Sijia, a 7-year-old panda, watches a TV showing video of herself and a panda friend taken while they were cubs in order to lift her spirits at the Yunnan Wild Animal Park on April 14, 2014. Photo: sina.com.cn

 

Park employees explained that Sijia became depressed ever since her childhood friend, Meiqian, was returned to a facility in Sichuan Province on March 31, reported local media.

Sijia is one of three pandas that were transferred to the park in 2008 after the Wenchuan earthquake damaged their original home at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda  in Sichuan Province.

In addition to installing a new swing in her habitat, employees set up a TV to play home movies so Sijia could see her childhood friend.

Sijia plays the swing built for it in Yunnan Wild Animal Park on April 14, 2014. Photo: sina.com.cn

Sijia plays the swing built for it in Yunnan Wild Animal Park on April 14, 2014. Photo: sina.com.cn

An employee puts a model of Meiqian in the place Meiqian lived in to accompany Sijia in Yunnan Wild Animal Park on April 14, 2014. Photo: sina.com.cn

Sijia plays the swing built for it in Yunnan Wild Animal Park on April 14, 2014. Photo: sina.com.cn

Sijia watches home movies taken when she was a cub in Yunnan Wild Animal Park on April 14, 2014. Photo: sina.com.cn