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What is another name for a kite?

Kite was called "Harrier" in ancient times and "Kite" in the north. Most people believe that kite originated in China and then spread all over the world. It is a traditional folk handicraft. In fact, the earliest kite that appeared in China was Made of wood. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty philosopher Mo Zhai (478-392 BC) once "took three years to fly a wooden kite into the sky...". Mozi was in Lushan (today's Weifang, Shandong) (within the territory of China), "It takes three years to make a harrier, and it flies in one day and it is destroyed." This means that Mozi spent three years researching and trial-making, and finally made a wooden bird out of wooden boards, but it broke down after only one day of flying. The "Wooden Harrier" (or "Wooden Kite") made by Mozi is the earliest kite in China and the earliest kite in the world. (About 300 BC), it has been 2,400 years ago. .

It was not until Cai Lun invented papermaking during the Eastern Han Dynasty that people began to make kites out of paper, called "paper kites." Therefore, it can be inferred that Chinese kites have a history of more than two thousand years.