Yī bā liù jiǔ nián, yí wèi Fǎguó chuánjiàoshì zài Yǎ'ān dédào le dàxióngmāo biāoběn, dìyī cì bǎ tā jièshào gěi xīfāng.
In 1869 a French missionary obtained a giant panda specimen in Ya'an and introduced the animal to the West for the first time.
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Ya'an's rain earned it the nickname 雨城, and its 碧峰峡 base is one of the main places to see giant pandas in Sichuan. The first panda described for Western science came from Baoxing county, which belongs to the city.
