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]
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