| Fu Niu LeLe | |
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| Mascot of the 2008 Summer Paralympics (Beijing) | |
| Creator | Wu Guanying (吴冠英) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 福牛樂樂 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 福牛乐乐 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | lucky cattle happy-happy | ||||||||
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Fu Niu Lele (Chinese: 福牛乐乐; lit. 'lucky happy ox'[1]), was the mascot of the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.
The mascot, designed by Wu Guanying (吴冠英), professor at the Academy of Arts and Design at Tsinghua University,[2][3] was unveiled on September 6, 2006[4][5] at the foot of the Great Wall of China's Badaling.[6]
Fu Niu Lele represents a harmonious co-existence between mankind and nature, it represents athletes with a disability striving to make progress, and it represents the Beijing Paralympics Games' concept of "Transcendence, Equality and Integration."[6]
- ^ Fu Niu Lele, 2008 Paralympic Games Mascot Unveiled Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine, btmbeijing.com, November 30, 2006
- ^ Beijing Unveiled 2008 Paralympics Mascot Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine, btmbeijing.com, September 3, 2006
- ^ Happy Cow the Paralympic mascot, chinadaily.com.cn, September 7, 2006
- ^ The Official Mascot of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Fu Niu Lele Archived 2011-05-24 at the Wayback Machine, Official website of Beijing 2008
- ^ Beijing Paralympic Mascot Fu Niu Lele unveiled Archived 2010-07-30 at the Wayback Machine, Official website of Beijing 2008, September 6, 2006
- ^ a b 'Lele' embodies nature and athletic triumph, People's Daily Online, September 8, 2006