Dolphin or Chicken? 15th National Games Mascots Turn a Meme into GBA Value丨CBN Perspective

In an interview with China Daily, Liu Pingyun, also the creative mind behind the Beijing Winter Olympics' "Bing Dwen Dwen," said the designing team was really worried about ending up with a mascot that people would link to food. So they went with Chinese white dolphins—thinking, surely dolphins wouldn't get mistaken for something edible? Guess what? They've simply underestimated the imagination and humor of Cantonese people. When statues of "Xiyangyang" and "Lerongrong" popped up on Guangzhou's streets to h ...