Reporter: Do you have regrets over the friendlies?

Han: Yes. The biggest regret that held me now is that the friendlies failed to embody the great art of Chinese calligraphy. We tried for thousands of times, but the results came out unsatisfactory.

Reporter: Among the five, which is your favorite?

Han: All these five were from my hands. I am like their father. There's no preference inside me. But picking up the color for Nini (swallow) tortured my team really, so the color side of Nini is a bit unsatisfactory to us.

Reporters: Why do we have five mascots?

Han: It's become a trend for mascots to appear not solely since the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Actually we had six mascots candidates - Panda, Tibetan antelope, golden monkey, Northeastern tiger (Siberian Tiger), rattle drum and China dragon, but none of the individual could completely embody the image of China's Olympics along, so we got five.