Qi Zai, the world's only captive brown giant panda, enjoyed some outdoor time after the rain at a science park in Xi'an City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, this week.
After walking around the lush outdoor activity area, Qi Zai did a series of somersaults on the moist grass.
Fully refreshed after a bath in a pool, the panda then interacted with chirping birds on a cool afternoon.
The science park in Zhouzhi County of Xi'an City was established especially for the protection of four rare wild animal species living in the Qinling Mountains, namely the giant panda, the crested ibis, the golden monkey, and the takin.
World's only captive brown giant panda enjoys outdoor time after rain
Chinese stocks closed higher on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.16 percent to 4,086.34 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.37 percent higher at 14,995.75 points.
The combined turnover of the two indices totaled 2.59 trillion yuan (about 377.7 billion U.S. dollars), down from 2.64 trillion yuan on the previous trading day.
The semiconductor and memory chip sectors led the gains, while the liquor and agriculture sectors were among the biggest decliners.
The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, lost 0.52 percent to close at 3,648.79 points.
The STAR Composite Index, which reflects the performance of stocks on China's sci-tech innovation board, closed 2.5 percent higher at 1,901.63 points.
Chinese shares close higher Monday
