Fuwa is the mascot of the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, whose colors and inspirations come from the five Olympic rings, from China's vast mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, and from the images of people's favorite animals. Fuwa conveys to children around the world the spirit of friendship, peace, and positivity as well as the wish for harmony between human beings and nature.

The creation of Fuwa

On the evening of November 11, 2005, the oldest sports building in the new China, Beijing, was opened. Beijing Workers' Stadium, the oldest sports building in New China, was decked out in festive attire. As night fell, Beijing entered the 1,000-day countdown to the 2008 Olympic Games. The mascot of the 29th Olympic Games was finally unveiled during the commemorative activities held for this important moment.

At 20:15, Party and state leader Jia Qinglin touched the switch on the release device with his hand, and five beams of laser light shot out from the release device were thrown at the big screen, on which the mascot outlines were sketched out, and the five lively and lovely mascot images were fixed on the big screen. At the same time, five 2-meter-high inflatable mascot cartoon people from the big screen after the stage - this is the long-awaited 29th Olympic Games mascot.

Fuwa represent the meaning and its name

Fuwa are five cute and intimate little friends, their shapes were integrated into the image of fish, giant pandas, the Olympic flame, Tibetan antelope and swallows.

Each doll has a catchy name: "Bei Bei", "Jing Jing", "Huan Huan", "Ying Ying "Beibei," "Jingjing," "Huanhuan," "Yingying," and "Nini," and in China, hyphenated names are a traditional way of expressing affection for a child. When the names of the five dolls are linked together, you can read Beijing's warm invitation to the world, "Beijing welcomes you".

The Fuwa represent dreams and the aspirations of the Chinese people.

The appearance of Fuwa

The prototype and headdress of Fuwa imply their connection with the sea, forest, fire, earth and sky, and apply the expression of traditional Chinese art to show the splendid Chinese culture. Each doll of the Beijing Olympic mascot represents a good wish: prosperity, joy, passion, health and good luck. The dolls carry Beijing's hospitality and blessings to all corners of the world, inviting people from all over the world*** to gather in Beijing to celebrate the 2008 Olympic Games. The dolls are called "Beibei", "Jingjing", "Huanhuan", "Yingying", "Nini" and "BeiBei". ", "Jingjing", "Huanhuan", "Yingying", "Nini". The pronunciation of the five characters makes up the harmonic "Beijing welcomes you". Their shapes incorporate the images of fish, pandas, Tibetan antelope, swallows and the Olympic flame, and their colors correspond one by one with the five Olympic rings, making them highly visible and approachable.

Unique design ideas

In terms of design ideas, the Beijing Olympic Games mascots for the first time to the perfect combination of animal and human images, emphasizing the human-centered, people, animals and nature in harmony with the concept of unity of mankind; in terms of design concepts, for the first time, the Olympic elements directly referenced to the mascot, such as the fire baby's creativity from the Olympic Games fire; in terms of the design and application, the extension of the use of personalized more prominently. In terms of design and application, it is more prominent in the personalization of extended use. A major feature is the five mascot headdress part, can be developed separately, the use of a wider range of children can choose different headdresses according to their own preferences, wear on the head, lively children have become a lovely mascot image, interactivity greatly enhanced; in terms of quantity, the Beijing Olympic Games mascot is also the history of the Olympic Games is the largest number of times, up to five, reflecting the depth and breadth of Chinese culture.

Fuwa Beibei -- Inspiration: Chinese New Year painting - Liannian Yuyu, traditional Chinese fish pattern, water wave pattern;

Fuwa Jingjing -- Inspiration: Panda, Song Dynasty porcelain lotus shape;

Fuwa Huanhuan -- Inspiration: traditional Chinese fire pattern, flame pattern in Dunhuang frescoes;

Fuwa Yingying -- Inspiration: decorative stylized patterns of China's Qinghai-Tibet region, small Tibetan antelope;

Fuwa Nini -- Inspiration: Swallow, Swallow kite.

