Fu Niu Lele
Fu Niu Lele (simplified Chinese: 福牛乐乐; traditional Chinese: 福牛樂樂; literally "lucky happy ox"), was the mascot of the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.
| 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 happy ox | ||
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The mascot, designed by Wu Guanying (吴冠英), professor at the Academy of Arts and Design at Tsinghua University, was unveiled on September 6, 2006 at the foot of the Great Wall of China's Badaling.
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."
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