what animal is po's dad in kung fu panda
List of Kung Fu Panda characters Master Po Ping (Chinese for "Precious Peace"), born Lotus Shan, is the titular protagonist of the Kung Fu Panda franchise. He is a fast-talking giant panda who was improbably chosen as the Dragon Warrior, champion of the Valley of Peace in the first movie. Although highly doubted as such, the giant panda proved himself worthy as a formidable warrior in unexpected ways. The adoptive son of Mr. Ping, a goose who owns a noodle restaurant, Po is one of Shifu's students, the prophesied Dragon Warrior, the Warrior of Black and White and the True Master of Chi.