well olympic fever is well and truly here! i was at an art exhibition yesterday and was surprised (why?) by the amount of art featuring the olympic 'babies' (known in Chinese as the Fuwa 福娃）- Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying and Nini. Their names go together to mean 'Beijing welcomes you' (北京欢迎你）
Fuwa thangkas (usually thangkas are religious paintings)
Fuwa paper cuts
The one that cracks me up the most is 'Yingying' (the orange one). 
I always get confused about which ones his eyes are: the big ones or the small ones? it's like one of those optical illusion things. From one angle, you think his eyes are the small ones on top and then from the other side they're the big ones in the middle of his face. Hours of fun!Any votes on your favourite Olympic mascots (current or otherwise?)
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oooohh they're so cute! I love how they mixed all the serious, traditional stuff with those cutesy cartoons..
ur rite bout that orange one tho.. the more I look, the more it freaks me out..
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