TOPSHOT - This photo taken on January 22, 2025 shows lion dancer Lin Xinmeng doing strength training in a practice session at an ancestral temple in Shantou, in southern China's Guangdong province. Sporting furry sequinned trousers and a black training top, Lin Xinmeng flings her male teammate into the air -- part of China's world-renowned lion dance that is shrugging off centuries of patriarchal norms. Performed across China and around the world, at weddings or during business openings, it is a mainstay festivity for the Lunar New Year which which falls on January 29 this year. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP) / TO GO WITH: China-culture-LNY-dance-lion, REPORTAGE by Ludovic EHRET (Photo by JADE GAO/AFP via Getty Images)