Yuan Meng, France's first ever giant panda cub¹, celebrated² on Saturday its first anniversary at Beauval zoo in central France.

 

法国首只大熊猫宝宝圆梦周六在博瓦尔动物园庆祝第一个生日。
 

 

Cake, posters, mascots³ and even books and CDs on the one-year-old male cub are offered to hundreds of fans who have been queuing for long minutes in hope to catch a glimpse of the chubby⁴ bear.

 

The ceremony started at around 9:15 local time (0715 GMT) when Yuan Meng, accompanied by two caretakers, entered the outdoor enclosure to discover "special baby panda", a glace birthday cake made of honey, fruits and bamboo which did not immediatly arouse its appetite.

 

At first, the panda cub preferred to play with his mother before tasting the cake while visitors used their phones to record every move of the ceremony's star.

 

"I know there are live footage on TV, but I prefered coming and see Yuan Meng with my own eyes. I have already visited the giant pandas several times before. Yuan Meng has grown well and it is very beautiful and cute, I took a lot of photos," a visitor who gave her name as Bourreau told Xinhua while enjoying the cake with her husband.

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