Token - Mascots of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad Beibei - Rowing

Token - Mascots of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (Beibei - Rowing) - obverseToken - Mascots of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (Beibei - Rowing) - reverse

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Features

Location People's Republic of China
Type Souvenir medals › Event souvenir
Year 2008
Composition Silver (.925) plated brass
Weight 9.72 g
Diameter 29.30 mm
Thickness 1.82 mm
Shape Heptagonal (7-sided)
Technique Coloured
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
243031

Series: Mascots of the Games of the XXIX Olumpiad

Obverse

Lettering:
赛船
Rowing

Reverse

Blank.

Edge

Smooth

Comments

Beibei
Cultural inspiration - Traditional Chinese New Year decorative picture of lotus and fish; fish design from Neolithic artifacts.
Olympic Ring - Blue
Represented Element - Sea
Represented sport - aquatic sports
In traditional Chinese culture, the fish represents prosperity, as the character for fish (鱼 / 魚) sounds the same as that for surplus (余 / 餘). The "carp leaping over the dragon gate" is a traditional allegory of following one's dreams and achieving them. The pattern from Beibei's headgear comes from artifacts unearthed at Banpo, site of a Neolithic village of the Yangshao culture.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (2008) 

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