A woman touches a snake figure on a stone wall at the Baiyun Taoist Temple in Beijing, as people celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Snake.
A woman touches the snake figure on the stone wall ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Snake, following the Chinese zodiac, as people visiting the Baiyun Taoist Temple in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025.
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