2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics mascots
Bing Dwen Dwen and Shuey Rhon Rhon |
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 Bing Dwen Dwen (left), the mascot of the Olympics, and Shuey Rhon Rhon (right), the mascot of the Paralympics |
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Creators | Cao Xue and Jiang Yufan |
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Significance | A Giant panda and an anthropomorphic Chinese lantern |
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Bing Dwen Dwen[1][2] (Chinese: 冰墩墩; pinyin: Bīng Dūn Dūn) is the official mascot of the 2022 Winter Olympics, and Shuey Rhon Rhon[3] (Chinese: 雪容融; pinyin: Xuě Róng Róng) is the official mascot of the 2022 Winter Paralympics. The name of Bing Dwen Dwen possibly means ice hulu, as 墩 (Dūn) in its name is a homophone of 礅 (Dūn) in the word 糖礅 in Tianjin dialect, meaning tanghulu, the prototype of the mascot.[4] Both events were held in Beijing, the capital of China.[5][1]