earth science

Strong-Willed Pig

Strong-Willed Pig is a earth science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Strong-Willed Pig rather than just read about it. In short: The Strong-Willed Pig (Chinese: 猪坚强; pinyin: Zhu Jianqiang; April 2007 – June 16, 2021), was a pig originally belonging to Wan Xingming, a villager in Tuanshan Village, Longmenshan Town, Pengzhou City, Chengdu City. On May 12, 2008, the Wenchuan earthquake occurred and the pig was buried under rubble for 36 days but amazingly survived on just charcoal and rainwater.

Key takeaways

Strong-Willed Pig belongs to earth science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Strong-Willed Pig to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Strong-Willed Pig from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Strong-Willed Pig (Chinese: 猪坚强; pinyin: Zhu Jianqiang; April 2007 – June 16, 2021), was a pig originally belonging to Wan Xingming, a villager in Tuanshan Village, Longmenshan Town, Pengzhou City, Chengdu City. On May 12, 2008, the Wenchuan earthquake occurred and the pig was buried under rubble for 36 days but amazingly survived on just charcoal and rainwater. On June 17, 2008, the pig was rescued and its weight was found to have dropped from 150 kg to 50 kg. The pig became a symbol of hope, fortitude and resilience. He was "revered for his heroism".

Biography After the Wenchuan earthquake, Jianchuan Museum adopted the pig, and the curator, Fan Jianchuan, gave it two names: the nickname "36 Wa'er" and the formal name "Strong-Willed Pig". In September 2011, Chinese scientists cloned the Strong-Willed Pig. On May 1, 2021, Fan Jianchuan stated that "the situation of Strong-Willed Pig is terrible". On the 10th, the Jianchuan Museum said that the pig had entered the final stage of its life. On June 16, 2021, Strong-Willed Pig died at Jianchuan Museum Cluster at the age of 14 due to old age and exhaustion. On Weibo there were 430 million views of the hashtag "Strong-Willed Pig has died".

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Strong-Willed Pig

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Strong-Willed Pig claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In earth science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Strong-Willed Pig before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Strong-Willed Pig ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Strong-Willed Pig

In research: Strong-Willed Pig appears in earth science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Strong-Willed Pig in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Strong-Willed Pig is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2007 animal births, 2008 Sichuan earthquake, 2021 animal deaths, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Strong-Willed Pig outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Strong-Willed Pig in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Strong-Willed Pig means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Strong-Willed Pig out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Strong-Willed Pig in simple terms?

Why does Strong-Willed Pig matter?

Because it connects several earth science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Strong-Willed Pig?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Strong-Willed Pig.