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And the development of kites

1. The origin of kites A brief history of kites in China: Kites are the oldest folk art and leisure activity in my country.

When it comes to kite flying, not only the children jump for joy, but even the adults are excited and eager to try it.

The fun of flying a kite is indeed beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

The predecessor Jin Shengtan once said: "It is a joy to see someone's kite break." As for the origin of the kite, it is no longer possible to verify it.

Some folklorists believe that the ancients invented kites mainly to commemorate their worldly relatives and friends, so during the Qingming Festival when the gate of ghosts is briefly opened, they put their condolences on the kites to convey their condolences to their deceased relatives and friends.

In fact, the earliest kites that appeared in my country were made of wood. In the literature, "Han Feizi" once recorded that "the philosopher Mo Zhai took three years to fly into the sky with a wooden kite..." (around 300 BC ), paper kites did not appear until Cai Lun invented paper in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Therefore, it can be inferred that Chinese kites have a history of more than two thousand years.

There are also records about kites in the official history, which date earlier than the Five Dynasties. One is that Emperor Wu of Liang in the Southern Dynasty was besieged by Hou Jing and flew a kite to ask for help. According to the "Biography of Hou Jing" in Volume 80 of Southern History,

In the third year of the Qing Dynasty (549 AD) when Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty, Xiao Yan, Hou Jing rebelled, and the rebels besieged Emperor Wu in Jianye (now Nanjing), the capital of Liang Dynasty.

At that time, Prince Jian Wen was outside the Taiji Hall and took advantage of the northwest wind to ask for help. Unfortunately, he was discovered and shot down by the rebels. Soon Taicheng was captured, and the Liang Dynasty also declined and perished.

This is the story of Jian Wen's unfortunate failure in flying a kite to seek help.

There is still a difference between a kite and a paper kite.

The so-called "kite" means that it can produce a sound like a string in the air; as for the "paper kite", it is a dumb bird that only flies but does not sing.

A kite is made by tying a bow string to the back of a paper kite or pressing a bagpipe on the head of the kite. When the paper is lifted into the air, strong winds pass through the flute or cause the bow string to vibrate, producing a chirping sound.

Ordinary paper kites make no sound.

During the Five Dynasties, Emperor Xuan of Qi in the Northern Dynasty also used kites to carry people for fun, and once he flew more than five miles away.

"Northern History" records that Emperor Xuan of Qi used kites to ride on death row prisoners in the sky prison, allowing them to "fly down from the platform with mats as wings" for Emperor Xuan of Qi's entertainment.

If these prisoners on death row fulfill the emperor's wish, their crimes can be pardoned.

Li Huan of the Qing Dynasty once compiled a famous song "Kite Story", which records the story of the beautiful and ugly sisters Zhan Yan and Zhan Qiang and the kite.

The two sisters wrote poems on the kites and then flew the kites down.

Later, the two men who had picked up the broken harrier came to propose marriage, and finally the two couples got married happily.

This is a good story about kites.

It is also confirmed from other textual research that it was spread to Korea and then Japan in about the tenth century, and it was not spread to Europe until the thirteenth or fourteenth century.

Asians are much better at making kites than Europeans.

Malaysian kites are made of moss and dry reeds. They are similar to Korean and Indian kites and are very flexible to maneuver.

They can make the kite land exactly at the designated place, and some can make the kite only fifteen centimeters above the ground without the kite ever touching the ground.

Today, Taiwan's kites have made even more progress. In the 61st year of the Republic of China, a world kite competition was held in Hawaii. The kite-making technology of the participating countries was obviously not as good as ours.

This fact touched many domestic kite experts.

By the 64th year of the Republic of China, Taiwanese kites had been exported to the United States, Australia, Japan and other countries, earning US$30,000 in foreign exchange a year.

Taiwan has entered the industrial age and everything is about speed and efficiency. No matter whether the kites are sold on the market or exported, paper products are no longer seen. The cheap ones are made of plastic, and the more expensive ones are made of nylon cloth. Only primary and secondary school students’ craft classes are still made of paper.

, because paper is more convenient and cheaper.

However, Hong Kong still produces paper kites, but the kite surfaces are no longer individually drawn but instead printed. Although they are more industrialized, they still retain their traditional characteristics and local flavor.

Kite in foreign countries: Flying a kite by pulling the string into the wind is a favorite among children.

Kites have a history of 2,000 years in China and come in many shapes.

Mainly divided into two types: plane and three-dimensional.

After spreading to all over the world, the shapes became more diverse and richer.

The Kite Museum displays kites from nineteen countries, with strong local colors.

The Story of Kite Kite originated during the Warring States Period.