What is the origin of the mascot of the Winter Olympics?

The origins of the mascots for the Winter Olympics are as follows:

On August 8, 2018, the launching ceremony for the global collection of mascots for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics was held; 10 On March 20, the global collection of mascot design plans entered the submission stage. The collection lasted for 84 days, and 5,816 design plans were received.

From January 7th to 8th, 2019, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee organized an expert review committee to conduct preliminary evaluation and re-evaluation of all valid mascot entries.

On April 12, 2019, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee invited deputies to the National People's Congress, Beijing Municipality, and Hebei Provincial People's Congress, members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, the All-China Women's Federation, and the China Disabled Persons' Federation Representatives from all walks of life, including athletes, primary and secondary school students, and related enterprises, reviewed the design plan.

In early June and early July 2019, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee entrusted the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Market Regulation and the State Intellectual Property Office to conduct duplicate checks on candidate plans and mascot names.

In late June 2019, the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee launched an international plagiarism check on the two groups of mascot candidate plans.

In August 2019, the design team of "Bingdundun" went to the Wolong Giant Panda Nature Reserve in Sichuan to inspect the panda's shape and posture on the spot and improve the design details. The Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee reported the mascot candidate plan to the Beijing Winter Olympics Leading Group and determined the final plan.

On the evening of September 17, 2019, Bing Dwen Dwen was officially released to the public.

The symbolic meaning of "Bing Dundun":

"Ice" symbolizes purity and strength, which is a characteristic of the Winter Olympics. "Dundun" means honest, stocky and cute, which fits the overall image of the panda and symbolizes the strong body, perseverance and inspiring Olympic spirit of the Winter Olympic athletes.

The combination of the Bingdundun Panda image and the ice crystal shell integrates cultural elements with ice and snow sports and gives them new cultural attributes and characteristics, reflecting the characteristics of winter ice and snow sports. The panda is a world-recognized national treasure of China, with a friendly, cute and naive image. This design can not only represent China, which hosts the Winter Olympics, but also represent the Winter Olympics with a Chinese flavor.

The colorful halo on the head is inspired by the "Ice Ribbon" of the Beijing National Speed ??Skating Arena. The flowing lines symbolize the ice and snow sports track and 5G high technology. The head shell shape is taken from ice and snow sports helmets. The overall shape of the panda is like an astronaut. He is an ice and snow sports expert from the future, implying the combination of modern technology and ice and snow sports.

Bingdundun abandons traditional elements and is full of a sense of the future, the times, and speed.