What influence does China's traditional culture-the origin and making of kites-have on today?

Kites have a history of more than 2,000 years in China. From the traditional China kites, we can see the shadows of auspicious meanings and auspicious patterns everywhere. 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.

Impact 1: The ancients invented kites mainly to miss the sophisticated relatives and friends, so when Tomb-Sweeping Day's ghost gate was briefly opened, they pinned their sympathy on kites and gave them to their dead relatives and friends.

Influence 2: Kites used for military purposes in the Tang Dynasty have gradually been transformed into entertainment purposes, and kites were flown in the court.

Impact 3: After the China kite came out, it was quickly used for military needs such as transmitting information and flying kites over obstacles. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, due to the emergence of the paper industry, kites were made of paper paste, which quickly spread to the people and became people's entertainment toys.

Hard-winged kite: sandstone kite, a common winged task, belongs to this category. It is characterized in that the lifting blade (wing) is made of two horizontal bamboo strips, the two sides are high and the middle is concave to form a ventilation channel. The ends of the wings are tilted backward, so that the wind escapes from the ends of the two wings, which looks like an ingot horizontally. For example, rice kites, flower baskets, mandarin ducks, magpies, parrots and so on, which are popular in Beijing, have fixed forms of hard wings, while the shapes and skeleton structures beyond the scope of hard wings vary with the contents and themes.