Foping golden monkey, a family that loves each other. Photo by Wei Yongxian
In Dapingyu Panda Valley Scenic Area, Foping, Shaanxi Province, the wild golden monkey, one of the four treasures of Qinling Mountains, climbs branches and jumps in the Golden Monkey Grand Canyon, playing and eating. They have become accustomed to tourists’ viewing and taking pictures.
In order to allow tourists to watch the golden monkey at close range, the golden monkey living in the deep mountains is lured down the mountain by artificial feeding in Panda Valley Scenic Area. At present, more than 70 golden monkeys from 6 families are active in the viewing area every day and return to the mountain at night.
The golden monkey living in the Qinling Mountains is a subspecies of Sichuan golden monkey, which is the most beautiful one in the golden monkey family and the prototype of the Monkey King in the TV series The Journey to the West. The golden monkey is as precious as the giant panda and is a national first-class protected animal.
Dapingyu Panda Valley Scenic Area in Foping is located beside National Highway 108, 20 kilometers north of the county seat. It is located in the Qinling Giant Panda Corridor and Guanyinshan Nature Reserve, and is extremely rich in rare wildlife resources. In the Panda Valley Qinling Giant Panda Wild Base, you can also see the pandas who are naive.
(Editor: Shi Lanlan)