But then after 1976 when freedom of faith was restored as government policy and the beating of wooden fish resumed with lost of worshippers coming again to burn incense sticks and candles in the temples, snakes disappeared once again.

• “文革”之后，中国政府恢复宗教信仰自由的政策，中断了的木鱼声又响起来了，香火复盛，蛇又不见了。