What is one of the traditional sports activities in China, also called flying kites?

Flying kites is a popular traditional sport in China. Kites originated in China and have a history of more than 2,000 years. Known as the earliest human aircraft. According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period, the famous architect Lu Ban made wooden kites to fly into the sky. Later, paper replaced wood and was called "paper kite"; Since the Han Dynasty, people began to use it to measure and transmit information. In the Tang Dynasty, kites spread to neighboring countries, such as South Korea and Japan. In the Five Dynasties, kites were tied with bamboo whistles, which sounded like A Zheng, so they were also called "kites". In the Song Dynasty, flying kites gradually became a folk entertainment game. In the Yuan Dynasty, kites were introduced to European countries.

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