Children make their own Bing Dwen Dwen and Shuey Rhon Rhon with clay in Binhexi community in Yangquan, Feb 14. [Photo/Yangquan Daily]

The mascots for the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games have recently gained popularity in Yangquan, North China's Shanxi province, as the world sports meet continues. 

Paper cuts of Bing Dwen Dwen and Shuey Rhon Rhon created by Xie Bianliang in Yuxian county, Yangquan [Photo/Yangquan Daily]

In addition to purchasing through official channels, quite a few people in Yangquan have created their own paper-cuts, colored dough sculptures, sand paintings, and crayon paintings of the mascots Bing Dwen Dwen and Shuey Rhon Rhon to cheer on Olympic athletes.

Sand painting of Bing Dwen Dwen and Shuey Rhon Rhon created by artist Wu Fengzhen in Yangquan [Photo/Yangquan Daily]

According to the Yangquan market regulation bureau (intellectual property office), residents making their own recreations of the mascots for individual use will not constitute infringement. 

Dough sculptures of Bing Dwen Dwen and Shuey Rhon Rhon created by Zhang Sufen in Yangquan [Photo/Yangquan Daily]

However, as the Olympic mascots are intellectual property, merchants who produce and sell pirated copies and related unauthorized products of Bing Dwen Dwen and Shuey Rhon Rhon will be punished for infringement, the bureau reminded.