One of the blessings that Bebe conveys is prosperity. In traditional Chinese culture and art, the motifs of "fish" and "water" are symbols of prosperity and harvest. People use "carp jumping over the dragon gate" to symbolize success in business and the realization of dreams. "Fish" also has the connotation of good fortune and year-round profit.

The head of Bei Bei is decorated with a Chinese Neolithic fish pattern. Bei Bei is gentle and pure, a master of water sports, and the blue ring of the five Olympic rings reflect each other.

The second Jing Jing is a naive panda that brings joy to people wherever she goes. As China's national treasure, pandas are loved by people all over the world.

Jingjing comes from the vast forest, symbolizing the harmony between man and nature **** existence. His head motif is derived from the lotus petal shape on Song porcelain. Jingjing is simple, optimistic and full of strength, representing the black ring of the five Olympic rings.

Third Huanhuan is the big brother of the Fuwa. He is a fire doll, symbolizing the Olympic flame. Huanhuan is the embodiment of the passion for sports, and he spreads his passion to the world, conveying the Olympic spirit of faster, higher and stronger. Wherever Huanhuan goes, he spreads the passion of Beijing 2008 to the world.

Huanhuan's head motif is inspired by the flames in Dunhuang murals. He is an outgoing person who is familiar with various ball sports and represents the red ring of the five Olympic rings.

Fourth, Ying Ying is a nimble and agile Tibetan antelope, who comes from the vast western part of China to spread the blessing of good health to the world. Welcome is a Tibetan antelope, a protected animal unique to the Tibetan Plateau, and is a manifestation of the Green Olympics.

YingYing's head is decorated with the decorative styles of the Tibetan Plateau and the western region of Xinjiang. He is agile and a good track and field athlete, representing the yellow ring of the five Olympic rings.

The fifth character, Nini, comes from the sky and is a swallow with wings spreading and flying, and its shape is inspired by the traditional Beijing sand swallow kite. "Yan" also represents Yanjing (the ancient name for Beijing). Nini brings spring and joy to people, and sows good wishes of "good luck" wherever she flies.

Nini, who is innocent and fast, will make her debut in the gymnastics competition, representing the green ring of the five Olympic rings.

"Fuwa" of the process

Beijing time on November 11, 8:00 pm, Beijing 2008 Olympic Games mascots officially announced in the Workers' Stadium, the image of the fish, panda, the Olympic flame, the Tibetan antelope, the golden swallows, the name of the Bei Bei, Jing Jing, Huanhuan, Ying Ying, Nini, that is, Beijing welcomes you. The following is the main course of this Olympic Games mascot produced:

August 5, 2004 began to collect from the community

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games mascot and Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games mascot design competition began on the 5th officially launched. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) will determine the mascots for the Beijing Olympic Games and Paralympic Games respectively based on the results of the competition, which were originally scheduled to be announced to the public on June 1, 2005....

December 1, 2004 mascot collection work ended

According to the Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games, the Beijing Olympic Games and Paralympic Games mascot design competition for a period of four months in December 1 to complete the work of collecting works, into the selection stage. Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee will be in the expert review and widely solicit the views of representatives of all sectors of society on the basis of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games mascot and the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games mascot, respectively. The mascot is one of the core images of the previous Olympic Games, and is an important carrier to convey the Olympic spirit and the concept of the Games.

February 15, 2004 Mascots enter the selection process

The Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games officially confirmed *** that there were 662 entries competing for the mascot of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, and from December 15 onwards, the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games mascots and Paralympic Games mascots entered the selection process. After a series of strict procedures such as initial evaluation, re-evaluation, modification and registration, the mascot was scheduled to be officially unveiled in June 2005.

