Fuwa - Beijing 2008 Olympic Mascots

Chinese word "Fuwa" means "Good-luck dolls". In the early design time, the Mascots were named as "Friendlies" . However, in the later discussions, use Chinese word "Fuwa" was elected by Chinese.

Fuwa will serve as the official Mascots during Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, carrying pace and love from China to all children over the world.
The Fuwa includes 5 members, they are the Fish, the Panda, the Tibetan Antelope, the Swallow, and the Olympic Flame. Each character has a traditional Chinese two-syllable name, Beibei is the Fish, Jingjing is the Panda, Huanhuan is the Olympic Flame, Yingying is the Tibetan Antelope and Nini is the Swallow. The Fuwa's name together is "北京欢迎你 - Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni "-Welcome to Beijing.

Five Fuwa members have their colors to match the Five Olympic Rings and also represent 5 natural elements. Beibei is blue, represents the see; Jingjing is black, represents the forest; Huanhuan is red, represents the fire; Yingying is yellow, represents the Earth; Nini is green, represents the sky.

Mascots "Fuwa" was announced by the National Society of Chinese Classic Literatures Studies on November 11, 2005 on the event making the 1000th day before the opening of the games.

Also a 100-episodes Olympic-themed cartoon series featuring the Fuwa was release in China on August 8th, 2007.

Bejing Olympic Games(08/08/2008)

Three years ago, we visited Beijing. This picture was taken at National Chinese Museum Next to Tiananmen Square. A big countdown calendar showed the countdown days was 1039 days, 09 hours, 10 minutes and 39 seconds. The Bejing Olympic Games will be held on August 08, 2008 (第29届奥林匹克运动会.)

Today, there are only 165 days left, less than half year!!!

Bejing Olympic Games has been a dream for many generations of the Chinese. Now China is in full force preparing it.

May be not a lot of people ever thought about why choose August 8 to start Bejing 2008 Olympic games. In China, number 6, 8, 9 are the lucky numbers and people often like to choose them for their phone numbers, addresses, license plates, marriage date or even the baby's birthdate. The number 6 (liu) sounds like smoothly, The number 9 (jiu) has the meaning of "forever" and the number 8 (Fa, Ba) has the meaning of "making a lot of money".

Bejing is the host city of the 2008 Summer Olympics; there are another six cities co-host the games. Qingdao will host the Olympic Sailing Regatta, Hong Kong will host the equestrian events, The football games will take plance in the constructed Qinhuangdao Olympic Center Stadium, The Shanghai Stadium, Shenyang's Wulihe Stadium and Tianjin Olympic Stadium.

Let's have the best wishes to Bejing 2008 Olympic Games!!!