The mascot of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, "Ice Pier", with its friendly and cute image circle of countless fans, has quickly become the top of the Winter Olympics, and even the phenomenon of "one pier is difficult to find".
The mascot of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is an ice pier
In fact, as one of the core images of the Olympic Games, the Winter Olympic mascot is not only an important carrier to convey the Olympic spirit and olympic concept, but also a comprehensive embodiment of the culture, history and natural environment of the host city. Next, the mascots of the previous Winter Olympics are about to shine, so let's get to know them!
PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics
Mascot: White Tiger (Soohorang)
Tigers have important symbolic significance in Korean national culture and are one of the favorite animals of the South Korean people, so the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang chose the tiger as the prototype for the mascot. In order to highlight the characteristics of the winter Olympics ice and snow sports, the mascot was designed as a white tiger and gave a meaningful name "Soohorang".
"Soohorang", where "Sooho" is the Korean word "guardian", which means the protection of athletes, spectators and all Olympic participants, and "Rang" has two meanings, one is the middle word of the Korean word "ho-rang-i (tiger)" and the last word of the traditional folk song "Jeongseon Arirang" in Gangwon Province, where the host city of Pyeongchang is located.
2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi
Mascot: Snow leopard
Polar bear
Rabbit
The mascots of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi chose the handsome Snow leopard, the cute Polar bear and the well-behaved rabbit as mascots. Among them, snow leopard symbolizes speed, polar bear symbolizes strength, and rabbit symbolizes agility, vividly interpreting the Olympic spirit of "faster, higher, stronger".
The three mascots were selected by referendum for the first time in olympic history. Among the 11 mascot designs, Snow leopard, Polar bear and Rabbit were selected with 28%, 18% and 16% of the vote, respectively.
Misha, the mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympics
The Polar bear, a powerful force and is seen as a national symbol of Russia, has appeared more than once as a prototype for a mascot at major Russian events, such as the 1980 Moscow Olympics mascot, a bear named Misha. It is said that the choice of polar bear as the mascot for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi has a special significance, that is, to pay tribute to the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games.
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
Mascot: Quatchi
Miga
The mascot for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics consisted of a North American white bear named Mega and a North American savage named Quatchi, inspired by the local myths and legends of British Columbia, where Vancouver is located. Among them, Quatchi is a local legendary North American savage, it has a long brown beard, wears blue ear cups, loves ice hockey, such a cute savage, I want to come to one!
The image of Miga comes from a white bear unique to British Columbia, Canada. However, little Zoo has always had a puzzle in his heart, why is the white bear Mega brown, and the size is not as big as the North American wild man?
2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Mascot: Neve
Gliz
The mascots of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Neve and Gliz, symbolize two indispensable elements of the Winter Olympics – snow and ice.
Among them, the "little sister" who wears a round head shaped like a snowball and wears a red costume and resembles a speed skater is the mascot "Neve"; while the other head is square like an ice cube, dressed in a blue ski suit, resembling the "little brother" of the skier, that is, "Gliz", the shape is simple but not simple.
2004 Winter Olympics in Nagano
Mascot: Snowlets
Among the mascots of the winter olympics in the past 10 years, the most abstract is the 2004 Nagano Winter Olympics mascot "Snowlets", whose design is inspired by the "wise men of the forest" owl. The reason why there are four owls is said to be because Japan is made up of four large islands and represents the four natural elements that are indispensable in the forest: fire, wind, earth, and water. Beneath the abstract exterior, there is such a profound connotation.
The mascot of the 2004 Winter Olympics in Nagano was named Snowlets, which was a combination of three English words: snow, lets and owlets. Among them, "snow", as the name suggests, represents snow, indicating the theme of the Winter Olympics; "lets" is an abbreviation of let's to invite everyone to participate in the Winter Olympics; and "owlets" means owlets.
2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City
Mascot: Powder
North American Steppe Wolf (Copper)
American Black Bear (Coal)
The 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City selected three animals with great North American characteristics as prototypes for the design of the Winter Olympic mascot, namely the Snow Rabbit, the North American Prairie Wolf and the American Black Bear, representing the Olympic spirit of "faster, higher and stronger" and reflecting the regional characteristics of Salt Lake City.
Snow rabbit, North American prairie wolf and American black bear named "Powder", "Copper" and "Coal", respectively, have a profound meaning, such as Salt Lake City because of the close to the largest salt lake in North America and named, because of the high salt content of the lake, in the hot high temperature of the salt crystals, like snow sprinkled on both sides of the lake, and ski lovers love powder snow, in English can be used "snow powder" to represent, so the mascot Snow Rabbit named " Powder", what a fit!
In addition, Salt Lake City has the world's largest open-pit copper mine, so the mascot North American Prairie Wolf was named "Copper" (that is, copper); because Salt Lake City is rich in minerals, the "gold rush" of the 1860s turned this barren land into a rich city, and coal was the main energy source that propelled Salt Lake City into the era of industrialization, so the mascot American black bear was named "Coal" (that is, coal).
The mascots of the previous Winter Olympics really have their own advantages, but Xiao Zoo still loves our "ice piers" and "snow melting". According to reports, the "ice pier" and "snow rongrong" production plants are also fighting, and I believe that the dream of "one household and one pier" and "one household and one fusion" will soon be realized! Don't say it, little zoo will go to Xiti "one pier and one fusion"!
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