Also in the Starry Sky Pavilion is a large central yard/indoor enclosure which housed 5 cubs when I visited – for me it’s one of the best things seeing groups of young ones together, and seeing these 5 was a highlight of my trip. There weren’t name signs up for all of the pandas here – inside there was just one name, Zhi Yu 徵羽, then outside I saw another two names, Bei Chen 北辰 and Wen Jing 文静, through the app I see the final pandas here are Jia Xin 家欣 and Jiao Yi 娇毅. All of them were born in 2022, making them almost 2 years old in these photos. I’m a bit sad I missed them outside, but it was definitely too hot by the time I got to this area. The yards look really nice and also huge in this area so hopefully I can see pandas in them next time! These 5 live in the middle indoor enclosure in this pavilion, and it’s a huge space for them – really perfect for young playful and adventurous pandas^ They have plenty of climbing frame options and lots of different enrichment items to choose from – of course, they mostly wanted the same one as each other XD

The highlight of these cubs has to be the most recognisable of the 5, Bei Chen! He just has such a fluffy round face with such an endearing look, so so adorable^ His mum is of course Bei Chuan 北川, but he also has a twin, Bei Xia who I already posted about and also got lots of cute pictures of. His looks very much come from his mum. She was wild-born, so genetically these are very valuable cubs for the captive population.

In many pictures online that I’ve seen of Jiao Yi he has a very cute little tuft of fur on top of his head – I didn’t get a clear photo of any panda like that, so I think I didn’t see him/he spent the time sleeping. I also can’t see much information online about Wen Jing to be able to identify her – only that she is a female cub – or about Zhi Yu other than he is a male cub.

Jia Xin is also a female and is described to have a horizontal black mark across her nose, and a mole on her forehead. Now I can’t see a mole on any of these pandas (but have on others, so I know what to look for), but I think she is one of the 3 in the below photos where they are eating at the rocky section at the front of the enclosure. She is said to have good climbing skills – perhaps she is the panda who took a long stick of bamboo and climbed up high to eat it!