The State Post Bureau issues on the 12th of
November 2005 a set of stamps featuring the Emblem and Mascots
of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, with a total face value of
4.80 yuan. The themes of the stamps are: "The Emblem of
the Games" and the five Mascots: "Beibei", "Jingjing",
"Huanhuan", "Yingying" and "Nini".
"the Emblem": The Emblem of the Games
of the XXIX Olympiad takes the seal as their thematic expression,
integrating Chinese traditional artistic styles of seals and
calligraphy with the characteristics of sports, miraculously
transformed into a figure who is running, dancing ahead to meet
victory. The configuration of this human shape is similar to
the verve of the Chinese character "Jing", short for
"Beijing", containing the lingering charm of Chinese
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