The history and origin of kites

Kites were invented by working people in ancient China during the Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, with a history of more than 2,000 years. According to legend, Mo Zhai made wooden birds out of wood, which took three years. This is 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 people began to make kites out of paper, which was called "paper kites" at that time. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, kites began to become a tool for transmitting information. Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, due to the development of the paper industry, people gradually began to use paper to paste kites; Flying kites became a popular outdoor activity in the Song Dynasty.

In Song Dynasty, Zhou Mi wrote in The Legend of Wulin: During Qingming Festival, people fly kites in the suburbs and return at dusk. Among them, "kite" refers to kite. In addition, Zhang Zeduan's The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival in the Northern Song Dynasty and Su Hanchen's The Hundred Zi Map in the Song Dynasty all have vivid kite-flying scenes.

Kite culture:

Kites have a history of more than 2,000 years in China. From the traditional China kites, we can see the shadows of auspicious meanings and auspicious patterns everywhere. In the long years, our ancestors not only created exquisite calligraphy and painting that condensed the wisdom of the Chinese nation, but also created many patterns that reflected people's yearning and pursuit for a better life and implied good luck.

It gives people the meaning of happiness, auspiciousness and blessing through the image of the pattern; It combines people's appreciation habits, reflects people's kind and healthy thoughts and feelings, and permeates China's national traditions and folk customs, so it is widely circulated among the people and deeply loved by people.

Kites with a history of more than 2,000 years have been integrated into and influenced by the traditional culture of China. In China's traditional kites, such auspicious meanings can be seen everywhere: "Long life and happiness", "Dragon and Phoenix are auspicious", "Butterfly is in spring", "Carp yue longmen", "Ma Gu's birthday", "Birds fly to phoenix" and "Peace in the Four Seasons", all of which show people's beautiful life.