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Fu Niu Lele (), was the
mascot A mascot is any human, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, sports team, university society, society, military unit, or brand, brand name. Mascots are als ...
of the
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in
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. The mascot, designed by Wu Guanying (吴冠英), professor at the Academy of Arts and Design at
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, was unveiled on September 6, 2006Beijing Paralympic Mascot Fu Niu Lele unveiled
, Official website of
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, September 6, 2006 at the foot of the Great Wall of China's
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.'Lele' embodies nature and athletic triumph
People's Daily Online, September 8, 2006 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."


History

There were originally 87 mascot designs suggestions. These were discussed by a jury on December 30, 2005, and shortlisted to three designs: a
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(baiji), and two figures from traditional
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, the
Monkey King Sun Wukong (, Mandarin pronunciation: ), also known as the Monkey King, is a literary and religious figure best known as one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese novel ''Journey to the West''. In the novel, Sun Wukong is a monk ...
and Ne Zha. A revising group, led by Wu Guanying, looked over the three designs, and found that the dolphin and Monkey King designs could cause problems with intellectual property rights, while the Ne Zha was not suitable. They considered looking for an alternative design, and Wu came up with the idea of a cartoon
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. Wu said "I grew up in the countryside and was once a cow herder, so I know that the cow is one of the animals closest to human beings. Cows are well-known for their friendliness and their affinity to the humans who care for them." The colours of Fu Niu Lele come from traditional
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drawings and toys.


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of the
2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
in
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* Sumi and Mukmuk,
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of the
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* Shuey Rhon Rhon,
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of the
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in Beijing


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