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There are many names of kites, which have different appellations in different countries, different periods and different regions. In ancient China, from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Tang Dynasty, kites were called kites and wind kites; from the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, paper kites and paper harriers were always the main names of Chinese kites.

The term kite replaced all the titles from the Qing Dynasty to the present.

The English word kite, Cyta in Old English, is derived from the Old Germanic Kuze (owl) and the Old Norse Kyta (lozenge); in French, the kite is called Ceyf-Volant, which means "flying deer"; the German word kite, Drache, is the same as the Chinese word "dragon". The German kite Drache means the same as the Chinese "dragon"; the Spanish kite Cometa means comet. The Spanish kite Cometa is a comet. They are the same as the Chinese word "paper kite", which describes its image.

Many countries also have their own customs and legends related to kites. Japanese kites were imported from China, and the Japanese kanji " " means kite, which is derived from the Chinese cloth kite "phoenix scarf". The Kanto region of Japan has the most kites called " ", the Kinki region is called "Squid Banner", and there are also "Sky Flag", "Shaking Paper", "Eagle", "Kite", "Kite", "Kite", "Kite", "Kite", "Kite", "Kite", and "Kite". In other places, there are also names such as "sky flag", "paper shaking", "eagle", "dragon" and so on. In the Heian period of Japan, in the Chinese and Japanese dictionary "Wagamama Jukyo", kites were called "paper scops" and "paper kites", and in the 16th century, the European scientist Giambattista de la Porta called kites "wind sails" in his book "The Magic of Nature". wind sail". The earliest pilots in the United States like to use Kite to call the aircraft

Kites originated in the Spring and Autumn Period, and have been used for more than 2,000 years. According to legend, "Mozi made a wooden kite for three years, but it failed to fly for one day." To the North and South Dynasties, kites began to become a tool for transmitting information, starting from the Sui and Tang dynasties. Due to the development of paper-making industry, folk began to use paper to frame kites. By the Song Dynasty, kite flying became a favorite outdoor activity. Zhou Mi of the Song Dynasty wrote in his "Old Story of Wulin", "During the Qingming Festival, people went to the countryside to fly kites, and returned only at sunset." The word "kite" refers to kites.

According to the ancient books, "Li Zheng in the fifth generation in the palace as a paper kite, fuse ride the wind as a play, and then in the head of the kite to the bamboo as a flute, so that the wind into the bamboo, the sound of the kite, so the name of the kite." Therefore, can not make a sound called "paper kite", can make a sound called "kite".

The earliest kites were not toys, but were used for military and communication purposes. In the late Tang Dynasty, because someone added strings to the kite, when the wind blew, it made a sound like a koto, so the name "kite" came into being.