{"id":799578,"date":"2019-09-18T15:12:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T21:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/a-panda-is-the-mascot-for-the-2022-beijing-winter-olympics\/"},"modified":"2019-09-18T15:12:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T21:12:01","slug":"a-panda-is-the-mascot-for-the-2022-beijing-winter-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/a-panda-is-the-mascot-for-the-2022-beijing-winter-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"A panda is the mascot for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.8485856905158\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-371719-598\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/China_Winter_Olympics_Mascot_36572-297081-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/China_Winter_Olympics_Mascot_36572-297081.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Ng Han Guan \/ AP | AP | Bing Dwen Dwen, the official mascot for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic is revealed at a ceremony held at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in Beijing on Tuesday.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Bing Dwen Dwen, the official mascot for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic is revealed at a ceremony held at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in Beijing on Tuesday.<\/strong><br \/>Ng Han Guan \/ AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/China_Winter_Olympics_Mascot_36572-297081.jpg\" alt=\"Bing Dwen Dwen, the official mascot for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic is revealed at a ceremony held at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in Beijing on Tuesday.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/China_Winter_Olympics_Mascot_36572-297081-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/China_Winter_Olympics_Mascot_36572-297081-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Ng Han Guan \/ AP | AP | 2022 Winter Paralympic Games mascot Shuey Rong Rong is revealed during a ceremony held at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in Beijing on Tuesday.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>2022 Winter Paralympic Games mascot Shuey Rong Rong is revealed during a ceremony held at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in Beijing on Tuesday.<\/strong><br \/>Ng Han Guan \/ AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/China_Winter_Olympics_Mascot_36572-297081-1.jpg\" alt=\"2022 Winter Paralympic Games mascot Shuey Rong Rong is revealed during a ceremony held at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in Beijing on Tuesday.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/China_Winter_Olympics_Mascot_36572-297081-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/China_Winter_Olympics_Mascot_36572-297081-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Ng Han Guan \/ AP | AP | Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Mascot Bing Dwen Dwen, left and 2022 Winter Paralympic Games mascot Shuey Rong Rong are revealed during a ceremony held at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in Beijing on Tuesday.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Mascot Bing Dwen Dwen, left and 2022 Winter Paralympic Games mascot Shuey Rong Rong are revealed during a ceremony held at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in Beijing on Tuesday.<\/strong><br \/>Ng Han Guan \/ AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/China_Winter_Olympics_Mascot_36572-297081-2.jpg\" alt=\"Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Mascot Bing Dwen Dwen, left and 2022 Winter Paralympic Games mascot Shuey Rong Rong are revealed during a ceremony held at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in Beijing on Tuesday.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/China_Winter_Olympics_Mascot_36572-297081-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/China_Winter_Olympics_Mascot_36572-297081-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Ng Han Guan \/ AP | AP | Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Mascot Bing Dwen Dwen, left on screen and 2022 Winter Paralympic Games mascot Shuey Rong Rong, right on screen are revealed during a ceremony held at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in Beijing on Tuesday.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Mascot Bing Dwen Dwen, left on screen and 2022 Winter Paralympic Games mascot Shuey Rong Rong, right on screen are revealed during a ceremony held at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in Beijing on Tuesday.<\/strong><br \/>Ng Han Guan \/ AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/China_Winter_Olympics_Mascot_36572-297081-3.jpg\" alt=\"Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Mascot Bing Dwen Dwen, left on screen and 2022 Winter Paralympic Games mascot Shuey Rong Rong, right on screen are revealed during a ceremony held at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in Beijing on Tuesday.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/China_Winter_Olympics_Mascot_36572-297081-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/China_Winter_Olympics_Mascot_36572-297081-4.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Ng Han Guan \/ AP | AP | Children perform near the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games mascot Shuey Rong Rong during a ceremony held at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in Beijing on Tuesday.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Children perform near the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games mascot Shuey Rong Rong during a ceremony held at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in Beijing on Tuesday.<\/strong><br \/>Ng Han Guan \/ AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/China_Winter_Olympics_Mascot_36572-297081-4.jpg\" alt=\"Children perform near the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games mascot Shuey Rong Rong during a ceremony held at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in Beijing on Tuesday.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/China_Winter_Olympics_Mascot_36572-297081-5-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/China_Winter_Olympics_Mascot_36572-297081-5.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Ng Han Guan \/ AP | AP | Workers push out the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Mascot Bing Dwen Dwen during a ceremony held at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in Beijing on Tuesday.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Workers push out the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Mascot Bing Dwen Dwen during a ceremony held at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in Beijing on Tuesday.<\/strong><br \/>Ng Han Guan \/ AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/China_Winter_Olympics_Mascot_36572-297081-5.jpg\" alt=\"Workers push out the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Mascot Bing Dwen Dwen during a ceremony held at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in Beijing on Tuesday.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports-news\/a-panda-is-the-mascot-for-the-2022-beijing-winter-olympics\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports-news\/a-panda-is-the-mascot-for-the-2022-beijing-winter-olympics\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">BEIJING \u2014 A smiling panda and a walking Chinese lantern will be the mascots for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Beijing. The mascots were revealed Tuesday at a ceremony at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in the Chinese capital. Beijing Mayor Chen Jining described them as adorable, unique and exquisite.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIn a visually appealing way, they epitomize our aspiration for the Beijing 2022 Games, and extend our warm invitation to friends throughout the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The panda, named Bing Dwen Dwen, is the Olympic mascot. Colorful circles around its face symbolize skating tracks and 5G technology, according to the website of the Beijing organizing committee. Bing, the Chinese word for \u201cice,\u201d shows purity and strength, while Dwen Dwen means sincerity, liveliness and health, the website said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The choice of the iconic animal, considered the national treasure, was not a surprise to people in China. While many acclaimed Bing Dwen Dwen for its cuteness on social media, some were not impressed by the lack of creativity in choosing a panda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The giant panda was one of the five mascots for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, and it also was the symbol for the Asian Games in Beijing in 1990.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cToday is an important step on a milestone in Beijing\u2019s journey to make history as the first ever, in Olympic history, to host both summer and winter editions of the Olympic Games,\u201d International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Based on a traditional red lantern, Paralympic mascot Shuey Rhon Rhon creates the cheerful atmosphere of the Chinese Lunar New Year, which will fall around the time of the Winter Games, the organizing committee said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">It sports a yellow scarf, a circle of yellow doves around its head and a traditional Chinese paper cutting. \u201cShuey\u201d means snow in Chinese and the characters for \u201cRhon Rhon\u201d mean \u201cinclusiveness\u201d and \u201cintegration,\u201d implying the world civilizations communicating among one another and living in harmony, the committee said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The two mascots were selected from more than 5,800 submissions from 35 countries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports-news\/a-panda-is-the-mascot-for-the-2022-beijing-winter-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bing Dwen Dwen, the official mascot for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic is revealed at a ceremony held at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in Beijing on Tuesday.Ng Han Guan \/ AP | AP 2022 Winter Paralympic Games mascot Shuey Rong Rong is revealed during a ceremony held at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-799578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-24 06:47:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}