November 11, 2005 mascot unveiled

After a year and three months of long competition, the much-anticipated mascot of the Beijing Olympic Games will be officially unveiled to the public at 8:00 p.m. on the evening of November 11th, the 1,000th day of the Beijing Olympics countdown in the Beijing Workers' Gymnasium. The mascot has embodied the concept of organizing the Beijing Olympic Games and the Olympic spirit, has a strong Chinese characteristics, has a wide range of representative, with original intellectual property rights and broad market development space, as well as the crystallization of the collective wisdom of the five major features.

November 12, 2005 mascot on sale

Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee News and Publicity Department news, in order to cooperate with the release of the Beijing Olympic Games mascot, to meet the majority of consumers on the Olympic mascot licensed merchandise demand, the Beijing Organizing Committee will implement the mascot licensed merchandise temporary sales program, more than 500,000 pieces of the Olympic mascot series of licensed merchandise will be available from November 12, the start of. In the licensed merchandise retail stores (points) across the country sales.

Features of "Fuwa"

The mascot of the Olympic Games has five features:

Firstly, the mascot of the Beijing Olympic Games embodies the concept of organizing the Beijing Olympic Games as a "Green Olympics, Humanistic Olympics, and Scientific and Technological Olympics" and the Olympic spirit. Firstly, the mascot of the Beijing Olympic Games embodies the concept of organizing the Beijing Olympic Games as "Green Olympic Games, Humanistic Olympic Games, Scientific and Technological Olympic Games" and the Olympic spirit, and conveys the ideals and pursuits of the peaceful development of the human society, the harmonious coexistence of mankind and nature, and the harmony among people.

Secondly, the mascot has strong Chinese characteristics. Mascot a lot of use of rich Chinese cultural elements, multi-faceted display of the diversity of Chinese culture, Fuwa and traditional Chinese culture combined seamlessly, five Fuwa five colors are exactly the five elements of China - gold, wood, water, fire and earth, a lifetime of two instruments, two instruments give birth to four elephants, four elephants give birth to gossip, gossip and give birth to all things, the unity of the five Fuwa just to symbolize the The unity of the world's people.

Third, the mascot has a broad representation.

Fourth, the mascot has original intellectual property rights and broad market development space.

Fifth, the Beijing Olympic Games mascot is the crystallization of collective wisdom, permeated with all aspects of wisdom and labor, especially the creation of modification team members played an important role, many domestic famous literary and artistic everyone has participated in the discussion, participate in the modification of many times, put forward the views.

"Fuwa" deep cultural connotations

A, the cultural connotations of the number five

Beijing Olympic mascots choose five Fuwa, not only with the Olympic symbol of the five rings echo, but also in line with China's large population, a long history, cultural richness of the national conditions. At the same time, it is also closely related to the digital culture, which is an important component of traditional Chinese culture, such as the five elements, the five blessings, the five protectors, the five lakes and so on.

Furthermore, the use of the number "five" to represent the five directions of east, west, south, north and south is a very long cultural tradition in China. 4200 years ago, the Emperor Yu's document "Five Hidden Mountain Scriptures" divided the world into the five regions of "South Mountain Scriptures," "West Mountain Scriptures," "North Mountain Scriptures," "East Mountain Scriptures," and "Zhongshan Scriptures," and the "Middle Mountain Scriptures," the "Middle" of the Chinese nation, are the five regions of China. The Chinese nation's "center", China's "center", and the Chinese people's concept of "center" all stem from this concept of orientation.

The cultural connotation of the Fuwa Beibei

Reports say that the blessing that Beibei conveys is prosperity. In traditional Chinese culture and art, "fish" and "water" pattern is a symbol of prosperity and harvest, people use "carp jump dragon gate" means success and dream realization, "fish" is also a symbol of prosperity and harvest, people use "carp jump dragon gate" means success and dream realization. "Fish" also has the connotation of good fortune and year-round profit. Bei Bei's head decoration uses the Chinese Neolithic fish pattern, Bei Bei is gentle and pure, is a master of water sports, and the blue ring in the five Olympic rings reflect each other.

