WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 5 DOLLS AT THE OLYMPICS?

Question

WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 5 DOLLS AT THE OLYMPICS?

Answer 1

Despite the names of the dolls, I want to add something more. The five dolls together is called Fuwa, which is the pronouciation of 福娃in Chinese.

Beibei is a fish,which represents the sea

Jingjing is a panda, which represents the forest

Huanhuan is the fire ,which represents the Olympic fire

Yingying is a Tibetan antelope , representing the vast land

Nini is a Kite with the shape of a swallow, representing the sky

The five dolls show Chinese people's best wishes to the Olympic: prosperity, happiness,passion,health and energy. The five dolls were designed in a way that can best reveal the megnificent culture in ancient China.

There are some other significances of Fuwa

1 they represents the five rings of Olympic. They also have the corresponding colours.They are from 5 different continents

2They represents the world outlook in ancient China. Chinese people used to believe that the world consists of 5 substances，metal,wood,water,fire and earth ，which are called the five elements

3 They represent 5 kinds of good fortunes: long life, richness, health, tolerance and death without pain.They are of great significance in China

The link below is a Chinese website~

Answer 2

You can look at this page.

It explains the mascots in detail.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuwa

Answer 3

They represent the 5 Olympics Rings and the colour of the rings.The Dolls names' are as follows: Bei Bei,Jing Jing,Huan Huan,Ying Ying,Ni Ni,which forms "Beijing Huan Ying Ni".(Welcome to Beijing)

Answer 4

just like what minton said so. The names of the dolls are

1. Bei Bei    .............    ÃƒÂ¨Ã‚´Â 贝

2. Jing Jing   .............   晶  ÃƒÂ¦Ã‚™Â¶

3. Huan Huan .............. 欢  ÃƒÂ¦Ã‚¬Â¢

4. Ying Ying .................. 迎   迎

5. Ni Ni   ..................       妮  ÃƒÂ¥Ã‚¦Â®

so in short is is

Bei Jing (the city name)

Huan Ying (welcome in mandarin)

Ni Ni (you in mandarin)

so it is  BEIJING WELCOME YOU.  ÃƒÂ¥Ã‚ŒÂ—京欢迎你

贝晶欢迎妮   sound the same as   北京欢迎你

Answer 5

It stands for the five civilized continents " Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe and South America"