Where is the most famous kite in Shandong?

I) Weifang International Kite Festival

Weifang is known as the "Kite Capital of the World" by all countries, and the headquarters of the International Kite Federation is located in Weifang Kite Museum. Weifang is also the hometown of kites in China with a long history of making kites. It belongs to one of the three kite factions in China and enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad. Weifang kites have diverse themes, rich local flavor and folk life. It is held from April 20 to 25 every year, and delegations from 30 countries and regions participate every year. The activities of the festival include: holding the opening ceremony, flying ceremony, international kite competition, domestic kite grand prix, selecting ten kites, visiting the kite museum, watching folk art performances in Yangjiabu, visiting folk tourism villages, eating, living and entertaining with farmers, etc.

(2) The kite-making technology in Tianjin has a long history and exquisite craftsmanship. The Qing Dynasty Yangliuqing New Year picture "Ten Beautiful Kites Flying Kites" can prove that there are ten kinds of kites, such as string lanterns, butterfly kites, Buddhist scriptures of Tang Taoists and butterflies.

Wei Yuantai, the late kite artist, made great contributions to the kite-making technology in Tianjin. He has been engaged in kite making for more than 70 years. He has developed flat-shot kites, circular three-dimensional kites, soft-winged kites and also created folding-winged kites. It is rich in national characteristics in coloring, and absorbs the blooming method and cold and warm contrast tone used in ancient architecture painting, which is more suitable for high-altitude flight. His work won the gold medal of Panama World Expo 19 14, which won honor for Tianjin Kite.

Tianjin kites, represented by "Kite Wei", are lifelike in shape, elegant in color and fine in craftsmanship. The surface of the Zheng is mostly made of silk, which is both light and strong. The skeleton is made of bamboo, with fine texture, long section and great elasticity. The materials are very elegant, the shape is beautiful, and the painting is exquisite. It is pleasing to the eye and can be viewed indoors. It is a treasure of folk crafts.

(3) Kites, also known as "paper kites", "paper owls" and "kites", were originally used to convey information, but turned to entertainment after the Tang Dynasty. Gao Pian's poem "Kite" in the late Tang Dynasty: "The static string rings blue at night, and the palace merchants believe in the wind. I could only listen to the music vaguely, but it was blown away by the wind. " It is said that Song Huizong presided over the compilation of "Xuan He Kite Spectrum". Yuan Dynasty playwright Guan Hanqing's "Flying Dream" was based on a young scholar's "buying kites to play", which shows that flying kites was very common at that time. Ming and Qing dynasties are the heyday of steady wind development, and flying kites in spring has become an indispensable part of folk life. Cao Xueqin handed down from generation to generation the Textual Research on Kites in North and South. Now, the function of kites has been extended to sports competitions, decorative arts and so on.

Beijing kite

Legend has it that it has a history of more than 300 years. The Qing Dynasty's "Jing Di Sui Sheng" records that at that time, men and women in the city "each carried a kite", and after sweeping the grave in Qingming, they cast a grand victory. Shen Taidi, a close friend, said in "Collecting Wind in Spring": "Swallows are commonly used, one to two feet long, tied with bamboo, made into a swallow style, papered, painted blue and green, with three strings pressed in the middle. The biggest one carries an organ or Taiping gongs and drums around it and goes down with the wind. Tie the thread during the day and tie the red light at night, and the children are chasing with their heads up to release the accumulated heat inside. More than three feet, with different patterns, such as Nezha, Liu Hai, Haha Sansheng, two-person play, centipede, catfish, butterfly, dragonfly, Sanyang Kaitai, and seven magpies climbing branches. The strangest thing is the eagle-carving style, where a string flies in the air and looks realistic from a distance. " There are five basic forms of Beijing kites: hard wings, soft wings, rows, long ropes and barrels.

The three kites have a long history and have their own characteristics. You can refer to these materials.