(25 Jan 2025)
HZ TAIWAN SNAKE TEMPLE
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Taoyuan City – 19 January 2025
1. Various of albino king rat snake sticking their tongues out in an enclosure in a temple in Taoyuan City, northern Taiwan, with Taoist priests singing prayers
2. Various of White Snake Temple founder Lo Chin-shih grabbing a snake and putting it around his neck
3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin), Lo Chin-shih, White Snake Temple founder and owner of logistic company:
“The snake, in the oriental world, is also called the ‘little dragon’. The snake is a symbol of auspiciousness. In the oriental world, it is a symbol that brings wealth. In the rest of the world, the snake represents peace. Just like the logo of the World Health Organization contains snakes. So, the snake is a meaningful animal.”
4. Various close of Taoist priests singing prayers at the White Snake Temple
5. Various of female worshiper (wearing white jacket) putting a white snake around her neck, then temporarily putting the animal in her purse for wealth blessings
6. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin), Lo Chin-shih, White Snake Temple founder and owner of logistic company:
“These white snakes are very docile. People can come (to the White Snake Temple) and put them around the neck for benediction. The snake will bring blessings and take bad luck away.”
7. Various close of an albino snake around the neck of a male temple visitor
8. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin), Michael Wu, government employee:
“I live nearby. I heard about this White Snake Temple in the past, but never had the opportunity to visit. But I went out today, and it was probably fate, and I eventually came in to pray. I felt quite nice when I walked in here. The space here is not like other temples where you have to pray at many spots and walk to every corner. When I walked in here, I felt quite at ease. I felt very peaceful. I thought of praying here because the new Lunar New Year is the Year of the Snake.”
9. Wide of a woman taking a photo for Michael Wu
10. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin), Michael Wu, government employee:
“This is the first time I have a snake around the neck, and I was a bit stressed. People usually think that snake are venomous and tend to bite. But I think this one is quite okay. I am getting used to it.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New Taipei City – 16 January 2025
11. Various of calligrapher Tang Ching writing New Year couplets and drawing snakes on the red couplet papers
12. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin), Tang Ching, Calligrapher:
“The favourite couplets in the Year of the Snake are ‘The Snake dances in spring’. And the ‘dances in spring’ sounds like ‘having and saving lots of money’. So, it means that there will be lots of surplus in the Year of the Snake. It is also means that everyone could be full of joy during the New Year period.”
13. Various of calligrapher Tang Ching drawing and writing New year couplet with a golden snake drawn on the red couplet paper
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The Lunar New Year welcomes the Year of the Snake, an auspicious and mysterious animal.
In Taiwan, preparations for the festival have a distinctively serpentine flavour.
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These albino king rat snakes are playing a central role in the preparations for the Lunar New Year.
In the White Snake Temple in Taoyuan City, a Taoist ceremony features these reptiles to usher in a peaceful Year of the Snake.
Albino snakes, commonly called white snakes in East Asia, are believed to bring peace and are considered an auspicious animal.
The Year of the Snake starts on 29 January 2025.
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