Fuwa *** has five little friends, namely: "Fuwa Beibei", "Fuwa Jingjing", "Fuwa Huanhuan", "Fuwa Yingying" and "Fuwa Nini". These five names together are homophonic to "Beijing welcomes you".

The five Fuwa partners respectively represent the five colors of the Olympic rings: blue, black, red, yellow and green, and are disguised as carps, giant pandas, Olympic flames, Tibetan antelopes and Beijing swallows, and are decorated with The patterns of traditional Chinese art,

each symbolizes "prosperity", "joy", "passion", "health" and "good luck", conveying the spirit of friendship, peace, enterprising and people-to-people relations to the world. The desire to live in harmony with nature.

In addition to the Olympic flame, the images of the Fuwa partners are all drawn from China’s unique products or unique symbols of Chinese culture, and are connected with natural elements such as oceans, forests, land, and sky. The five partners of the Fuwa also correspond to the five elements of the five elements: water, wood, fire, earth and metal.

Extended information:

Beibei: In traditional Chinese culture, fish and water represent harvest and abundance. "Carp jumping over the dragon's gate" means success in career and dreams coming true. "Yu" has the same pronunciation as "Yu", which means "more than enough for auspicious celebrations" and "more than enough every year". The head decoration of Beibei is a fish pattern that appeared in the Neolithic Banpo site. According to Wu Guanying, Beibei ranks fourth among Fuwa.

Jingjing: The giant panda is China’s national treasure. Jingjing comes from the forest, symbolizing the harmonious existence of man and nature. The decoration on his head is derived from the lotus petal shape often found on Song Dynasty porcelain. According to Wu Guanying, Jingjing ranks second among Fuwa.

Huanhuan: Huanhuan symbolizes the passion of sports, conveying the Olympic spirit of "faster, higher, stronger" and the enthusiasm of the Beijing Olympics to the world. The decoration on his head is derived from Dunhuang murals. According to Wu Guanying, Huanhuan is the eldest son of the Fuwa family.

Yingying: Tibetan antelope is a unique protected animal on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is agile and agile and can gallop like flying. His head is decorated in Tibetan style. According to Wu Guanying, Yingying ranks third among the Fuwa dolls.

Nini: Nini comes from the sky and is a flying swallow. Her creative shape comes from the traditional sand swallow kite in Beijing. "Yan" also represents Yanjing (the name of ancient Beijing). Nini brings spring and joy to people, spreading good wishes of "good luck to you" wherever she flies. According to Wu Guanying, Nini is the younger sister in the Fuwa family.

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