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When is the right time to fly a kite?

February to April every year is the traditional kite flying season.

There are two necessary conditions for kites to take to the sky:

The kites can only be flown in windy weather

The kites have to be towed by lifting strings, and the "kites with broken strings" are bound to fall down after a short period of drifting farther away

Note of precautions

One, the location for flying kites should be chosen from spacious non-traffic roads. Choose a spacious non-traffic road to fly a kite, pay attention to the surrounding ground conditions, the road surface should be smooth, no ditches and cans, and observe the situation of the buildings within the range of movement beforehand, because in the process of flying a kite, people are always traveling backwards, so special attention should be paid to preventing injuries from falling.

Two, pay attention to observe whether there are electric wires around, to prevent electrocution due to the contact between kite and wires, try to keep the kite as dry as possible, and don't pick it up hastily if it hangs on the wires, to prevent electrocution and fall injury.

Third, due to the characteristics of kite movement, it is necessary to tilt the head for a long time, and the same posture should be kept for a long time, therefore, we remind the elderly and the athletes with insufficient blood supply of the spinal artery to try to avoid turning the head suddenly when participating in this movement, in order to prevent the sudden contraction of the cerebral blood vessels, and at the same time, regulate the length of participation in the movement according to their own physical condition.

Four, for the respiratory system disease and cardiovascular disease athletes try to avoid in the noisy activities of the venue for a long time to fly kites.

Fifth, according to the weather changes to make good protection of the skin and body organs. Avoid solar dermatitis and excessive ultraviolet rays that may cause skin cancer and dehydration under the scorching sun. When the weather is not too mild, the elderly and peripheral nerves are not good people should pay particular attention to climate change and the appropriate amount of exercise, because standing for a long time can lead to frostbite of the hands and feet.

Sixth, pay attention to the choice of environment. Next to the airport, near the poles, next to the train tracks, on top of tall buildings or when lightning, absolutely no kite flying. It is more suitable to fly a kite in a park, on a small hill, beside a river or in an open place by the sea.

Flying kites is one of the traditional folk games, Qingming Festival holiday customs. Kites are also known as wind organ, paper harrier, harrier, paper kite. Originated in China, it is a kind of communication tool invented by ancient working people, the first kite was made by Lu Ban with bamboo, and later there were paper kites only in the imperial palace. It is called wind blowing in Minnan language. A kite is a heavier-than-air product that can float in the air with the help of wind.

In the late Tang Dynasty, people added bamboo flute on the paper kite, and after the paper kite flew up to the sky and was blown by the wind, it made a "woo-woo" sound, as if the kite played, so people changed the name of the 'paper kite' to 'kite. So people changed the name from 'paper kite' to 'kite', and nowadays, kites and kites are collectively known as kites, including paper kites without whistles. Yangjiang City is known as the capital of kites