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      It is regarded in Chinese folk tales that there are five poisonous animals that intend to bring disease and disarsters to people. They are: scorpions, snakes, centipedes, geckos and toads.

      Moreover, there is a saying among people that the five poisionous wake up on the Dragon Boat Festival and try to stir up disarsters and plagues. Thus, people thought of many ways to get rid of the threat of those five poisonous.

      This is a picture of the five poisonous. Believe it or not, people use this as a way to fight against the five evils. They drew this picture on red paper and put them on the wall. Then use five niddles to pierce them respectively. This is the way people killing the five poisonous on the festival and comforting themselves to be healthy in the rest of the whole year.

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