The author pointed out in the article "Skate Fish: Beijing Olympic Mascot" that the prototype of the dragon is a fish (doll fish to be precise), and the skate fish is the lucky animal of "the world's great Rang". The five Tibetan mountain scripture - western mountain scripture "recorded:" and one hundred and eighty miles to the west, said Tai ware of the mountain. Guanshui out of the country, west flow injection in the Liuzha. Is more skate, like carp, fish body and bird wings, pale text and white head and red beak, often traveling the West China Sea, swimming in the East China Sea, to fly at night. Its sound is like luan chicken, its flavor is sour and sweet, food has been crazy, see the world's great Rang." Mount Taiqi is located in the west of the Hetao area south of today's Yinshan Mountain range, and belongs to an oasis in the desert.

The Wen ray is a flying fish, which can symbolize the leap of sports, higher, faster and stronger; the Wen ray flies between the West Sea and the East Sea, which can symbolize the exchange of civilization and culture between the East and the West. From the point of view of design and shape, the skate looks like a carp with wings, the carp is red or gold, and the stretching of the wings has a strong and distinctive sense of movement and rhythm, all these features help to design the ideal mascot pattern.

Three, panda Fuwa Jingjing's cultural connotation

Reports say Jingjing comes from the vast forest, symbolizing the harmony of man and nature **** survival. His head decoration from the Song porcelain on the lotus petal shape. Jingjing is optimistic and full of strength, representing the black ring of the five Olympic rings.

Furthermore, the panda belongs to the bear-like animals, one of the totems of the Yellow Emperor's race is the bear (Yuxiong clan), and the ancestors of Chu were also named after the bear. The five Tibetan mountain scriptures - Zhongshan Jing "9 mountain ranges recorded in the bear god:" and one hundred and fifty miles to the east, said the bear mountain. There is a cave, the bear's cave, always in and out of the gods and men. Summer open and winter closed, is the cave also, winter open Nai must have soldiers. Its upper more white jade, its lower more white gold, its wood more simarouba willow, its grass more kou de."

The author's interpretation is as follows: the bear mountain should be more bears, bears have hibernation habits, bears come out in winter is an anomaly; bears have a variety of, but unfortunately, the scripture does not say that the bear's appearance here. As we all know, the giant panda is China's specialty, its fur color black and white is very distinctive, mainly distributed in the Qinling Mountains, the Daba Mountain area. Since the Bear Mountain here is located in the Daba Mountain range, it is possible that the bears here refer to giant pandas; at the same time, the bear god may have been dressed up as a giant panda by the local people, and sacrifices to the bear god were held in the bear's den during the summer.

It is worth noting that the "Historical Records - Chu Benji" said that "Chu's ancestors from the emperor Zhuan Xu Gao Yang". Thereafter, Gao Yang gave birth to the name, the name was born in the chapter (Lao Tong), the chapter was born in the Chong Li. Chong Li's brother for Wu Hui (Zhu Rong), Wu Hui born Lu end; Lu end of the son of six people, six said Jilian, Mi surname, after Chu also. Jilian born with frustration, with frustration born cave bear. After the micro, or in China, or in the barbarians, can not record their lives. When King Wen of Zhou, the descendants of Jilian said sell Xiong, the name of his descendants mostly use the word "Xiong". Accordingly, in the second nine scriptures of the bear mountain, bear cave, bear God, may be the ancestors of the Chu "cave bear".

In short, although the panda is naive, but the bears also have a powerful character of the side, not weak.

Four, the holy fire Fuwa Huanhuan cultural connotation

Reports say, Huanhuan Fuwa is a fire doll, symbolizing the Olympic flame, is the embodiment of the passion for sports, he will be passionate about spreading the world, conveying the Olympic spirit of faster, higher, stronger. Huanhuan wherever he goes, overflowing with Beijing 2008 enthusiasm for the world. Huanhuan's head motif is inspired by the flames in Dunhuang murals. He is an outgoing and spirited person who is familiar with all kinds of ball sports and represents the red ring of the five Olympic rings.

