There are many names for kites. What are those?

Kites are also called kites, wind kites, paper kites and paper owls. Kites were invented in China. According to legend, Mo Zhai made wooden birds out of wood, which took three years to develop successfully. It is the earliest origin of human kites, and later its student Lu Ban improved it with bamboo. Today, kite materials in Mo Zhai have evolved into multi-line kites.

Kites have a history of more than 2,000 years in China. Traditional China kites are full of auspicious meanings and patterns. It 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.

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The shape of kites mainly imitates natural creatures, such as birds, insects, animals and geometric solids, while the patterns are mainly designed according to personal preferences, such as promoting beautiful people, animals, butterflies and birds.

Kites are made of plastic besides silk and paper. The bone stems include bamboo sticks, wood and glue sticks. Someone has designed a boneless kite whose structure is to introduce air into a wind pit made of silk. Today, the kite forms an air pillow, floats gently, and then rides in the wind.