeth and touching her hands. Sometimes they also like to make some modifications and other fitness activities. You can straighten your body like a cat, stretch forward and lift it half-way, so that you can stretch your body flexibly, or yawn after waking up. If you get wet or cross a river, you can shake off the water like a dog.
In the wild, giant pandas usually have conflicts during estrus, especially when three or four males pursue a female in estrus. Sometimes, females and males also fight. In the zoo, their fight is usually because water, food or a giant panda occupy a good site.
Botanical history
Giant pandas have a long history. The fossil of Hong Shi Panda, the oldest panda member, was unearthed in Lufeng and Yuanmou, Yunnan, China, with a geological age of about 8 million years ago in the late Miocene. In the long-term harsh competition for survival and natural selection, many contemporary animals have become extinct, but the giant panda is strong and in an advantage, and has become a "living fossil" since it survived.
The ancestors of giant pandas are native pandas. The standard Chinese name of the giant panda is actually "panda", which means "bear like a cat". This is the earliest panda, which is mainly carnivorous and evolved from a bear-like animal. The main branches of Eocene pandas continued to evolve in central and southern China. One of them appeared in the early Pleistocene about 3 million years ago and was smaller than a panda. Judging from its teeth, it has evolved into an omnivore and an egg-laying bear. Since then, this main branch has spread to the subtropics, and fossils have been found in North China, Northwest China, East China, Southwest China, South China and even Vietnam and northern Myanmar. In this process, the giant panda adapted to the life of subtropical bamboo forest, gradually became bigger and lived on bamboo. The giant panda reached its peak in the middle and late Pleistocene 500,000-700,000 years ago. Giant pandas in life have well-developed molars, and their claws have a "thumb" in addition to five toes. This "thumb" is actually a specialized formation of a wrist bone, scientifically called "radial sesamoid bone", which mainly plays the role of holding bamboo.
Fossils show that the ancestors of giant pandas appeared in the early Holocene 2-3 million years ago. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, it was the heyday of the giant panda, belonging to the saber-toothed elephant paleontology. The giant panda's habitat once covered most of the eastern and southern parts of China, from Beijing in the north to southern Myanmar and northern Viet Nam in the south. Fossils are usually found in temperate or subtropical forests at an altitude of 500-700 meters. Later, animals died out in the same period, but the giant panda has survived to this day, maintaining its original ancient characteristics.
People in China have known about pandas for a long time, and there were various names about pandas as early as the early written records. Scriptures refer to witches, Shi Mao refers to witches, Emei Mountain refers to witches, Animal Scriptures refer to witches, Li Shizhen Compendium of Materia Medica refers to witches, and so on. [5]
1869 In March, French naturalist Father Armand David made a scientific investigation near Dengchigou (Mu Ping) Church in Baoxing County, Ya 'an, Sichuan, China, and found traces of white bears and flower bears called by local people. With the help of local hunters, in April 1, he collected a white bear specimen with black and white fur and long hair on the soles of his feet, which looked like a bear. This is a strange animal that he has never seen before. Its specimens and bones were transported to France. Appraised by Alphonse Miller Edwards, a scientist at the Paris Museum of Natural History, this "black and white bear" is a new species named panda. The appraisal report was published in the fifth volume of 1869 "New Literature of Paris Museum of Natural History". Since then, pandas hiding in the wilderness have entered the field of vision of human civilization.
The meaning and symbol of panda as mascot 3. Why do you always prefer panda as mascot?
First of all, the giant panda looks cute.
Choose an animal as a mascot, at least the shape of this animal must be cute and popular. If animals look too ferocious, it will not only bring people a good impression, but also make people unhappy. So by comparison, you will find that the giant panda looks the cutest of all animals. It not only has a chubby body, short Nuo Nuo's hands and legs, but also has a face that makes people look particularly stupid. Is this giant panda comparable to other animals? So the giant panda is simply the most flawless in people's minds.
The giant panda is a symbol of peace.
Giant pandas are China's national treasures. They often shoulder the task of "ambassadors for peace" and deal with other countries. Many giant pandas have crossed the ocean to live in new countries, and they have become a business card for friendly exchanges between China and other countries. Such a giant panda has gradually developed into a messenger of peace, so it has become a symbol of peaceful exchanges between countries. Every time I see a foreign friend interacting with the giant panda happily, I feel that the giant panda is so charming that it has become one of the most lovely species in the world.
Third, giant pandas are so popular.
Apart from the cute appearance and important position of the giant panda, I personally think that the reason why the giant panda is easily used as a mascot may be because it is so popular. After all, no matter where there are giant pandas, it is easy to arouse people's sensation and even become the object of people's attention. The cute appearance, naughty actions and funny behaviors of giant pandas have brought too many surprises and laughter to people. The giant panda is so popular that it is used as a mascot, but it is widely expected.