COPENHAGEN, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Many residents in Danmark have chosen to celebrate the New Year with a giant panda couple from China.
In the Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark, Chinese giant panda couple Xing Er and Mao Sun have become a veritable cultural phenomenon since they moved to the panda house at the zoo in April 2019.
The panda community's affection for the adorable couple, who has earned endearing nicknames such as "Tiny Leg" and "Lady of the House" for Mao Sun and "Xing" for Xing Er, has only grown stronger.
The pandas are on a 15-year loan from China under the Sino-Danish Panda International Research Cooperation Project.
The zoo estimates that the couple can draw an additional 400,000 visitors annually.
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