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A woman shows two scented sachets, or xiangnang, she just bought at the folk art exhibition in , Jiangsu province. Wearing xiangnang, often stuffed with scented herbs, is one of the traditional customs for Dragon Boat Festival. It is believed that the scented bags can ward off odor-bred bugs and diseases. [Photo by Wang Jiankang/Asianewsphoto]

A woman surnamed Xu buys special shoes for children for the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, in Linqing city of Liaocheng, Shandong province, on June 6, 2013. Images of five poisonous animals -- toad, centipede, scorpion, snake, and gecko -- are sewn onto the shoes, and therefore the shoes are called "Five-poison Shoes". The custom of children wearing the shoes to ward off devils and diseases prevails in the North. [Photo by Zhang Zhenxiang/Asianewsphoto]