Chinese dancers dressed in traditional costumes wait for their performance ahead of the opening ceremony of Duanwu Festival held at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing, China Friday, June 22, 2012. The Duanwu festival, also known as Dragon Boat festival, which falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, commemorates the death of Qu Yuan, a famous Chinese poet from the kingdom of Chu who lived during the Warring States period. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)