Let me show you how to make a kite.

Make a kite according to the following steps:

Kite was invented in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, with a history of more than 2,000 years. According to legend, Modi woodcarving bird is the earliest origin of kites.

The tools and materials needed to make kites are mainly bamboo, paper, pigment, paste, wire harness skeleton and string, as well as tools such as knives, scissors, small saw blades, pencils, writing brushes, candles or alcohol lamps.

Skeleton material-bamboo.

Bamboo is hard, strong, tough and good in fiber, which is a good material for making all kinds of kites.

Osmanthus mangroves are used to make kites.

Bambusa bambusa is medium fine and can be used to make the skeleton details of kites.

Bamboo is soft and has poor mechanical strength, but it is light, so it can be used as a straight pole for medium-sized kites.

Bamboo is a kind of light, straight and dense fiber (skin), which has certain strength, toughness and elasticity. It is easy to process, split into strips of various specifications, bend and deform easily, but it is not as rigid as wood.

The paper used for drawing kite masks has little deformation due to temperature change, so it is necessary to choose handmade paper with long fiber, strong toughness, light weight, small air permeability and good coloring. Such as sponge paper, kraft paper, apartment paper, guli paper, etc. Modern also chose qualified machine-made paper.

The choice of paper depends on many factors, such as the size, location, flight conditions and coloring requirements of the kite.

The main factor is the size of the kite. Generally speaking, the smaller the kite, the thinner and softer the paper.

Silk is light in weight, strong in strength and good in color. It is a common mask material for traditional kites, but the cost is high.

Some people use man-made fibers instead of silk. Masking fabrics are mostly pretreated, soaked in alum mixture, dried and ironed to reduce air permeability and facilitate coloring. There is also a "raw silk" mask without alum treatment, and its special effects are also very good.

Precautions:

The traditional kite painting materials in China are mainly self-made, with low price, rich colors and durability.

Can be divided into three categories.

Boiling with black smoke and Niu Pijiao, precipitating, and filtering.

Indigo is made by adding lime water to indigo dyed in water. Impurities are filtered out and indigo is made into paste.

Stone color Take all kinds of minerals, put them into a cream bowl and grind them to make stone pigments such as sapphire, stone green and ochre.

Alum used for blending various pigments is made by grinding alum into fine powder, adding boiling water to make alum water, clarifying, removing residue and pouring it into boiled glue. The ratio of gum to alum is acid, which has more flavor and less flavor.