Furthermore, the Chinese like to use red fire as a metaphor for prosperity, as fire is a symbol of vitality. At the same time, the Chinese have worshipped fire since ancient times. Since the earliest evidence of human use of fire was found in China (Zhoukoudian Peking Man), China is also the home of human origins.

Fifth, the Tibetan antelope Fuwa Yingying's cultural connotation

Reports say Yingying is a nimble, agile, galloping Tibetan antelope that comes from the vast western part of China to spread the blessing of good health to the world. The Tibetan antelope is endemic to the Tibetan Plateau and is a symbol of the Green Olympics. The head of Yingying is decorated with the decorative styles of the Tibetan Plateau and the western region of Xinjiang. He is a fast track and field athlete and represents the yellow ring of the five Olympic rings.

Sheep were symbolic animals of good fortune and beauty in ancient China, such as the Three Sheep. During the pre-summer period, the Yandi tribe (which originated from the ginger water) and the Houji tribe (whose mother was Jiang Yuan), as well as the Qiang and Tibetan tribes, all used the sheep as a totem animal.

Sixth, Swallow Fuwa Nini's cultural connotations

Reports say Nini comes from the sky, is a swallow with wings spreading and flying, and its modeling creativity comes from Beijing's traditional sand swallow kites. The word "yan" also represents Yanjing, the ancient name for Beijing. Nini brings spring and joy to people, and spreads the good wishes of "good luck" wherever she flies. The innocent and agile Nini will make her debut in the gymnastics competition, representing the green ring of the five Olympic rings.

The swallow is the "bird of paradise", which is the totem animal of the Yin Shang tribe. In addition, the Shao Hao tribe named their official positions after birds, making it an ancient kingdom with a hundred birds facing the phoenix. At the same time, the Chinese ancestors believed that the sun had a three-legged crow (the sun bird, the golden bird, and the fire phoenix) inside it, so the bird could also represent the sun and light.

Since the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Olympic mascots have bid farewell to the "single" era, the mascot combination has become a popular trend in the Olympic Games, the 2008 Beijing Olympics selected five mascots, a breakthrough in the number of mascots in previous Olympic Games. Because this not only represents the five Olympic rings, but also with the traditional Chinese culture of "gold, wood, water, fire and earth" five elements of the said fit. In Buddhist culture, "five" represents perfection, and "five" also fits the Chinese culture "five elements (gold, wood, water, fire and earth) doctrine", more with the Olympic symbols The "Five Rings" also echoes the Olympic symbol. The five mascots have the qualities of "embodying the concept of organizing the Beijing Olympic Games and the Olympic spirit", "having strong Chinese characteristics" and "being widely representative", The mascots are characterized by five major features: "reflecting the concept of hosting the Beijing Olympics and the Olympic spirit", "with strong Chinese characteristics", "broadly representative", "with original intellectual property rights and broad market development space", and "the crystallization of collective wisdom".

In summary, the fish is actually the Chinese dragon, panda Fuwa Jingjing (jing) resonance today (jin), the sacred fire Fuwa Huanhuan (hui) and will be (hui) sound similar, the Tibetan antelope Fuwa symbolizes the gallop, swallow Fuwa symbolizes the flight, the five Fuwa together, the literal meaning is "Beijing welcomes you," connotation, however, is not the same. There is also the "Chinese dragon will fly today" meaning.

"Fuwa" highlights the charm of traditional Chinese culture

Beijing Olympic mascot was unveiled, which consists of five anthropomorphic doll image, collectively known as "Fuwa", respectively, called "Bei Bei", "Jing Jing", "Bei Bei" and "Jing Jing". ", "Jingjing", "Huanhuan", "Yingying", "Nini". The harmony of the pronunciation of the five characters is "Beijing welcomes you". Their shape into the fish, pandas, Tibetan antelope, swallows and the Olympic flame image, color and the Olympic five rings correspond one by one, with strong visibility and affinity. Particularly striking is that it is also closely integrated with China's traditional culture, so quite Chinese characteristics.

