Teddy Bear, Chinese translated as teddy bear, but according to the local American parlance, it should be called Roosevelt bear.
Teddybear baby Strictly speaking, the stuffed bear toys we usually use today are not real teddy bears. Just as cars have different shapes, specifications, and brands, plush bears also have a variety of different brands, styles, appearances, and even designers, there is no way to represent all bears with teddy bears, but because teddy bears are too widely used, people often refer to all plush teddy bears as teddy bears.
In fact, long before the appearance of teddy bears, stuffed teddy bears already existed. Although there is no direct evidence of the earliest invention and origin of the teddy bear, there have been traces of teddy bears as early as the end of the nineteenth century. In 1880, the most popular local toy in Berlin was a wooden bear standing on four wheels (on all fours is a toy car that can be pulled around), and at the same time, in local bars in Moscow, a drinking bear (winding bear toy, in addition to holding a bottle and pouring wine into a wine glass, smoking and dancing), this automatic drinking teddy bear was very novel and popular at that time. Steiff, the most famous teddy bear manufacturing company now, also made some upright non-puppet bear toys with iron chains embedded in the nose in 1893, but these teddy bears, which have not been baptized for more than a hundred years, appear in realistic images, not only visually more realistic, but also heavier and harder in touch, to develop into the now recognized plush bear with rotating limbs, but also through a long period of evolution of many materials, fillers and shapes.
In fact, teddy bear was originally an independent proper noun, and the most correct statement should only be that bears made between 1903 and 1912 before World War I, that is, during the old Roosevelt’s presidency, can be called teddy bears.
The teddy bear, born in 1903, originated from President Roosevelt’s love of bears and the popularity of the time, can be said to be the old ancestor of the current stuffed bear. It has a round and plump body and limbs, fluffy and warm Ankara wool, simple materials and embroidery threads, a humble expression, and 100% hand sewing and stuffing. Whether from the United States or Europe, the spirit of those ancient times is still present today.
But such real teddy bears, even so-called antique bears, are now rare, and only in books, museums, or collectors’ homes can we get a glimpse of their true face. However, these teddy bears, which are no longer returning, have been revived under the current retro trend and historical nostalgia, as well as the concept of auctions and collectors’ value preservation, and manufacturers have reopened their molds to make replica bears that imitate the style of the time, or retro bear toys that deliberately imitate the old age.
