What are the techniques of traditional kites in China during the Song and Yuan Dynasties?

During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, China's traditional kite flying techniques were summarized in four words, namely "tying", "gluing", "painting" and "flying", but these four techniques were different from China's traditional "six arts", which are also referred to as "four arts". "put", also referred to as "four arts", but these four arts are completely different from the meaning of our traditional "six arts". Simply understood, these four arts are the four processes of tying up a frame, gluing paper surfaces, painting flowers and colors, and finally flying a kite.

But in fact, the connotation of these four words is much broader, and almost contains all the contents of traditional kite flying techniques in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. For example, "tie" includes "selecting", "splitting", "bending", "cutting" and "connecting". The "paste" includes "selection", "cutting", "bending", "chipping" and "joining", etc. The "paste" includes "selection", "cutting", etc. The "paste" and "cutting" include "selection", "cutting" and "cutting", "Paste" and "Edge".

The word "paint" includes "color", "base", "stroke", "color", "base", "stroke", "dye" and "repair", etc.; the last process of "put" also includes "wind", The last process of "release" also includes "wind", "line", "release", "tuning" and "closing". And this Song and Yuan period kite artists of the four arts of song, they make these kite-making craft song synthesized and living together, to achieve the high standard of kite design and innovation.

In detail, the kites of the Song and Yuan dynasties were made of fine bamboo tied into a skeleton, then glued with paper or silk, tied with long strings, and lifted into the air by wind power. As we all know, China's traditional kite techniques include four kinds of techniques: "tying, gluing, painting, and releasing", and "tying" is to achieve left-right symmetry, which means that the left and right wind-eating areas should be comparable, which includes the selection, splitting, bending, cutting, and connecting links.

"Paste" means to make sure the whole kite is flat and keep it clean; "Draw" means to make the kite clear from afar, and to make the painting effect real when you look at it from close up, which includes the steps of coloring, bottoming, tracing, dyeing, and repairing. The last step is "release", that is, to adjust the angle of the kite lifting line according to the wind, which includes wind, line, release, adjustment and collection.

The types of kites in the Song and Yuan Dynasties were mainly divided into two categories: "hard bladder" and "soft wing". Hard bladder kites had hard wings, ate a lot of wind and flew higher. The soft-winged kites are soft and do not fly high, but fly far. Song and Yuan kites in the style, in addition to the traditional birds, animals, insects, fish, but also the development of new styles such as character kites.