Beijing Olympic Games Icon Meaning. Fuwa. Theme

"China Seal - Dancing Beijing" has four meanings:

The first is the ingenious combination of Chinese characteristics, Beijing characteristics and Olympic movement elements. Taking seals as the main form of expression, it combines traditional Chinese seals, calligraphy and other art forms with sports characteristics. It is exaggerated and deformed through artistic techniques, and cleverly transformed into a sports figure running forward and dancing to welcome victory. The human shape also resembles the charm of the modern character "京", which contains a strong Chinese charm.

The second is that the standard font design of city plus year is ingenious and unique. The font part of "Chinese Seal? Dancing Beijing" adopts the style of bamboo slip writing in the Han Dynasty. The strokes and charm of this font are organically integrated into the "Beijing2008" font. It is natural, concise and smooth, and blends well with the emblem graphics and the Olympic rings. Integrated. The font meets the purpose of market development and is coordinated with the main pattern style of the logo, which avoids legal disputes over counterfeiting and infringement that may arise in the future due to the use of ready-made fonts in the overall logo registration and standard font registration.

The third is the coordination between the overall structure and the independent structure. The layout and proportional relationship between the Chinese Seal, Beijing2008 and the five Olympic rings in "China Seal? Dancing Beijing" are almost perfect. When used independently, each part has a reasonable proportion without losing coordination.

The fourth is conducive to the application and market development of image landscape.

Fuwa is the mascot of the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008. Its colors and inspiration come from the five Olympic rings, China’s vast mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, and people’s favorite animal images. Fuwa conveys friendship, peace, a proactive spirit and the good wishes of harmonious coexistence between man and nature to children around the world.

The Fuwa are five cute and close friends. Their shapes incorporate the images of fish, giant pandas, Tibetan antelopes, swallows and the Olympic flame.

Each doll has a catchy name: "Beibei", "Jingjing", "Huanhuan", "Yingying" and "Nini". In China, the names have overlapping sounds. It is a traditional way to express your love for your children. When you put the names of the five dolls together, you will read "Beijing welcomes you" as Beijing's warm invitation to the world.

Fuwa represents the dreams and aspirations of the Chinese people. Their prototypes and headdresses contain their connection with the ocean, forest, fire, earth and sky. Their image design applies the expression method of traditional Chinese art to show the splendid culture of China. Bringing blessings to every corner of the world

For a long time, China has had a tradition of conveying blessings through symbols. Each doll of the Beijing Olympic Games mascot represents a good wish: prosperity, joy, passion, health and good luck. The dolls bring 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 blessing conveyed by Beibei is prosperity. In traditional Chinese culture and art, the patterns of "fish" and "water" are symbols of prosperity and harvest. People use "carp jumping over the dragon gate" to imply success in career and the realization of dreams. "Fish" also means good luck and good fortune every year. The implication.

Beibei’s head decoration uses fish patterns from the Chinese Neolithic Age. Beibei is gentle and pure, a master of water sports, and complements the blue ring among the five Olympic rings.

Jingjing is a naive giant panda who brings joy to people wherever she goes. As China's national treasure, giant pandas are deeply loved by people around the world.

Jingjing comes from the vast forest, symbolizing the harmonious existence of man and nature. The decoration on his head is derived from the lotus petal shape found on Song porcelain. Jingjing is honest, optimistic and full of strength, representing the black link among the five Olympic rings.

Huanhuan is the eldest brother among the Fuwa. He is a fire doll, symbolizing the Olympic flame. Huanhuan is the embodiment of sports passion. He spreads passion around the world and conveys the Olympic spirit of faster, higher and stronger. Everywhere Huanhuan goes, Beijing 2008’s enthusiasm for the world is overflowing.

Huanhuan's head decoration is derived from the flame pattern in Dunhuang murals.

He has an outgoing and unrestrained personality, is familiar with various ball games, and represents the red link among the five Olympic rings.

Yingying is a Tibetan antelope who is agile, agile and galloping as fast as flying. He comes from the vast western land of China and spreads the good wishes of health to the world. Yingying is the Tibetan antelope, a unique protected animal on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and a manifestation of the Green Olympics.

The head decoration of Yingying incorporates the decorative style of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Xinjiang and other western regions. He is agile and a good athlete in track and field, representing the yellow link among the five Olympic rings.

Nini comes from the sky and is a flying swallow. Its creative shape comes from the traditional sand swallow kite in Beijing. "Yan" also represents Yanjing (the name of Beijing in ancient times). Nini brings spring and joy to people, spreading good wishes of "good luck to you" wherever she flies.

The innocent, cheerful and agile Nini will make a shining debut in the gymnastics competition. She represents the green link among the five Olympic rings.

The theme slogan of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is "One World, One Dream", which fully embodies the concept of "Green Olympics, Science and Technology Olympics, and Humanistic Olympics". It embodies the essence and universal values ??of the Olympic spirit - unity, friendship, progress, harmony, participation and dreams, and expresses the common desire of the whole world to pursue a better future for mankind inspired by the Olympic spirit.