Since the inception of the Olympic mascot over 36 years ago with Waldi at the Munich Olympics, the mascot camiseta de la seleccion española de futbol has been given the honorable role of representing the culture and history of the host city. This summer the mascots, also known as the five "Fuwa", have been designed to express the playful, child-like qualities of five little friends, each with their own names and representation of China's most popular animals, Beibei is the Fish; Jingjing, the Panda; Huanhuan, the Olympic flame; Yingying, the Tibetan Antelope and Nini, the Swallow. Then when you see the names together: Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni, you read: "Welcome to Beijing."
As with most recent Olympic Games, our furry little friends are being included in the marketing and communication materials for this summer's event. The five Fuwa or "good luck dolls" were presented as the mascots of the 2008 Olympic Games by the National Society of Chinese Literature Studies over two years ago, at an event marking the 1000 day countdown to the games.
The Olympic mascots are historically very camiseta rooney manchester popular with children, offering a friendly recognizable face for the games. This year, each Fuwa represents a primary color from the Olympic rings, and carries a message of friendship and peace to children all over the world through the Olympic spirit.
With the mascots being licensed to a variety of Olympic merchandise from keychains to plates (300 items in total) there will be something for everyone to buy this summer, and with a captive audience of over a million tourists expected in Beijing for the event, camiseta arsenal 2012 sales are expected to be good! In fact you can even get ahead of camiseta países bajos the pack and buy merchandise for the 2010 Vancouver Games!