What is the origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day flying kites?

Flying kites in Tomb-Sweeping Day is a folk custom, and its main implication is "unlucky". People write their names on kites, then put them in the sky, and then deliberately cut the string to let the kites fly away, thinking that this can put down "bad luck" and make good luck, so as to achieve the purpose of "eliminating disasters and solving problems".

Because it is unlucky to fly a kite, no matter how delicate and beautiful the kite is, cut the string and let it fly away. At the same time, flying kites is also taboo, that is, kites released by others cannot be picked up and replayed, otherwise it will be "unlucky".

In A Dream of Red Mansions, it is said that when the kite flies, the lead wire is deliberately cut off to let the kite fly far away. It is said that it can take away bad luck, worry, depression, worry and disease.

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Kites are also called "paper kites" and "kites". Flying kites is the most popular activity in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Kite is an aircraft that sticks paper or silk with bamboo strips and other skeletons, pulls a long line on it, and drops it into the sky under the action of wind. It belongs to an aircraft that only uses aerodynamic force. During their stay in Tomb-Sweeping Day, people not only wore it during the day, but also at night.

At night, a string of colored lanterns is hung under the kite or on the wind-stabilizing stay, like twinkling stars, which is called "magic lamp". Someone used to put kites in the blue sky, then cut the strings and let the breeze send them to the ends of the earth. It is said that this can eliminate diseases and disasters and bring good luck to yourself.