The holding of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics has made our Winter Olympic mascot "Ice Pier" fiercely out of a wave of circles. However, behind the popularity, many netizens also ask why our Winter Olympic mascot can be welcomed by netizens at home and abroad? With this question bubble watched the mascot of the first 10 Winter Olympics, I finally understood the reason.
The mascot of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics , the White Tiger
The mascot of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics is designed in the form of a white tiger, which represents a geographical shape and is regarded by the Korean masses as a patron saint beast. At the same time, the design of the white tiger is also a continuation of the mascot of the Seoul Olympic Games, Tiger Dolly.
Mascot of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi – polar bears, snow leopards, rabbits
The mascots of the Sochi Winter Olympics were selected by an all-Russian solicitation: handsome snow leopards, cute polar bears and dexterous rabbits. Polar bears are regarded as Russia's national heroes, snow leopards are the mascots that receive the highest number of votes in the solicitation, and rabbits are loved by women for their small size and festive characteristics.
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics mascots - Mega, Quidge
The mascots of the Vancouver Winter Olympics are Mega and Quidge, Mega is a white bear with surfing characteristics, and Quitch is the legendary North American "wild man".
The mascots of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin – Neve, Griez
The mascot of the Turin Winter Olympics is designed to be derived from two elements – snow and ice , and the "Neve" is designed to be a little girl with a round head dressed in red, like a snowball. Glytz, on the other hand, is designed to have a square head and wear a blue dress like a Xiaoice piece.
The mascot of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics - Snow Rabbit, North American Prairie Wolf, American Black Bear
The mascot of the Yancheng Winter Olympics mainly uses three animal images, namely the snow rabbit, the North American steppe wolf, and the American black bear, which means the Olympic games' sports motto of "higher, faster and stronger".
Mascots of the 1994 Likhmer Winter Olympics – Hakon, Kristin
The mascot of the Winter Olympics was designed using the child image of a man and a woman, and it is reported that these two characters are from a very famous fairy tale in Norway, and the name is also taken from the names of the two children in the story.
Magique, mascot of the 1992 Albert City Winter Olympics
The mascot design of this Winter Olympics focuses on the star shape, and the design and name of the mascot are mainly based on the image of the child, and because of the star design, the mascot is named "Ice Spirit".
The mascots of the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics – Hidy, Howdy
The mascot of the Calgary Winter Olympics is a pair of characterized polar bear pandas, which is also the first time that different gender mascots have been used at the Olympic Games, and it is also the first time that the mascot has a gender distinction.
Vucho, the mascot of the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo
The mascot image of the Sarajevo Olympic Games was designed from a wolf in the hope that it would go to countries around the world to promote the Winter Olympics, and its appearance changed the fixed view of many viewers about wolves.
Roni, the mascot of the 1980 Winter Olympics at Plesea
Roni's design image is a raccoon, and the same name is also the american Iloc Indian abbreviation for the name of the raccoon.
Looking at the mascots of the previous ten Winter Olympic Games, can you see the reason why the ice piers are popular? In general, although the mascots of the first ten Winter Olympics have their own characteristics and are designed according to local local characteristics, the overall image design is too personal, and it seems that there are many elements that can attract consumers. And the image design of the mascot ice pier of our Beijing Winter Olympics is very cute, the national treasure giant panda plus the ice shell, the flexible expression and rich body movements have captured the consumer's irresistible psychology for cute things in a short period of time, and it is no wonder that the ice pier can be sold out in a very short time.
After watching so many Winter Olympic mascots, what do you think? What is your favorite Mascot for the Winter Olympics?