The five rings of the Olympic Games are connected together by five different colored rings, representing the five continents: Europe (sky blue), Australia (grass green), America (red), Asia (yellow), Africa (black). The five different colored rings are tightly connected, symbolizing the friendship and unity among athletes and people around the world.

Amazingly, the five rings coincide with the Chinese doctrine of the five elements, which also come in five different colors. 2008 Olympic mascots match the Chinese philosophical ideas of gold, wood, water, fire and earth with the five Olympic rings, which is the most wonderful combination of the Olympic spirit and the Chinese culture, and demonstrates to the world the glorious Chinese culture.

Fuwa Beibei is a fish child, from the rivers, lakes and seas, the five elements of water, on behalf of prosperity; Fuwa Jingjing, the panda as a prototype, from the forest, the five elements of wood, on behalf of joy; Fuwa Huanhuan to the Olympic flame as a prototype, the five elements of fire, on behalf of passion; Fuwa Ying Ying to the Tibetan antelope as a prototype, from the grasslands and the land, the five elements of the earth, on behalf of health; Fuwa Nini to the Beijing Swallow as a prototype, from the sky, the five elements of gold, on behalf of good luck. Nini is from the sky, the five elements of which are gold, representing luck. Thus, the five elements of water, wood, fire, earth and gold are complete. Auspicious animals in the air, underwater, land, forests and grasslands are anthropomorphized, emphasizing the human-centeredness and harmony between people and nature, which is the traditional concept of "unity of man and nature" in our country, isn't it?

China's traditional doctrine of the five elements is an ancient thinker to explain the origin and unity in diversity of all things in the world with the five common substances in daily life, which are wood, fire, earth, gold and water. During the Warring States period, the doctrine of "five elements" was quite popular, and the theory of "the five elements are mutually reinforcing" emerged. Phasic, meaning mutual promotion, such as "wood begets fire, fire begets earth, earth begets gold, gold begets water, water begets wood" and so on. Phase victory, that is, the mutual exclusion, such as "water over fire, fire over gold, gold over wood, wood over earth, earth over water" and so on. These views have the elements of simple materialism and spontaneous dialectics, and its reasonable elements have been preserved, and played a role in the development of ancient Chinese astronomy, calendar, medicine, etc.

Because of this, the development of ancient Chinese astronomy, calendar, medicine, etc., has been a major factor in the development of Chinese culture.

Because of the influence of the five elements, traditional culture often applies the five elements to daily life and academic fields. There are many types of food crops, which are traditionally referred to as "five grains". In fact, in ancient times, there was a reference to the five grains, "Mengzi - Teng Wengong on the" note said: "five grains, said rice, millet, millet, wheat, beans and peas also." The five poisons, as they are called in folklore, refer to five poisonous animals: scorpions, snakes, centipedes, geckos and toads. Hardware refers to gold, silver, copper, iron and tin; five flavors refer to sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty; five non-vegetarian refers to leek, scallion, garlic, rue and caraway; and five spices refer to fennel, pepper, star anise, cinnamon and cloves. Wuyue is the general name of China's five famous mountains, namely, Mount Tai in the East, Mount Heng in the South, Mount Hua in the West, Mount Everest in the North, Mount Song in the Middle. In ancient times, the "Five Classics" were the five Confucian classics, namely, the Poetry, the Book, the Rites, the Yi, and the Spring and Autumn Annals.

In musicology, there are "five tones" or "five voices", referring to the five tones of the Chinese pentatonic scale of Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng and Yu. Five tones is also a term of phonetics, that is, according to the pronunciation parts of the vowel is divided into five categories: lip, tongue, teeth, dental, and laryngeal tones. Those who can't pronounce these sounds are called "pentatonic".

