Why does Tomb-Sweeping Day have the custom of flying kites?

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 the 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 Weifang International Kite Festival.

Since 1984, it has been held in Tomb-Sweeping Day every year, and Weifang is therefore known as "the kite capital of the world".

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".

Tomb-Sweeping Day has many unique habits and customs, such as forbidding fire, eating cold food, sweeping graves and having a spring outing.

It is worth mentioning that people often fly kites in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Flying kites, as one of the customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day, has been circulating for a long time.

Since the Lantern Festival, kite-flying activities have continued to Tomb-Sweeping Day, so Tomb-Sweeping Day was also called "Kite Festival" in ancient times.

Flying a kite is an outdoor activity with witchcraft significance in ancient times, aiming at releasing "bad luck". When the kite flies high, it is deliberately cut the lead and let the kite fly far away. It is said that it can take away bad luck, worry, depression, worry and disease.

So someone wrote their troubles on paper, tied them to the kite and let it go with the kite forever. Of course, with the passage of time, flying kites has already washed away the old "witchcraft" color, and people just use it to express their good wishes.

Nowadays, flying kites has become a popular entertainment. People flying kites outdoors greatly relax the tense and serious atmosphere on weekdays and adjust the busy pace of life.