Is kite a traditional culture in China?

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: "Longevity is better than Nanshan Mountain, Longevity is better than Nanshan Mountain", "Dragon and Phoenix are auspicious", "A hundred butterflies are in spring", "Carp yue longmen", "Ma Gu offers longevity", "Birds return to the phoenix", "Fish all the year round" and "Peace in the four seasons".

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Kaifeng, Beijing, Tianjin, Weifang, Nantong and Yangjiang are also called the six traditional kite producing areas in China, while Weifang, the largest kite manufacturing place in China, is called the "Kite Capital of the World".

Chinese traditional kites are generally divided into the following three categories:

Soft-winged kite: the main skeleton is mostly embossed, with single-layer, double-layer and multi-layer skeletons. The lift sheet (wing) is composed of the main wing, and the rear half of the wing is soft without the attachment of the main wing.

Hard-winged kite: the skeleton is made of two bamboo strips, with high edges on both sides, slightly concave in the middle, and the wing ends are tilted backwards, so that wind energy can escape from the ends of the wings.

Board kite: that is, plane kite, with pull-tab as the main body and no protruding part, supported by bamboo strips on all sides, is the children's favorite.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Chinese Traditional Kites