People walk through the decorated Ditan Park in Beijing ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Snake which will fall on January 29
People shop for decorations at a New Year market in Fuyang, in China’s eastern Anhui Province, in the build-up to celebrations of the Lunar New Year
People look at a dragon-shaped lantern at a lantern fair in Chongqing, in southwest China, ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations
A woman touches the snake figure on the stone wall depicting animals in the Chinese zodiac at the Baiyun Taoist Temple, also known as the White Cloud Temple, in Beijing
People walk past a tree decorated with lanterns ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Snake, at a new year lantern fair in Fuzhou, in eastern China’s Fujian province
Folk performers dance at a festival in Xingyi, in China’s southwest Guizhou province ahead of the Lunar New Year
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