Where is the Kite Festival held?

The Chinese Kite Festival is mainly distributed in Weifang, Wuhan, Yangjiang and other places. Overseas, there are also kite festivals in the United States, Japan and other countries.

Weifang holds the annual International Kite Festival in mid-April every year, usually scheduled from April 20th to 25th each year. The first Kite Festival held in Weifang was in 1984.

Yangjiang is known as the "Paper Harrier City" and the "Hometown of Chinese Kites". Since 1992, mass kite competitions have been held at the Nanguo Kite Arena every year on the Double Ninth Festival, the ninth day of the ninth lunar month.

In the United States, the Kite Festival is held in turn by the National Kite Association and various state kite associations. It is held once a year. The specific time is not fixed, and the time is generally determined by the suitable season of the venue.

The kite-flying season in Thailand is generally from February to May every year. Wangjiatian Plaza and Parmani Place in Bangkok are traditional kite-flying centers.

The Mayan Kite Festival is held every year on May 0th, which is a form of Maya mourning for the deceased.

Extended information

Kites originated in China, and Chinese kites have a long history. The earliest kites were not made of paper, but of wood. Legend has it that the first kite was made by "Luban" and was called "Wooden Kite".

"Han Feizi·Wai Chu Shuo" records that the inventor of the Chinese wooden kite was not Lu Ban but Mo Zhai during the Warring States Period. Mo Zhai spent three years in Lushan (now Weifang, Shandong) on ??research and trial production, and made a wooden kite out of wooden boards. Bird, released it and made it fly successfully, but it only flew for a day before it broke down.

The "Wooden Kite" (or "Wooden Harrier") made by Mozi is the earliest kite in the world, dating back more than 2,400 years. In addition, the inventor of the wooden kite explained in the "Kangxi Dictionary" is also "Mo Zhai".

Later, after Cai Lun invented papermaking in the Eastern Han Dynasty, paper kites began to appear, called "paper kites".

It is said that Han Xin, the general of the Han Dynasty, used kites to conduct measurements, and Emperor Wu of Liang used kites to send messages, but failed. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, some people jumped from high places with kites on their backs and did not fall to their death. When Zhang Pi of the Tang Dynasty was besieged, he used kites to send messages to ask for help, and he was successful.

Starting from the Tang Dynasty, kites gradually became toys. By the late Tang Dynasty, kites had sounding instruments made of silk strips or bamboo flutes, which made sounds when the wind blew, hence the name "kite". Some people also say that the name "kite" originated from the Five Dynasties, when Li Ye made a kite out of paper and put a bamboo flute on it.

During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, kite art also reached its peak.

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