Sun Yandou, a dough figurine folk artist in Zoucheng, a county-level city in Linyi, Shandong province, has created 2019 sets of various pig-shaped dough figurines to welcome the upcoming Year of the Pig in the lunar Chinese calendar. The lunar New Year falls on Feb 5 this year. 

Sun Yandou, a dough figurine folk artist in Zoucheng, a county-level city in Linyi, Shandong province, displays his works in shape of Pigsy (or Zhu Bajie, a character in the ancient Chinese novel Journey to the West) on Jan 12. [Photo by VCG/dzwww.com]

Sun Yandou creates a pig-shaped dough figurine at his workshop in Zoucheng, a county-level city in Linyi, Shandong province, Jan 12, 2019. Chinese people expect loads of pig-themed decorations and items as the lunar Year of the Pig draws near. [Photo by VCG/dzwww.com]

Sun Yandou, a folk artist in Zoucheng, a county-level city in Linyi, Shandong province, spends four months in creating pig-shaped dough figurines to welcome the upcoming Chinese New Year of the Pig. [Photo by VCG/dzwww.com]