Method for making traditional handmade kites

Traditional handmade kites are made as follows:

First, prepare a tough and light paper, 50 cm long and 30 cm wide. The paper used to make traditional kites is generally cotton paper, rice paper and leather paper. Then fold the paper into a diamond shape, or draw a diamond shape, and cut off the extra parts to make the paper into a diamond shape. As you can see, the bottom of this diamond (diamond) is 15cm, and the top is 35cm.

Continue to prepare two pieces of wood, one is 30 cm long and the other is 50 cm long. Fold them into a cross and tie them with a rope. The top of the cross 15 cm high, and the lower part is 35 cm high. Then poke two small holes in each corner of the cut paper, so that ten words can be fixed on the paper with nylon rope. Then prepare two nylon ropes, as shown in the figure. Tie both ends of a rope to both ends of a short wooden strip, and then tie one end of a slightly longer nylon rope to the center of this nylon rope.

Finally, tie some streamers at the ends and tail of the kite. When you are ready to fly, tie a light string at the end of the nylon rope, so that the kite will fly higher and higher!

Kites appeared in the Eastern Zhou, Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn Period in China, and were called the earliest human aircraft. After the development of Han, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, it has a long history and is the representative of Chinese traditional handicrafts. In 2006, Weifang kite-making skill was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.