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This article is about 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Mascots. For other uses, see Fuwa District, Gifu.
Fuwa


The Fuwa
Chinese: 福娃
Literal meaning: dolls of blessing
[show]Transliterations
Mandarin
- Hanyu Pinyin: Fúwá
Yue (Cantonese)
- Jyutping: fuk1 waa1

The Fuwa (Chinese: 福娃; pinyin: Fúwá; literally "good-luck dolls"), are the mascots of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The designs were created by Han Meilin, a famous Chinese artist.[1] The designs were publicly announced by the National Society of Chinese Classic Literature Studies on November 11, 2005 at an event marking the 1000th day before the opening of the games.
names
There are five fuwa: Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, and Nini. Each of the five names is designed to look like a plausible name for a little child, while also achieving a more complex task: when the first syllable of each name is put together, it sounds nearly identical to the phrase "北京欢迎你", Běijīng huānyíng nǐ which means "Beijing welcomes you". Originally named 'The Friendlies', they were promoted as 'Fuwa'