With the Year of the Horse approaching, what can you make from huge matchbox bean pods? Meet the pod pony!

Shaped from the giant pods of Entada phaseoloides – one of China's largest lianas, also known as the matchbox bean or St. Thomas' bean – the plant grows in provinces such as Yunnan, Guangdong and Fujian. Its oversized pods have long sparked creative imaginations, turning pods into playful works of art.