“This was way more yuge than I expected,” Seattle artist Casey Latiolais
So today begins the Chines New Year, the year of the rooster. In Chinese element theory, each zodiac year is associated with one of five elements: Gold (Metal), Wood, Water, Fire, or Earth, which means that a Fire Rooster, for example, comes once every 60-year cycle.
This year China honors the New Year with as statue of Donald J. Trump complete with golden quiff, bushy eyebrows and preening gestures. three-toed feet , and blood-red wattle. The Trump rooster was designed by Casey Latiolais, an illustrator and animator in Seattle.
Global Times, a state-run tabloid, said on Tuesday that onlookers in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, had praised the statue as a “perfect blend of Chinese and Western cultures.”
Inflatable “Trump chicken” replicas areon sale at Taobao, an online shopping bazaar, with a 32-foot version advertised for $1,725.