Editor's Note:
Folk artists display more than 100 works dedicated to the chicken, a featured ingredient in the famed dish laziji (or chili-pepper chicken), during the third Laziji Cuisine & Culture Festival in Zaozhuang, Shandong Province on Wednesday. Photos: VCG
Pictured is a sculpture, titled “Cock Fighting,” by folk artist Su Lingjian made from carrots, pumpkin and other vegetables at the third Laziji Cuisine & Culture Festival in Zaozhuang, Shandong Province on September 27, 2017. Photo: VCG figcaption > Pictured is a chicken sculpture made from sugar at the third Laziji Cuisine & Culture Festival in Zaozhuang, Shandong Province on September 27, 2017. Photo: VCG figcaption >