{"id":11122,"date":"2026-09-23T09:16:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T01:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=11122"},"modified":"2026-09-23T09:16:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T01:16:30","slug":"panda_back_to_forest_2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/09\/23\/panda_back_to_forest_2026\/","title":{"rendered":"True affec\u00adtion is \u201clearn\u00ading to be for\u00adgot\u00adten\u201d: recon\u00adstruct\u00ading the giant pan\u00addas\u2019 jour\u00adney home."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ajia-weibo-2309405311995992998125-001.jpg\" alt=\"\u56fe\u7247\"><\/figure>\n<p>When it comes to giant pan\u00addas, the pub\u00adlic often views them through a strong \u201ccute pet\u201d lens. Peo\u00adple are used to watch\u00ading these \u201cnation\u00adal trea\u00adsures\u201d eat bam\u00adboo, tum\u00adble around, and act adorably under care\u00adful arti\u00adfi\u00adcial care, out\u00adside the glass walls of zoos or in front of live streams. How\u00adev\u00ader, real wild giant pan\u00addas are by no means green\u00adhouse flow\u00aders in cap\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty. They are large, soli\u00adtary ani\u00admals in the Heng\u00addu\u00adan Moun\u00adtains with almost no nat\u00adur\u00adal preda\u00adtors, and they must face the laws of nature alone.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, with the strate\u00adgic advance\u00adment of the giant pan\u00adda con\u00adser\u00adva\u00adtion project from \u201cex-situ con\u00adser\u00adva\u00adtion\u201d to \u201crewil\u00add\u00ading and release,\u201d espe\u00adcial\u00adly with the broad\u00adcast of CCTV\u2019s doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary \u201cThe Wild \u2018Tao Tao\u2019&nbsp;\u201d (and its sequel \u201cReturn to the For\u00adest\u201d), the growth and home\u00adcom\u00ading of \u201cTao Tao,\u201d the world\u2019s first giant pan\u00adda born in a rewil\u00add\u00ading train\u00ading base, has cap\u00adti\u00advat\u00aded count\u00adless view\u00aders. The doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary\u2019s depic\u00adtion of researchers in spe\u00adcial\u00adly made \u201cpan\u00adda suits\u201d tra\u00advers\u00ading the moun\u00adtains and forests sparked wide\u00adspread dis\u00adcus\u00adsion and curios\u00adi\u00adty online. It is against this grand and explorato\u00adry sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic back\u00addrop that the doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary graph\u00adic nov\u00adel \u201cReturn to the For\u00adest,\u201d writ\u00adten by Xie Hao (one of the authors of \u201cTao Tao\u2019s Diary\u201d), a front\u00adline researcher in giant pan\u00adda con\u00adser\u00adva\u00adtion, and illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by car\u00adtoon\u00adist Li Wei, was born.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ajia-weibo-2309405311995992998125-002.jpg\" alt=\"\u56fe\u7247\"><\/figure>\n<p>This lengthy 80-page illus\u00adtrat\u00aded nar\u00adra\u00adtive, includ\u00ading a table of con\u00adtents and an after\u00adword, breaks away from the com\u00admon tropes of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal ani\u00admal pic\u00adture books that \u201canthro\u00adpo\u00admor\u00adphize\u201d and \u201cchild\u00adishize.\u201d Based on the real-life rewil\u00add\u00ading jour\u00adney of the giant pan\u00adda \u201cTao Tao\u201d and her moth\u00ader \u201cCao Cao,\u201d it skill\u00adful\u00adly blends doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary data with poet\u00adic nar\u00adra\u00adtive, show\u00adcas\u00ading an exper\u00adi\u00admen\u00adtal visu\u00adal lan\u00adguage and a pro\u00adfound emo\u00adtion\u00adal under\u00adtone. It pos\u00ades a thought-pro\u00advok\u00ading eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal ques\u00adtion to read\u00aders: in order for wild ani\u00admals to tru\u00adly \u201cbecome them\u00adselves,\u201d humans must restrain their desire to inter\u00advene, take a step back, and even learn to be for\u00adgot\u00adten.