A woman hangs mugwort on the gate of her house in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, June 6, 2011, as believed by ancient people to keep away disease.

Participants row their boats during a dragon boat race to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, on a river in Hong Kong June 6, 2011.

A woman puts cinnabar on a child's forehead in a ceremony commemorating the annual Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, in Beijing, June 6, 2011. The festival commemorates Chinese patriotic poet Qu Yuan, who drowned himself on the day in 277 BC. Children often wear cinnabar during the day to keep away evil and disease.