What does a kite symbolize?

Chinese kites have a history of more than 2,000 years. Auspicious meanings and auspicious patterns can be seen everywhere on traditional Chinese kites. Over the long years, our ancestors not only created beautiful words and paintings that embody the wisdom of the Chinese nation, but also created many patterns that reflect people's yearning and pursuit of a better life and imply good luck. It brings joy, good fortune and blessings to people through patterns and images; it integrates the masses' appreciation habits, reflects people's kind and healthy thoughts and feelings, and permeates our country's national traditions and folk customs. Therefore, it is widely spread among the people and provides people with Happy to hear and see.

With a history of more than 2,000 years, kites have been integrated into and influenced by traditional Chinese culture. In traditional Chinese kites, such auspicious meanings can be seen everywhere: "good fortune and longevity", "dragon and phoenix present auspiciousness", " "Butterflies making spring", "Carp jumping over the dragon's gate", "Ma Gu offering birthdays", "birds paying homage to the phoenix", "fish all year round", "safety all year round" and other kites all express people's yearning and hope for a better life. Longing.

Auspicious patterns use figures, animals, flowers, birds, utensils and other images as well as some auspicious words, and use folk proverbs, auspicious sayings and mythological stories as themes. They use metaphors, analogies, puns, symbols and homonyms to form "one auspicious saying and one pattern". "" is an art form that conveys the meaning of seeking good fortune, averting disasters, and embodying people's wishes for happiness, longevity, and celebration. Because of its metaphorical meanings and auspicious patterns, it integrates scenes and objects into one, so the theme is distinctive, cleverly conceived, full of interest, and full of unique style and strong national color. For example, the pattern of a pair of phoenixes flying against the sun is called "Twin Phoenixes Chaoyang". With its rich meaning and varied patterns, it embodies people's healthy and enterprising spirit and pursuit of happiness.

Chinese auspicious patterns are rich in content, generally including "blessing", "longevity", "joyful", "auspicious" and other types, among which the majority are blessing patterns.

Seeking blessings:

People have the same pursuit of happiness. Because the bat is homophonic with "Fu" and "Fu", although its image is not beautiful, it has been fully beautified and used as an auspicious pattern symbolizing "Fu". There are many kites with bats as patterns. For example, in the traditional Beijing Shayan kite, represented by "Fu Yan", the entire hard wing can be painted with beautified bats. Other kites with their own meanings include: "Blessings among blessings", "Blessings before your eyes", "Five blessings for longevity", "Five blessings for longevity", "Blessings and longevity", "Five blessings equaling the sky", "Five blessings for longevity", etc., Zhou The "Hong Fan" chapter of the dynasty contains the "Five Blessings": the first is longevity, the second is wealth, the third is health, the fourth is good virtue, and the fifth is longevity. "You Hao De" refers to the virtue of the person you like, "Kao Ming Ming" refers to a good death, not a bad death. According to the meaning of the Five Blessings, blessing includes wealth and longevity. Other auspicious patterns for praying for good fortune include "fish" and "ruyi" (ruyi was originally a scratching stick made of bamboo and wood, specially designed to scratch places that are beyond the reach of the hand, so it was named because it can fulfill people's wishes). The auspicious patterns and kites related to this include: "fish every year", "more than enough happiness", "carp jumping over the dragon's gate", "everything goes well", "surely everything goes well", "peace goes well", etc.

Longevity:

Throughout the ages, people have wished for health and longevity. There are many patterns that convey and wish longevity: there are evergreen pines and cypresses, there are cranes and colorful ribbon birds that are said to live for thousands of years, there are "immortal grass" Ganoderma lucidum that is said to live a hundred years if eaten, and Ganoderma lucidum that can make people live longer. Immortal Queen Mother of the West, Xiantao, etc. The word "Shou", which pursues and expresses longevity, has more than 300 glyphs, with extremely rich variations. The "ten thousand" character pattern originates from Buddhism, which means "many to tens of thousands". Among Shayan kites, the pattern on the waist is mostly a pattern with the word "ten thousand" in reverse. The auspicious patterns and kites related to this include: "Auspicious Clouds, Cranes and Longevity", "Eight Immortals Congratulations on Birthday", etc.

Celebration:

Express people's beautiful, happy and happy mood. There are many glyphs for the word "happy", and "xixi" is a common festive pattern among people. Magpies are a "sign" of happy events. There are kites with the word "xi" in the kite, and kites with the word "xixi" in the sky. The kites and auspicious patterns related to this include: "joy on the eyebrows", "double happiness on the eyebrows", "joyful and abundant" ", "Fu, Lu, Long, Xi", "Double happiness, good fortune". Festive patterns that are quite interesting include those of a hundred butterflies, a hundred birds, a hundred flowers, a hundred good fortunes, a hundred longevity, a hundred blessings, a hundred joys, etc., such as "a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix". There are kites with mandarin duck patterns in the apartment to symbolize a happy marriage and harmonious couple.

auspicious:

Dragons, phoenixes, and unicorns are auspicious birds and benevolent animals that people imagine. Turtle was a symbol of longevity in ancient times, and was later replaced by turtle pattern. What needs special emphasis is the topic of dragons. China is a country that values ??dragons. Dragons have a special meaning in our country. Dragons have the horns of a deer, the head of an ox, the body of a python, the scales of a fish, and the claws of an eagle. Magical creatures are regarded as symbols of ancient Chinese civilization. Traditional auspicious patterns composed of auspicious birds, animals and other objects include: "dragon and phoenix present auspiciousness", "two dragons playing with pearls", "colorful phoenixes flying together", "hundred birds facing the phoenix", etc. Traditional Chinese kites - dragon-headed centipede long string kites, especially large dragon kites, are popular for their spectacular flying scenes and majestic momentum.