August
17
Olympic Mascots: FuWa
Nora reports that everyone in China is not only avidly following the Olympics--which in China means following the Chinese Olympic athletes--but collecting the official mascots of the Olympic games. The five mascots, one for each color of the Olympic circles, are called Beijing Huan Ying Ni, which means, Beijing Welcomes You. Nora brought back from her five-week trip to China (where she taught rural school kids English) at least one of each mascot:
Beibei, a blue fish representing Oceania: a watch and a McDonald's happy meal toy.
Jingjing, a black panda representing Asia: a t-shirt.
Huanhuan, a red torch representing the Americas: a t-shirt and visor.
Yingying, an orange antelope representing Africa: a McDonald's collectible.
Nini, a green swallow representing Europe: an official Olympic mug and key chain.








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I love the NiNi character. I also love how the names, in the proper order, are also the official greeting to the Olympics.
I also love that Americans are dreaded fire demons.
Posted by: Christian Lindke | August 18, 2008 at 02:37 PM