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Guangzhou, China--16th Asia Games 2010: Thrilling Games, Harmonious Asia
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Official Emblem of the 16th Asian Games

 

 

 

 

The emblem symbolizes that buring flames of the Asian Games will never die out. It is a symble of the host city, and expresses the best wishes of the Guangzhou people and the innovations of this big sporting event.

 

 

 

 

 

The Official Mascots of the 16th Asian Games 

 

 

 

 

The official Mascots of the 16th Asian Games

 

 

 

"Le Yangyang" is the name of the leader of our four Goats and the name which refers to all of the 16th Asian Games Mascot, each of them sporty and cute, and each serving as an Official Mascot.  The Mascots embody a part of Guangzhou's unique history and culture and each Goat has an individual name that is distinctly Cantonese in style : A Xiang [a: 'sj∧ŋ],  A He [a: 'hə:], A Ru [a: 'ru:], A Yi [a: 'ji:] and Le Yangyang ['lə: j∧ŋj∧ŋ].  When you put their names together, Xiahg He Ru Yi Le Yangyang -- meaning Peace, Harmony and Great Happiness, with everything going as you wish -- they fully express the people of Guangzhou's hope that the 16th Asian Games bring peace, prosperity, success and happiness to the people of Asia and fulfill their, and our, vision of a " Thrilling Games and Harmonious Asia".

 

The design of the Mascots are strongly inspired by a legend about the City of Guangzhou: As the legend goes: A long time ago, the farm lands in Guangzhou ran dry, food could not be grown and the people experienced a famine. They could do nothing but pray to the heavens for luck. Moved by their piety, Five Immorals descended from the heavens, riding on goats with coats of different colors, each holding ears of rice in its mouth. The immortals gave the rice ears to the people of Guangzhou and promised that the land would be "free from famine". Afterwards, the immortals disappeared into the sky. The Five Goats that were left behind turned into stone. From that time onwards, Guangzhou reaped a bumper harvest of grain every year and became the most prosperous city in the south of China. The Five Goats of this thousand-year-old legend have gone on become the most well-known symble of Guangzhou.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stone Statue of Five Goats in Yuexiu Hill in Guangzhou, a symbol of the host city of the 16th Asian Games and original element of the official emblem design.

 

 

 

 

 

 Excerpt from:  >> Official website of 16th Asian Games 

 


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