福娃Fuwa

Hui and Xuan like the Fuwa "Beibei" and "Nini" respectively. Ever since we bought for them the T-shirts printed with Fuwa from the Guangzhou trip, they always want to wear them when they have the chance. They will ask me every morning if they can wear the Fuwa T-shirt if they find them in their clothes cabinet. They have also collected many Fuwa related items like key chains, post cards and dolls. Their father helped to buy these items for them when he went on business trips. He is also a collector of these Olympic related items. Recently, he also bought collectable stamps which cost him 300 plus yuan.

Extracted the following from the post cards :

Fuwa are the official mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. They are the personifications of five little children named "Beibei", "Jingjing", "Huanhuan","Yingying" and "Nini". Their names together are a phonogram for "Beijing Huanying Ni", which means "Beijing Welcomes You". Their images embody the natural characteristics of the Fish, the Panda, the Tibetan Antelope, the Swallow and the Olympic Flame. Their colours represent those of the Five Olympic Rings. They resonate the emblem and motto of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Passion, Happiness, Health, Wisdom, Luck and Prosperity will be spread by Fuwa to every part of the globe. Fuwa convey the theme of the Beijing Olympic Games-Peace, Friendship, Progress and Harmony-as well as the Olympic Spirit of Faster, Higher and Stronger to people all over the world. Fuwa cordially invite people of every country to get together in Beijing to take part in a great celebration of humanity.

You can read about details of these Fuwa from the following site.
http://en.beijing2008.cn/spirit/beijing2008/graphic/n214068254.shtml