Traditional craft captivates taste of modern audiences

Dough figurine of Sun Wukong a stunning attraction at Taiyuan carnival

The soaring global popularity of the Chinese video game Black Myth: Wukong has inspired a sculptor to create a traditional dough figurine of its main character.

Handcrafted by Zhao Rui, the detailed and colorful figurine of Sun Wukong from the classic novel Journey to the West has captivated visitors during the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Wheaten Food Carnival in Taiyuan, Shanxi province. The festival runs until Sept 8.

Zhao, a 35-year-old resident of Wanrong county in Shanxi, hails from a family deeply rooted in the art of dough sculpture and is a sixth-generation inheritor of the Wanrong dough sculpture tradition, which can be traced back to the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220).