About kites?

Kites were invented by ancient working people in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period in China, and have a history of more than 2,000 years. According to legend, during the Warring States Period, it took Mo Zhai three years to make wooden birds out of wood, which was the earliest origin of human kites. Later, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Lu Ban used bamboo to improve the materials of kites in Mo Zhai, and even evolved into today's multi-line kites.

In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, kites began to be a tool for transmitting information. Since Sui and Tang Dynasties, due to the development of paper industry, people began to use paper to paste kites. Flying kites became a popular outdoor activity in the Song Dynasty.

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Ancient kite

1, Southern and Northern Dynasties

Kites were once used as a tool to communicate for help. In Liang Wudi, Hou Jing surrounded Taicheng, and bamboo slips tasted like paper kites. They flew in the air and came and went in a hurry, but they were shot down and disappeared. Taicheng fell, and Liang Wudi starved to death, leaving this story of kite calling for help.

2. Beiqi

Wen Xuandi Levin tied people's wings, causing them to jump off a tall tower and die. It is called "life".

3. Han dynasty

Chu and Han contended, and Han Xin had people make big kites, install bamboo whistle bowstrings, and let Chu camp float at night, making it make strange noises, so as to break the morale of Chu army.

4. Tang Dynasty

Kites, which will be used for military purposes, have gradually been converted into entertainment purposes and fly in the palace.

5. Song Dynasty

Taking flying kites as a physical exercise function, when people are in Tomb-Sweeping Day, they fly kites high and far, and then cut the strings to let them take away the bad smell accumulated in a year.

6. Ming dynasty

Using the kite to carry explosives, according to the principle of "kite collision", detonate the fuse on the kite and kill the enemy.

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