<\/p>\n<h3>A fusion of documentary and poetic elements<\/h3>\n<p>The remark\u00adable qual\u00adi\u00adty of *Return to the For\u00adest* lies in its seam\u00adless inte\u00adgra\u00adtion of sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic archives and the epic sto\u00adry of a giant pan\u00adda\u2019s growth. The rewil\u00add\u00ading and release of giant pan\u00addas is a high\u00adly data-dri\u00adven, mon\u00adi\u00adtor\u00ading-inten\u00adsive, and log\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly rig\u00ador\u00adous sys\u00adtem engi\u00adneer\u00ading project. Before \u201cTao Tao,\u201d Chi\u00adna had attempt\u00aded the first gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion of rewil\u00add\u00aded giant pan\u00addas, \u201cXiang Xiang,\u201d pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly through \u201carti\u00adfi\u00adcial assis\u00adtance and inde\u00adpen\u00addent train\u00ading.\u201d Xiang Xiang\u2019s fate after release into the wild drew wide\u00adspread atten\u00adtion. It is gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly believed that his adapt\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty to the wild was insuf\u00adfi\u00adcient, pos\u00adsi\u00adbly relat\u00aded to a lack of mater\u00adnal guid\u00adance and lim\u00adit\u00aded expe\u00adri\u00adence with com\u00adplex envi\u00adron\u00adments and com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion, ulti\u00admate\u00adly lead\u00ading to his unfor\u00adtu\u00adnate demise. This painful les\u00adson prompt\u00aded the Giant Pan\u00adda Con\u00adser\u00adva\u00adtion and Research Cen\u00adter to shift to a new rewil\u00add\u00ading mod\u00adel rep\u00adre\u00adsent\u00aded by \u201cCao Cao\u201d and \u201cTao Tao,\u201d empha\u00adsiz\u00ading \u201cmoth\u00ader-led cub\u201d care.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ajia-weibo-2309405311995992998125-003.jpg\" alt=\"\u56fe\u7247\"><\/figure>\n<p>The work does\u00adn\u2019t shy away from these hard-core sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic back\u00adgrounds, but rather uses them as \u201ctime anchors\u201d for its lit\u00ader\u00adary nar\u00adra\u00adtive. On the title page, the left side fea\u00adtures a metic\u00adu\u00adlous\u00adly detailed map of the south\u00adwest\u00adern moun\u00adtain\u00adous region of Chi\u00adna and an expla\u00adna\u00adtion of its cli\u00admate dis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion, while the right side shows the red pan\u00adda pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnist hid\u00ading behind a bas\u00adket, estab\u00adlish\u00ading the tone of inter\u00adwo\u00adven sci\u00adence and sto\u00adry from the very begin\u00adning. When recount\u00ading Tao Tao\u2019s wilder\u00adness jour\u00adney filled with unknown chal\u00adlenges, the text embeds pre\u00adcise phys\u00adi\u00adcal data: at birth, it weighed only 205 grams and was 11 cen\u00adtime\u00adters long; at two months old, it weighed 3350 grams; its pre-release phys\u00adi\u00adcal exam\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion showed it weighed 40 kilo\u00adgrams; and by the time it was recap\u00adtured in the wild at the end of 2017, it had grown into an adult male weigh\u00ading 115 kilo\u00adgrams. These orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly cold sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic records are trans\u00adformed into mile\u00adstones in Tao Tao\u2019s life pro\u00adgres\u00adsion with\u00adin the book.<\/p>\n<p>Mean\u00adwhile, the text and images ele\u00advate the oth\u00ader\u00adwise dry footage, reliant on 24-hour sur\u00adveil\u00adlance cam\u00aderas, into a poet\u00adic tale of spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal awak\u00aden\u00ading. Real footage shows Tao Tao endur\u00ading tor\u00adren\u00adtial rain alone in the mud or seek\u00ading shel\u00adter in trees for extend\u00aded peri\u00adods (some\u00adtimes more than a day). In this book, these behav\u00adioral records become inde\u00adpen\u00addent tri\u00adals, each imbued with the spir\u00adit of a \u201chero\u2019s jour\u00adney.\u201d Sci\u00adence ensures a sol\u00adid frame\u00adwork for the sto\u00adry, while poet\u00adic nar\u00adra\u00adtion gives it rich flesh and blood, allow\u00ading read\u00aders to tru\u00adly feel the pow\u00ader\u00adful vital\u00adi\u00adty of wild ani\u00admals build\u00ading con\u00adfi\u00addence amidst storms.