In Chinese medicine, the doctrine of yin and yang is its theoretical basis. The concept of the five elements, as early as the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, has been used in the motherland medicine, that the liver is wood, the heart is fire, the spleen is earth, the lungs are gold, the kidneys are water, and with the theory of the interactions between the internal organs to explain the relationship between the nourishment of each other and each other's constraints. If the liver can restrain the spleen, it is called wood and earth; the spleen can nourish the lungs, which is called earth and gold. In pathology, if liver disease offends the spleen, the treatment of suppressing the liver and supporting the spleen is called "suppressing the wood and supporting the earth"; when the kidney is weak and the liver is weak, the treatment of tonifying the kidney and nourishing the liver is called "nourishing the water and containing the wood". This is a statement that continues today and guides clinical practice.

National is the world, we have a group of five Fuwa, to the world to show the charm of traditional Chinese culture, conveying the message of unity, peace and friendship.

Animation

Animation first awarded by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. Birth March 20, 2006 at 9:01 a.m. In January 2008, the large-scale Olympic-themed animated film "Fuwa" will be born in Shenzhen. Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department jointly held a press conference to announce the news.

According to reports, the movie is the only original Olympic-themed cartoon that will be broadcast before the Games. The first half will air around November 2007 and the second half in January 2008, according to the press release.

The project planner Zhao Dexian introduced the animated film production will use a 3D background, the characters with two-dimensional animation to deal with the painting will break through the current domestic animation, "Ha Japanese", "Ha American" mode of creation, to retain the traditional creative techniques of China, while enhancing high-tech technology. The film will break away from the current "Japanese" and "American" modes of Chinese animation and enhance the use of high-tech techniques while retaining the traditional Chinese creative methods.

While the theme of the Olympic Games, the animation will not be a simple illustration of Olympic knowledge and spirit, the animation will have a complete storyline from beginning to end, the 29th Olympic Games five mascots - Bei Bei, Jing Jing, Huanhuan, Ying Ying and Nini, will be in the main character through the centuries of the Olympic Games at different stages, to give them help, and ultimately make the main character through the centuries of the Olympic Games, to help the main character to help the main character, and ultimately make the main character to help the main character to help the main character. give them help, and ultimately enable the main character to gain the energy to return to the real world.

The film's planner, Zhao Xiande, said at the press conference that the total investment is currently budgeted at 50 million yuan because of the film's three-dimensional technology and long time requirements, but the amount of investment will be adjusted accordingly as the price index rises.

The 2008 Olympic mascots are five anthropomorphic Fuwa, known as "Fuwa" (formerly Friendlies). Respectively: fish, panda, Olympic flame, Tibetan antelope, and swallow image, color and the five Olympic rings correspond one by one, with strong visibility and affinity. The names of the five mascots are Bei Bei, Jing Jing, Huan Huan, Ying Ying and Ni Ni, i.e. Beijing welcomes you. Fuwa represent dreams and the aspirations of the Chinese people. Their prototypes and headdresses imply their connection with the sea, forest, fire, earth and sky, and their image design applies traditional Chinese artistic expressions to show China's splendid culture.

On the night of November 11, 2005, Beijing Workers' Stadium attracted global attention: the mascot of the 29th Olympic Games was unveiled and officially unveiled.

The mascot consists of five "Chinese Fuwa", affectionately called "Fuwa Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying and Nini", based on the ideas of "fish, panda, Olympic flame, Tibetan antelope and Jingyan".

The Beijing Olympic Games mascot program has condensed the efforts of countless artists and representatives from all walks of life, and is a crystallization of collective wisdom.

On December 15, 2004, in the 16th floor conference room of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, 24 experts and scholars with outstanding achievements in the fields of art and culture, such as Chen Yifei and Zheng Yuanjie, made an artistic selection of 662 valid entries for the mascot.

