A dragon boat cruises on a river at night to welcome the Spring Festival on January 27, 2024 in Huangshan, Anhui Province of China. The Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, falls on February 10 this year. (Photo by Shi Yalei/VCG via Getty Images)





The Spring Festival lighting decorations are illuminating the city's main road in Chongqing, China, on the evening of January 30, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Activist known as “Grandma Wong” is surrounded by police outside court on the verdict day of a trial involving protesters who stormed the Legislative Council during the pro-democracy protests in 2019, in Hong Kong, Thursday, February 1, 2024. (Photo by Louise Delmotte/AP Photo)





Aerial view of flock of sheep crossing an ice lake to an island in the middle of the lake for enough grass in winter on February 1, 2024 in Lhoka, Xizang of China. (Photo by Tang Fangxiao/VCG via Getty Images)





A junk with the face of Inter Miami CF Argentine forward Lionel Messi on its sail sails across Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour on February 2, 2024, ahead of the friendly football match between Inter Miami CF and Hong Kong Team on February 4, 2024. (Photo by Peter Parks/AFP Photo)





Travelers drag luggage through heavy snow at Luohe Railway Station during the Spring Festival travel rush on February 2, 2024 in Luohe, Henan Province of China. (Photo by Yang Guang/VCG via Getty Images)





An aerial view shows people playing in the snow with tubes at a park in Shenyang, in northeastern China's Liaoning province on February 4, 2024. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A man walks past a dragon figure at a new year's fair in Beijing on February 4, 2024. (Photo by Pedro Pardo/AFP Photo)





A woman rides her scooter as a dog chases her during heavy snowfall in Huai'an, in eastern China's Jiangsu province on February 4, 2024. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A deliveryman rides a motorcycle on snow-covered road on February 4, 2024 in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China. Heavy snow battle most parts of Hubei province since February 2. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





A youth rides a bicycle during heavy snowfall in Huai'an, in eastern China's Jiangsu province on February 4, 2024. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





People ride their scooters during heavy snowfall in Huai'an, in eastern China's Jiangsu province on February 4, 2024. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





People wait in a departure hall at Wuhan Railway Station after some trains were suspended due to freezing rain and snow, in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on February 4, 2024, amid peak travel ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon which falls on February 10. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





This photo taken on February 4, 2024 shows a panda cub playing with festive decorations at the Shenshuping breeding base of Wolong National Nature Reserve in Wenchuan, in China's southwestern Sichuan province, ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon on February 10. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A woman with her luggage walks by a restaurant closed for the upcoming Lunar New Year as she leaves a village to catch her transport on the outskirt of Beijing, Tuesday, February 6, 2024. Widespread snowfall and freezing weather continued in central and eastern China disrupting transport and stranding travelers amid the annual Lunar New Year travel rush. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Cars are stuck on a highway due to heavy snow in Wuhan, in central China's Hubei province on February 6, 2024. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





People push a car stuck on a highway following heavy snowfall in the region, during the Spring Festival travel rush ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China on February 6, 2024. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





Performers throw molten metal to create a fireworks diplay during the “Dashuhua” traditional Chinese performance in Handan, in northern China's Hebei province on February 7, 2024, ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon which falls on February 10. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Performers throw molten metal to create a fireworks diplay during the “Dashuhua” traditional Chinese performance in Handan, in northern China's Hebei province on February 7, 2024, ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon which falls on February 10. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A man and a toddler are silhouetted as they pose for a souvenir photo with a giant dragon lantern decorated near the popular Houhai Lake in Beijing, Thursday, February 8, 2024. Chinese will celebrate Lunar New Year on Feb. 10 this year which marks the Year of the dragon on the Chinese zodiac. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)