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ajia-weibo-2309405311995992998125-004.jpg\" alt=\"\u56fe\u7247\"><\/figure>\n<h3>The real wilderness stripped of its \u201cfairytale filter\u201d through color experiments<\/h3>\n<p>To high\u00adlight the authen\u00adtic wilder\u00adness, *Return to the For\u00adest* exhibits a high\u00adly exper\u00adi\u00admen\u00adtal approach in its visu\u00adal expres\u00adsion. The car\u00adtoon\u00adist aban\u00addons the con\u00adven\u00adtion\u00adal approach of roman\u00adti\u00adciz\u00ading or child\u00adlikeiz\u00ading the nat\u00adur\u00adal envi\u00adron\u00adment. Instead, he uses a com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adtion of water\u00adcol\u00ador and line draw\u00ading to pre\u00adserve the struc\u00adtur\u00adal feel and the damp\u00adness of water stains, recre\u00adat\u00ading the oppres\u00adsive, com\u00adplex ter\u00adrain and soil tex\u00adture of the Heng\u00addu\u00adan Moun\u00adtains\u2019 high moun\u00adtains and deep val\u00adleys. This real\u00adis\u00adtic treat\u00adment, which imbues the images with a touch of \u201cdis\u00adcom\u00adfort,\u201d declares to the read\u00ader that true nature is not a care\u00adfree par\u00adadise, but a test\u00ading ground where \u201csur\u00advival of the fittest\u201d is the ulti\u00admate test.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth men\u00adtion\u00ading that the book con\u00adstructs an \u201ceco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal emo\u00adtion\u00adal sys\u00adtem\u201d that departs from the tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal black-and-white view, espe\u00adcial\u00adly in its cre\u00adative use of \u201cpur\u00adple.\u201d Dan\u00adger in the book is often rep\u00adre\u00adsent\u00aded by a pur\u00adplish-blue hue, some\u00adwhere between warm and cool. When Tao Tao encoun\u00adters a civet cat at night, or faces an unknown storm, the scene is shroud\u00aded in a lay\u00ader of pur\u00adplish-gray or pur\u00adplish-blue light and shad\u00adow.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ajia-weibo-2309405311995992998125-005.jpg\" alt=\"\u56fe\u7247\"><\/figure>\n<p>Here, pur\u00adple does\u00adn\u2019t sig\u00adni\u00adfy a fierce, sub\u00adstan\u00adtial attack, but rather points to a \u201cworld yet to be under\u00adstood\u201d and \u201cpoten\u00adtial uncer\u00adtain\u00adty.\u201d It pre\u00adcise\u00adly cap\u00adtures the sub\u00adtle psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal turn\u00ading points in the growth of wild ani\u00admals: when the world is no longer as absolute\u00adly safe as their moth\u00ader\u2019s embrace, the cubs must learn vig\u00adi\u00adlance and judg\u00adment. As Tao Tao grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly adapts to the envi\u00adron\u00adment and takes con\u00adtrol of its ter\u00adri\u00adto\u00adry, the col\u00ador palette tran\u00adsi\u00adtions to a blue-green sym\u00adbol\u00adiz\u00ading \u201csur\u00advival and vig\u00adi\u00adlance,\u201d and a bright, warm yel\u00adlow-green rep\u00adre\u00adsent\u00ading \u201cadap\u00adta\u00adtion and inte\u00adgra\u00adtion.\u201d This method of using col\u00ador to depict psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal expe\u00adri\u00adence allows read\u00aders to attempt to mea\u00adsure the unknown wilder\u00adness from the ani\u00admal\u2019s sub\u00adjec\u00adtive per\u00adspec\u00adtive.<\/p>\n<h3>\u201c\u201cThe Hidden Hand of Humanity\u201d\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>Any\u00adone who has fol\u00adlowed the giant pan\u00adda rewil\u00add\u00ading project or watched relat\u00aded doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtaries will undoubt\u00aded\u00adly remem\u00adber the researchers wear\u00ading black and white pan\u00adda suits, some\u00adtimes even smeared with pan\u00adda feces and urine. In pub\u00adlic dis\u00adcus\u00adsion, this is often seen as a form of exot\u00adic or slight\u00adly com\u00adi\u00adcal dis\u00adguise, some\u00adtimes even spark\u00ading anthro\u00adpo\u00admor\u00adphic jokes about whether pan\u00addas can actu\u00adal\u00adly see through humans. How\u00adev\u00ader, in the sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty, this is a very seri\u00adous mat\u00adter of \u201cdehu\u00adman\u00adiza\u00adtion con\u00adtact\u201d and \u201cimprint man\u00adage\u00adment.