Kites have been in China for several years.

Kites were invented by working people in ancient China during the Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, which has been more than 2,000 years since.

The origin of kites:

Kites originated in China, and kites in China have a long history. It is said that it originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it has been more than two thousand years. According to legend, Mo Zhai made wooden birds out of wood, which took three years to develop, and was the earliest origin of human kites. Later, Lu Ban used bamboo to improve kite materials in Mo Zhai. It was not until Cai Lun improved papermaking in the Eastern Han Dynasty that kites were made of paper, so they were called "paper kites".

It is said that Han Xin, a general of the Han Dynasty, used kites to make measurements. Liang Wudi used kites to send messages, but failed. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, someone jumped from a height with a kite on his back and didn't die. When Zhang Pi was besieged in the Tang Dynasty, he used a kite to send a message for help, which succeeded. These show that the history of kites in China is at least 2,000 years. Since the Tang Dynasty, kites have gradually become toys.

The benefits of kites:

Auspicious meaning:

How sunny the weather is in Beijing during the Spring Festival. The spring breeze is blowing, the blue sky is washing, the sun is shining on the white clouds, and the cold is gradually disappearing. At this time, if you look up, you will often see two or three brightly colored kites floating in the blue sky. Beijing people all like kites, and flying kites in the wild during the Spring Festival is also a great pleasure.

It is a good time for Beijing to fly kites in Tomb-Sweeping Day from the beginning of the Lunar New Year. No matter how late spring comes, and no matter how stubbornly the remnant winter refuses to retreat, people will deeply feel that spring is coming as long as they see kites floating in the sky, and the days of pink and green are not far away, so kites can be called primroses in the minds of Beijingers.

Good for your health:

There is an old saying in China: "People who fly kites live long". In other words, people who often fly kites live longer. It is also a kind of creation to make a colorful, novel and unique kite. People watched their works swaying in the clear sky of Wan Li, focused, gratified and quiet. This mental state strengthens higher nervous activity's regulatory function and promotes the adjustment and improvement of the physiological functions of body tissues and organs.

Flying a kite, staring at the blue sky and white clouds, forgetting honor and disgrace, without distractions, has the same effect as fitness qigong. Its effect accords with the way of self-cultivation in traditional medicine.