Why fly a kite?

Kites have a long history. Flying kites originated from ancient witchcraft. The ancients believed that flying kites could take away evil spirits and bad luck.

It is said that the first kite in the world was made of wood by Lu Ban, a famous craftsman in the Spring and Autumn Period, and there were kites made of bamboo at that time. Paper kites appeared in the Han Dynasty, called "paper kites". After the Tang Dynasty, kites became more and more popular as a children's toy. Gao Ding, a poet in Qing Dynasty, once described the scene of flying kites like this: "The grass grows in February, and the willows on the embankment are drunk with spring smoke. The children came back from school early and were busy flying kites in the east wind. " People added a bamboo flute to the kite, and the day after it was released, it was blown by the wind and made a "whoop" sound, like flying a kite, so people renamed it "kite". The most famous kite festival in contemporary China is the International Kite Festival in Weifang. Because Tomb-Sweeping Day is originally a cold food festival, cold food should be banned and only cold meals can be eaten. In order to prevent the harm of cold food and cold meal to your body, you should go out and do some recreational activities to exercise, so there is a mixed phenomenon of sadness and joy. The Cold Food Festival met "Tomb-Sweeping Day" and merged into Tomb-Sweeping Day. In addition, the custom of flying kites in ancient times met Tomb-Sweeping Day, so there was the saying of "flying kites in Qingming Festival".