China's traditional culture-kite making has influenced several aspects from its origin to the present.

Kites are made of paper or silk pasted on bamboo and other skeletons and pulled by long lines tied to them. They can be put into the sky under the action of wind and are very popular among people.

Kites were invented by the working people of Han nationality in ancient China during the Eastern Zhou and Spring and Autumn Period, and it has been more than two thousand years since then. According to legend, Mo Zhai made wooden birds out of wood, which took three years to develop, and was the earliest origin of human kites. Later, Lu Ban used bamboo to improve kite materials in Mo Zhai. It was not until Cai Lun improved papermaking in the Eastern Han Dynasty that people began to make kites out of paper, which was called "paper 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. Zhou Mi, a poet of the Song Dynasty, wrote in Old Wulin: "During the Qingming Festival, people fly kites in the suburbs and return at dusk." "Kite" means kite. There are vivid kite-flying scenes in Zhang Zeduan's The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival in the Northern Song Dynasty and Su Hanchen's The Hundred Poems in the Song Dynasty.

In 1600, oriental kites (diamonds) were introduced to Europe.

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According to an ancient book, "In the Five Dynasties, Li Zheng made paper kites in the palace to draw kites to ride the wind as a play, and then used bamboo as the flute head to make the wind enter the bamboo, making it sound like A Zheng, hence the name." So those that don't make a sound are called paper kites, and those that make a sound are called kites.

Kites have a history of more than 2,000 years in China. Traditional China kites are full of auspicious meanings and patterns. In the long years, our ancestors not only created exquisite calligraphy and painting that condensed the wisdom of the Chinese nation, but also created many patterns that reflected people's yearning and pursuit for a better life and implied good luck. It gives people the meaning of happiness, auspiciousness and blessing through the image of the pattern; 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 widely circulated among the people and deeply loved by people.

Kites with a history of more than 2,000 years have been integrated into and influenced by the traditional culture of China. In China's traditional kites, such auspicious meanings can be seen everywhere: "Longevity is better than Nanshan Mountain, Longevity is better than Nanshan Mountain", "Dragon and Phoenix are auspicious", "A hundred butterflies are in spring", "Carp yue longmen", "Ma Gu offers longevity", "Birds return to the phoenix", "Fish all the year round" and "Peace in the four seasons". Auspicious patterns use figures, animals, flowers and birds, utensils and other images and some auspicious words, take folk proverbs, auspicious words and fairy stories as themes, and form an artistic form of "one auspicious word and one pattern" by means of metaphor, analogy, pun, symbol and homophonic expression, which endows people with the meaning of seeking good luck, avoiding disasters and taking refuge, and places their hopes on happiness, longevity and celebration. Because of its figurative meaning and auspicious patterns, it combines scenery with things, so its theme is distinct and prominent, its conception is ingenious, it is full of fun, its style is unique and its national color is strong. For example, the pattern of fly with me with a pair of phoenix birds facing the sun is called "Double Phoenix Rising Sun", which has rich meanings and changeable patterns, and embodies people's healthy enterprising spirit and pursuit of happiness. The auspicious patterns in China are rich in content, including "seeking happiness", "longevity", "celebrating" and "auspicious", among which the patterns seeking happiness are the most.