\u201d Its core pur\u00adpose is to ensure that cubs do not per\u00adceive humans as safe com\u00adpan\u00adions or food sources dur\u00ading their growth; oth\u00ader\u00adwise, they would active\u00adly approach human set\u00adtle\u00adments after release, fac\u00ading sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant dan\u00adger and poten\u00adtial\u00adly unable to inte\u00adgrate into wild pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtions for repro\u00adduc\u00adtion.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ajia-weibo-2309405311995992998125-006.jpg\" alt=\"\u56fe\u7247\"><\/figure>\n<p>In this book, the illus\u00adtra\u00adtor presents a philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant three-lay\u00adered visu\u00adal trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion of this \u201chid\u00adden human hand\u201d: The first lay\u00ader is \u201cdis\u00adguise\u201d: In the ear\u00adly stages of the sto\u00adry, the staff feed\u00ading or check\u00ading the pan\u00addas are depict\u00aded as upright-walk\u00ading \u201cpan\u00addas,\u201d even pos\u00adsess\u00ading a slight\u00adly anthro\u00adpo\u00admor\u00adphic, fairy\u00adtale-like qual\u00adi\u00adty. This per\u00adfect\u00adly aligns with the cub\u2019s cog\u00adni\u00adtive perspective\u2014in its eyes, the world con\u00adsists only of its own kind, not humans. This soft\u00adens the harsh\u00adness of human inter\u00adven\u00adtion while pre\u00adserv\u00ading the tan\u00adgi\u00adble traces of eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal restora\u00adtion. The sec\u00adond lay\u00ader is \u201calien\u00adation\u201d: When large-scale habi\u00adtat relo\u00adca\u00adtion or med\u00adical exam\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtions are nec\u00ades\u00adsary, the true faces of humans final\u00adly appear. How\u00adev\u00ader, they are placed with extreme restraint at the top of the pic\u00adture or in scenes after Tao Tao is anes\u00adthetized. The humans lack facial details and have no inter\u00adac\u00adtion with the pan\u00addas in their nat\u00adur\u00adal nat\u00adur\u00adal space. This sug\u00adgests the exis\u00adtence of humans as eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal man\u00adagers, but they have vol\u00adun\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adly relin\u00adquished the cen\u00adter of the nar\u00adra\u00adtive stage. The wav\u00ading good\u00adbye to Tao Tao is full of sym\u00adbol\u00adism. The third lay\u00ader is \u201cera\u00adsure\u201d: In the final release phase of the sto\u00adry, humans com\u00adplete\u00adly dis\u00adap\u00adpear from the pic\u00adture, and pure wild\u00adness once again takes over the world.<\/p>\n<p>This grad\u00adual imagery strat\u00ade\u00adgy responds to a supreme prin\u00adci\u00adple of eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adser\u00adva\u00adtion: the pur\u00adpose of human inter\u00adven\u00adtion in the process of ani\u00admal rewil\u00add\u00ading is so that humans can one day com\u00adplete\u00adly with\u00addraw from it. \u201cIn order for ani\u00admals to become them\u00adselves, humans must not be seen\u201d\u2014this two-year-long sys\u00adtemic retreat is a painful process of self-mor\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion under\u00adtak\u00aden by humans in order to repair the eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal net\u00adwork they have dam\u00adaged.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ajia-weibo-2309405311995992998125-007.jpg\" alt=\"\u56fe\u7247\"><\/figure>\n<h3>Breaking through the anthropocentric view of life<\/h3>\n<p>The book\u2019s sub\u00adti\u00adtle is \u201cTao Tao the Giant Pan\u00adda\u2019s Jour\u00adney Home,\u201d but this work com\u00adplete\u00adly over\u00adturns human\u00adi\u00adty\u2019s inher\u00adent under\u00adstand\u00ading of \u201chome.\u201d In anthro\u00adpocen\u00adtric nar\u00adra\u00adtives, \u201chome\u201d is often a fixed haven, a shel\u00adter from the wind and rain. How\u00adev\u00ader, for wild giant pan\u00addas, enter\u00ading the wild is nev\u00ader about being trans\u00adferred to a spe\u00adcif\u00adic scenic spot, but rather \u201cchang\u00ading their way of being.