Tian Tian (female giant panda) Tian Tian (female giant panda) Tian Tian (, meaning "Sweetie") is a female panda born on 24 August 2003 at the Beijing Zoo from mother Niu Niu and father Ying Ying, and currently resident at Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland. She arrived in Edinburgh in December 2011 together with a male panda named Yáng Guāng (, meaning "sunshine"). Currently they are the only two pandas in the United Kingdom. They are on a 10-year loan from the Bifengxia Breeding Centre in China at a cost of £640,000 per year. When in China Tian Tian, successfully gave birth to twins on 7 August
Tian Jun to launch a surprise attack on Tai's camp. Tai pretended to withdraw, and as Tian chased after him, Tai struck back. Tian tried to flee back into the city, but his path was cut off; he fell off his horse, and was then decapitated. Tian's soldiers continued to fight Tai's soldiers, until Tai showed Tian's head to them, at which point they disbanded, allowing Tai to capture Xuan Prefecture. When Tian's head was delivered to Yang, Yang wept, and buried Tian with the ceremony for a common citizen. Yang spared Tian's mother Lady Yin, whom he continued to honor as