China Kite Reading Answers

The culture of China has a history of thousands of years. In this long time, our ancestors not only created beautiful words and paintings that condensed the wisdom of the Chinese nation, but also created many auspicious patterns that reflected people's yearning and pursuit for a better life. China's kite gives people the meaning of happiness, auspiciousness and blessing through the pattern image; It combines the appreciation habits of the masses, reflects people's kind and healthy thoughts and feelings, and permeates our national traditions and folk customs. So it is loved by people.

China kites have been integrated into and influenced by the traditional culture of China. In China's traditional kites, auspicious meanings can be seen everywhere, such as "the dragon and the phoenix are auspicious" and "the butterfly is in spring", which shows people's yearning and longing for a better life.

The auspicious patterns of China kites use figures, animals, flowers and birds, utensils and other images and some auspicious words, with folk proverbs, auspicious words and fairy tales as the theme. Through the expressions of metaphor, analogy, pun, symbol and homophonic, they form the artistic form of "one auspicious word and one pattern", endowing people with the meaning of seeking good luck, avoiding disasters and taking refuge, and placing their hopes for happiness, longevity and celebration. Because things are metaphorical, and the scenery and things are integrated into one, the theme is distinct and prominent, the conception is ingenious, the interest is full, and it is full of unique style and strong national color.

The auspicious patterns of China kites have rich meanings, which are generally divided into "seeking happiness", "longevity", "celebrating" and "auspicious", among which the patterns seeking happiness are the most.

Pursuing happiness, people have the same pursuit psychology for happiness. Bat is homophonic with "all-round happiness" and "all-round wealth", so people regard it as an auspicious pattern symbolizing "happiness". Kites featuring bats abound: for example, the wings and tails of kites are painted with patterns of bats holding copper coins, and the word "bat" is homophonic with "everyone is happy"; The word "money" of "copper coin" is homophonic with "front"; Copper coins symbolize wealth, with eyes in the middle, and the whole kite means "happiness is in sight". Other auspicious patterns used for praying include "Fish" and "Ruyi" (Ruyi was originally a bamboo stick, so it was named because it can scratch places that people can't reach). The auspicious patterns related to this are: "Happy" and "Peace and Happiness".

Longevity, people have always hoped for health and longevity. There are many patterns to express and celebrate longevity: for example, kites are painted with gloomy pines and cypresses, which are evergreen all the year round, symbolizing longevity, and kites mean "longevity". The auspicious patterns related to this are: "longevity of auspicious clouds" and "longevity of eight immortals crossing the sea".

Celebration expresses people's good, happy and happy mood. There are many happy characters, and "Xi" is a common holiday pattern. Magpie is a sign of happy events. Kites include "xi" kites and "Xi" kites, and auspicious patterns related to this include "beaming with joy" and "beaming with joy".

Auspicious, dragon and phoenix, unicorn are animals in people's imagination. Traditional auspicious patterns composed of birds, beasts, beasts and other images include "Dragon and Phoenix are auspicious", "Dragon Playing with Beads", "Cai Feng Qi Fei" and "Hundreds of birds are facing the phoenix".

Flying kites not only has so many wonderful meanings, but also makes people feel happy and happy. Therefore, kites have been loved by people for thousands of years.

18. According to the underlined sentence in paragraph ②, give three reasons why "China kite has been integrated into the traditional culture of China" cannot be deleted. (3 points)

19. Read the link material below and tell the meaning of the kite pattern in the material with the help of the relevant knowledge in the text. And briefly explain it. (5 points)

Link material

In spring and March, it is a good time to fly kites. There are many people flying kites in the square. The kite held by a child is very beautiful: there are two blooming peonies on the wings of the kite, decorated with auspicious clouds, and two red carp on the tail, surrounded by lotus flowers.

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18. If you delete "China kite has been integrated into the traditional culture of China", firstly, you don't know who has been influenced (or the subject "influenced by it" will disappear); Secondly, the reference of "qi" in "influenced by it" is not clear (or you don't know what influences make the pattern auspicious) (or what influences are not clear. ); Third, there is no basis for the meanings of "dragon and phoenix are auspicious" and "hundred butterflies welcome the spring" (or "dragon and phoenix are auspicious" and "hundred butterflies welcome the spring"). Or "the dragon and phoenix are auspicious" and "a hundred butterflies make spring" are not clear. )。 (***3 points, each point 1 point, the meaning is correct)

19. Meaning: Wealth and good luck, more than every year.

Commentary: Because the auspicious patterns of China kites are mainly expressed by metaphors, analogies, puns, symbols, homophones, etc., it endows people with the meaning of seeking good fortune, avoiding disasters and taking refuge, and entrusts people with the desire of pursuing happiness, longevity and celebration. The auspicious cloud in the material symbolizes auspiciousness, and the peony flower is the king of flowers, symbolizing wealth. The word "fish" of carp is homophonic with the word "surplus", and the word "lotus" of "lotus" is homophonic with "Lian", so the whole kite means "rich and auspicious, more than every year, more than every year".

(**5 points, meaning 2 points, explanation 2 points, fluent expression 1 point)