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The book clear\u00adly states that dur\u00ading the months of Tao Tao\u2019s wilder\u00adness train\u00ading, he moved to six or sev\u00aden dif\u00adfer\u00adent places with his moth\u00ader: \u201cLife in the wild is nev\u00ader sta\u00adble; migra\u00adtion can hap\u00adpen at any time.\u201d A real home is full of uncer\u00adtain\u00adty. Tao Tao had to learn to find dry shel\u00adter in tor\u00adren\u00adtial rain, quick\u00adly climb trees dozens of meters high when he heard the sim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00aded call of a fake leop\u00adard, and learn to iden\u00adti\u00adfy ter\u00adrain and water sys\u00adtems in the unfa\u00admil\u00adiar Tiantai Moun\u00adtain and Lizip\u00ading.<\/p>\n<p>As the sto\u00adry nears its end, when the grand, dou\u00adble-page spread offer\u00ading a bird\u2019s-eye view of the moun\u00adtains and forests appears, \u201cTao Tao,\u201d the absolute pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnist, sheds his hero\u00adic aura, shrink\u00ading and dis\u00adsolv\u00ading into the bound\u00adless green for\u00adest. He is no longer a \u201cnation\u00adal trea\u00adsure\u201d imbued with spe\u00adcial sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcance, but rather an ordi\u00adnary node in the com\u00adplex eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal net\u00adwork of the Heng\u00addu\u00adan Moun\u00adtains. The sub\u00adse\u00adquent appen\u00addix pro\u00advides detailed illus\u00adtra\u00adtions of accom\u00adpa\u00adny\u00ading flo\u00adra and fau\u00adna such as the tuft\u00aded deer and the yel\u00adlow-throat\u00aded marten. This expan\u00adsive per\u00adspec\u00adtive reveals to us that the giant pan\u00adda is mere\u00adly an equal par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpant in a vast food chain. Return\u00ading to the for\u00adest is not about con\u00adquer\u00ading the wilder\u00adness, but about relin\u00adquish\u00ading one\u2019s indi\u00advid\u00adual des\u00adtiny to the vast land, to the cru\u00adel yet fair laws of nature.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ajia-weibo-2309405311995992998125-008.jpg\" alt=\"\u56fe\u7247\"><\/figure>\n<h3>Learn to let go and be \u201cforgotten\u201d.\u201c<\/h3>\n<p>This is a mov\u00ading doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary graph\u00adic nov\u00adel, which, due to its emo\u00adtion\u00adal under\u00adtones, is a rather uncon\u00adven\u00adtion\u00adal and restrained \u201ctragedy\u201d\u2014the true price of rewil\u00add\u00ading is let\u00adting go.<\/p>\n<p>This \u201cgrow\u00ading pain\u201d is first man\u00adi\u00adfest\u00aded from the moth\u00ader\u2019s per\u00adspec\u00adtive, \u201cCao Cao.\u201d In the first half of the sto\u00adry, the moth\u00ader and child\u2019s bod\u00adies fill the inti\u00admate visu\u00adal space, con\u00advey\u00ading a strong sense of secu\u00adri\u00adty. How\u00adev\u00ader, as the rewil\u00add\u00ading process deep\u00adens, Cao Cao\u2019s spa\u00adtial posi\u00adtion grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly shifts, trans\u00adform\u00ading from a \u201cclose pro\u00adtec\u00adtor\u201d to a \u201cdis\u00adtant observ\u00ader.\u201d When Tao Tao is learn\u00ading to climb a tree and is about to slip, the scene freezes on the moment when Cao Cao not only does\u00adn\u2019t imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly res\u00adcue him but actu\u00adal\u00adly \u201clet go.\u201d This behav\u00adioral restraint metaphor\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly rep\u00adre\u00adsents the depar\u00adture of nature\u2019s great\u00adest yet cru\u00adelest mater\u00adnal role\u2014true growth means no longer being held.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ajia-weibo-2309405311995992998125-009.jpg\" alt=\"\u56fe\u7247\"><\/figure>\n<p>From the per\u00adspec\u00adtive of giant pan\u00adda pro\u00adtec\u00adtors and front\u00adline researchers like Xie Hao, the author of this book, this emo\u00adtion\u00adal tur\u00admoil is even more mov\u00ading. The doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary showed keep\u00aders hid\u00ading in the shad\u00adows, watch\u00ading the new\u00adborn pan\u00adda Tao Tao strug\u00adgle in the mud and tor\u00adren\u00adtial rain, their hearts filled with unbear\u00adable pain yet forced to des\u00adper\u00adate\u00adly sup\u00adpress the urge to inter\u00advene. They poured count\u00adless efforts into rais\u00ading it from a mere 205-gram pink ball of fur into a strong wild ani\u00admal, but their ulti\u00admate love was to sev\u00ader all ties and send it into the vast, unchart\u00aded moun\u00adtains, fraught with unknown risks.