On December 17, the Recommendation and Selection Committee, composed of 10 Chinese and foreign experts including renowned artists Jin Shangyi and Chang Shana, reviewed and commented on the 56 works that entered the recommendation and selection stage. The panda, tiger, dragon, Monkey King, rattle drum and Ah Fu 6 works were designated as the Beijing Olympic Games mascot modification direction.

Based on the opinions of the Recommendation and Selection Committee, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games set up a mascot modification and creation team headed by Han Meilin, a master of arts and crafts, and composed of nine domestic design, animation and cartooning professionals. Starting from late December, the Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games held a number of special meetings to study and put forward modification opinions. The Executive Committee of the Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games held two special meetings to consider the design of the mascot, and many artists participated in the creation and modification of the mascot. On the basis of brainstorming, Han Meilin, the head of the modification team, wrote the final design of the mascot program.

In order to further understand whether the creation of the image of the "Chinese baby" is the right idea, in the process of modification and creation, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games held several mascot evaluation meetings, inviting representatives from all walks of life to comment on the mascot candidates. Whether it is Huang Miaozi, Ding Cong and other respected 80-year-old famous artists, or some recent years active in the field of art and design of young elites have gone to the scene, on the creation of the mascot to put forward constructive comments. The designers of the mascots for the Athens and Sydney Olympics also made suggestions on the design of the mascots for the Beijing Olympics.

In addition to this, the Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games also solicited opinions from elementary school and kindergarten students by means of a questionnaire survey. The mascots are loved by many children, and the Beijing Organizing Committee interviewed and tested 49 third-grade students from an elementary school and 22 middle-aged and older children from a kindergarten in Beijing by means of a questionnaire survey. The survey showed that the mascot candidate "China Fuwa" has a strong recognition among children, who think the image is very cute.

The mascot of the Beijing Olympics consists of five "Fuwa": "Fuwa Huanhuan" is modeled after the Olympic flame, which represents passion; "Fuwa Jingjing" is modeled after the Olympic flame, which represents passion; and "Fuwa Jingjing" is modeled after the Olympic flame, which represents passion. Fuwa Jingjing" is the prototype of the panda, from the forest, on behalf of joy." Fuwa Beibei" is a fish, from the rivers, lakes and seas, representing prosperity." The prototype of "Fuwa Yingying" is the Tibetan antelope, from the grassland and earth, representing the health. The prototype of "Fuwa Nini" is the Jingyan, from the sky, representing luck.

Liu Qi, chairman of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG), said: "The mascot of the Beijing Olympic Games is another special gift from China to the world and the Olympic Movement. It corresponds to the emblem and slogan of the Beijing Olympic Games and expresses the Chinese people's yearning for peace, friendship, progress and harmony in the world, and conveys the heartfelt message of "Beijing welcomes you". Beijing Olympic Games mascot has a strong Chinese characteristics, showing the cultural characteristics of China's multi-ethnic family, contains the Chinese people's understanding of the harmony between man and nature, the interdependence of all things in heaven and earth, the basic idea of harmonious operation."

In addition to his love for the Beijing Olympic Games emblem, IOC President Rogge also praised the lovely Beijing Olympic Games mascots from the bottom of his heart, writing personally to congratulate them, saying, "The Fuwa are a great little family carefully selected by the Beijing Organizing Committee to represent all of China, and they bring friendship to children in all corners of the world." Rogge said, "I love each and every one of the Fuwa characters and their story of bringing the traditional blessings of China to the world. Beijing's choice touched my heart, and I am sure Fuwa will touch the hearts of the world as well."

11, in the Beijing Olympic Games will be another important historical moment, the five mascot dolls form a cheerful and happy little team, the passion and joy, health and wisdom, good luck and prosperity to the world, a generous invitation to the world *** gathered in Beijing, celebrating the feast of mankind, the interpretation of China bless the world's beautiful story.