How to make a kite? What shape does it have?

Kite shape:

They mainly imitate natural creatures, such as birds, insects, animals and geometric solids, etc. In terms of patterns, they are mainly designed based on personal preferences, including promotional icons, animals, butterflies, birds, etc., and there are all kinds of them. In addition to silk and paper, kite construction materials are also made of plastic materials. The bone poles are made of bamboo strips, wood and glue sticks. Recently, someone has designed a boneless kite. Its structure is made of silk that introduces air. Inside the wind pit, the kite now forms a gently floating air pillow, and then rides on the wind. China, Malaya, the Philippines and Japan also have a kind of large kite, which is flown into the blue sky during the Kite Festival. The size of these kites ranges from ten to twenty feet. The bone poles were made from large bamboo poles and were placed by more than a hundred people.

Tools for making a kite:

Paste, paper knife

Materials for making kites:

Bamboo strips, gauze paper, horse-drawn paper

Features of square kites:

(1) This kind of square kite is the most used and common nowadays.

(2) The frame of the kite is very simple to consist of just two pieces.

(3) Although the method is simple, there are many changes in appearance, and with a little more effort you can make a lot of things.

practice:

1. First, soak the bamboo strips in water to make them soft, then use a knife to split the bamboo strips to about one-third of the thickness, and then trim them into half shapes, because the bamboo strips will be pasted on the Mala paper later. , if it is too thick, the bamboo strips will tear the paper. At the same time, if the bamboo strips are too thick, the gauze paper strips will not be stable. Cut the repaired bamboo strips into two appropriate lengths, about 16 inches and 23 inches. Next, cut the horse-drawn paper into a square shape, about 24 inches long. Horse-drawn paper is a very rough paper, most suitable for making kites.

2. At this point, you can stick the bamboo strips on the paper, but remember to tie the long bamboo strips to the short third with gauze paper, and then slowly bend them until the two ends of the long bamboo strips touch. Tape it to the opposite corner of the paper.

3. The last step is to stick the tail of the kite to the bottom of the kite. After adjusting the angle between the string and the kite, you can start and fly it.

4. The tail of a kite is the main tool for balancing the kite. When the kite rides up the wind, if one side is heavier, the kite will lean to this side. The tail should be longer, because the longer it is, the more weight it will have on the kite. The head is raised so that the whole body is exposed to the wind and balances the slanted side.

5. The silk thread of the kite can be made of cowhide thread, cotton thread, glass thread, etc. The thread reel can be divided into round thread reel and row reel. The thread should be tied to the kite at an oblique angle.

Skill overview

Chinese kites have a long history and superb skills, which has long been recognized by the world. However, if we look into it carefully, there are not many detailed information describing Chinese kites, and even less information that describes the specific skills of Chinese kites. There is a Chinese legend that Cao Xueqin's "Southern Harrier and Northern Kite Kao Gongzhi" is a monograph describing Chinese kite skills. However, not only has the full text of this book not yet been seen, but also whether this statement is true and whether Cao really has useless skills. This set of works in the Zhai Collection also lacks sufficient circumstantial evidence. The academic community is still debating it and has no conclusion. From a subjective perspective, we very much hope that the Cao family or other ancestors can leave a valuable information about Chinese kite skills to future generations for current generations to inherit and develop. But hope cannot replace facts, and we can only wait for new discoveries in this area. Apart from that, there are some popular musical notations. For example, it is said that the "Xuanhe Kite Book" written by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty is an earlier one, but it has not yet been seen. The others are the music patterns collected by various kite families or kite players, and some of them can still be found today. Although these musical notations in China have their own limitations, they are certainly valuable information. Among them, it is worth mentioning that the book "Kite Pu" written by Jin Tie'an in the 1930s is more valuable. The disadvantage is that there are no pictures. This may be due to the printing at that time. Conditions of publication and financial restrictions are shown but not printed. In addition to "pu", China also has a valuable physical material - "tiao", which is the standard bamboo stick used to make a certain kind of kite frame. This is usually passed down from generation to generation in families that produce kites in large quantities, such as "Tiao" in Beijing. Kite Ha's family has a bundle of "tiao" that has been passed down for generations. This makes up for the shortcomings that the "book" only has pictures and no skeletons, or only has skeletons without specific changes in the size and thickness of the bamboo strips, making the spread of kite skills more complete. In addition to words, pictures and objects, the skills of Chinese folk crafts are mainly taught by "oral transmission and heart teaching". This is the "tactic" used by folk artists. This is a "song" or "cut" used for easy teaching, memorization and confidentiality. Due to the limited cultural level of the artists, these verses or incisions often have sounds but no words, or have words but no words, and are often lost, modified, and corrupted during the circulation. The discussion of kite skills in China is mainly based on the limited cultural heritage handed down above as a reference for the historical background, based on the existing traditional Chinese kites, and using scientific technology and flight mechanics principles for analysis. I hope it can provide guidance for the future. Provide some reference for the promotion and development of Chinese kite skills. Due to my limited level, I would like to ask experts, scholars, senior colleagues, people of insight and young friends to put forward valuable opinions and criticisms if I am inappropriate. The skills of traditional Chinese kites can be summed up in just four words: tying, pasting, painting, and flying. Referred to as "Four Arts". To simply understand these "four arts" are making frames, papering, painting festoons, and flying kites. But in fact, the connotation of these four words is much broader, including almost all the technical contents of traditional Chinese kites. For example, "tie" includes: selecting, splitting, bending, cutting, and connecting. "Paste" includes: selection, cutting, pasting, edge, and proofreading. "Painting" includes: color, background, drawing, dyeing and repair. "Fang" includes: wind, line, release, adjustment, and collection. The comprehensive utilization of these "four arts" must reach the level of kite design and innovation.