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the book, after list\u00ading a series of calm, ratio\u00adnal, and hard-hit\u00adting sci\u00adence reports on habi\u00adtat frag\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion and alarm\u00ading pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion decline, the researchers final\u00adly could\u00adn\u2019t help but reveal a pro\u00adfound sense of com\u00adpas\u00adsion. Look\u00ading deep into the moun\u00adtains, they uttered poignant con\u00adfes\u00adsions unique to humankind: \u201cIf only it were him,\u201d \u201cNo, he would\u00adn\u2019t remem\u00adber me\u2026\u201d These solil\u00ado\u00adquies make us real\u00adize that researchers have silent\u00adly swal\u00adlowed enor\u00admous eth\u00adi\u00adcal sac\u00adri\u00adfices and the pain of sep\u00ada\u00adra\u00adtion in their efforts to repair eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal frac\u00adtures. Human\u00adi\u00adty has poured out all its ener\u00adgy and exhaust\u00aded the youth of gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions, yet its ulti\u00admate desire is sim\u00adply to \u201ccom\u00adplete\u00adly dis\u00adap\u00adpear\u201d from the lives of the ani\u00admals it so deeply loves.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ajia-weibo-2309405311995992998125-010.jpg\" alt=\"\u56fe\u7247\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cReturn to the For\u00adest\u201d makes a valu\u00adable explo\u00adration in the cre\u00adation of sci\u00adence-themed graph\u00adic nov\u00adels. Through the inge\u00adnious fusion of sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary and ground\u00adbreak\u00ading visu\u00adal expres\u00adsion, it ele\u00advates a book suit\u00adable for shar\u00ading with rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly young read\u00aders to the lev\u00adel of eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal ethics and phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy of life. It guides human\u00adi\u00adty to respect the wilder\u00adness with an equal gaze and to view inter\u00adven\u00adtion with restraint.<\/p>\n<p>This also offers pro\u00adfound insights into human growth and edu\u00adca\u00adtion. True affec\u00adtion is nev\u00ader about impris\u00adon\u00ading wild crea\u00adtures for mere obser\u00adva\u00adtion, but rather about grant\u00adi\u00adng them the right to strug\u00adgle in the wind and rain, and silent\u00adly watch\u00ading them roam freely from afar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Even after that, they nev\u00ader remem\u00adbered us again\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Writ\u00adten by A\u2011Jia on March 24, 2026 in Bei\u00adjing<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ajia-weibo-2309405311995992998125-011.jpg\" alt=\"\u56fe\u7247\"><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ajia-weibo-2309405311995992998125-012.jpg\" alt=\"\u56fe\u7247\"><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ajia-weibo-2309405311995992998125-013.jpg\" alt=\"\u56fe\u7247\"><figcaption>Com\u00adpare this book to a mag\u00ada\u00adzine to see how big it is!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200b\u200b \u8bf4\u8d77\u5927\u718a\u732b\uff0c\u5728\u516c\u4f17\u89c6\u91ce\u4e2d\u5f80\u5f80\u5e26\u6709\u6d53\u539a\u7684\u201c\u840c\u5ba0\u201d\u6ee4\u955c\u3002\u4eba\u4eec\u4e60\u60ef\u4e8e\u5728\u52a8\u7269\u56ed\u7684\u73bb\u7483\u5e55\u5899\u5916\uff0c\u6216\u662f\u7f51\u7edc\u76f4\u64ad\u7684\u955c\u5934\u524d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[5,10,6,15],"class_list":["post-11122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ajia-review","tag-5","tag-10","tag-6","tag-15"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ajia-weibo-2309405311995992998125-001.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11124,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11122\/revisions\/11124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}