Artists use many techniques to create New Year monkeys

Updated: 2016-01-27 07:00

(chinadaily.com.cn)

Artists use many techniques to create New Year monkeys

Wang Jinrong, a rice sculpture artist, works on figures featuring the Monkey King, a character from the Chinese classic legend Journey to the West, and eight monkeys in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, to mark the incoming Year of the Monkey, Jan 24, 2016. Rice sculpture was listed among the city's intangible cultural heritage in 2009. [Photo by Zhao Yong/China Daily]