Mei Xiang, 25 and Tian Tian, 26, came to the Washington National Zoo <br />in 2000 under a cooperative research and breeding agreement with the China Wildlife Conservation Association. <br /><br />The zoo is honoring the three giant pandas with nine days of events ahead of their return to China. <br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline