How to make a homemade Chinese eagle kite

How to make an eagle kite and kite flying skills

Soft-winged kites are generally based on the shape of animals with wings, which can be tied into a flat surface, or the torso can be tied into a three-dimensional one, regardless of the form, its flight principle is the same.

The following is an introduction to the simple eagle kite tying method.

I. Design of the kite

II. Selection of materials:

According to the design drawings, the following materials (bamboo sheets) are selected:

15cm×0.3×0.2 2pcs

15cm×0.1×0.1 4pcs

50cm×0.3×0.2 2pcs

The above dimensions are all the All the above dimensions are the size after processing, reserve a certain amount when intercepting, and prepare a piece of fabric of 80cm×60cm size for spare.

Third, the cutting of bamboo strips:

15cm×0.3×0.2 bamboo piece is the main skeleton of the butterfly kite's torso, and the other bamboo pieces are all tied to this main skeleton. When chipping, the size should be in place. After chipping to meet the requirements, just polish it with sandpaper.　　15cm × 0.1 × 0.1 bamboo pieces **** need 4, in fact, the interception of materials only need to choose a 15cm × 0.6 × 0.2 or so of the bamboo, thinned to 0.1 thickness, and then use the knife to split it into four, and then slightly sharpened, polished can be. Because 2 of them are used for the whiskers and 2 are used for the tails, they have the same specifications but different shapes.

Two 50cm x 0.3 x 0.2 bamboo pieces are used for wings. Only one 50cm×0.7×0.3 bamboo piece is needed for cutting. Processing is done by thinning to a thickness of 0.2, then gradually thinning to a thickness of just 0.1 at one third of one end and then to the end. Because the outer end of the wings is softer, the wings are slightly bent backward after eating the wind, which is easy to drain the wind and keep the balance of the kite's flight. After cutting, then split it into two from the center, and polish it slightly. The bamboo sheet made in this way is in the same bamboo sheet, its toughness and curvature are more consistent, which can make the balance of the kite's wings basically the same.

Four, the skeleton of the binding:

1, first 15cm × 0.1 × 0.1 bamboo pieces were baked and bent into the shape of Figure 2:

2, and then they were tied to the two ends of the torso strip in the shape of Figure 3:

3, and then the thick end of the wing strip measured out 15cm, and make a good mark, and then tied to the front of the torso strip into the shape of Figure 4:

3, then the thick end of the wing strip measured out 15cm, and make a good mark, and tied to the front of the torso strip into the shape of Figure 4

4. Finally, tie a line 15cm from the outer end of the wing strips, and pull the wing strips into the shape of Figure 5:

In this way, the skeleton of a simple butterfly kite is finished. Of course, don't forget to use a ruler to measure whether the lengths of the lines are symmetrical and equal on both sides of the pulling line. If there is a gap, must be adjusted appropriately, to achieve complete symmetry. After adjusting, you can drop quick-drying glue on each tying point to make the kite skeleton finalized.

Fifth, the kite framing:

Spread the prepared fabric on the desktop, then apply glue on the front side of the kite skeleton, and then carefully put the glued skeleton on the fabric and press it tightly, turn the kite over, organize the fabric a little, and make up for the leakage of glue. When dry, draw the butterfly pattern on the fabric with a pencil. (You can use paper to draw the butterfly halves and then photocopy them, so as to ensure the symmetry of both sides of the butterfly). Cut off the excess trimmings and cut out 2 pieces of 50cm x 3 fluttering ribbons from the trimmings and paste them on the lower wings of the butterfly to ensure the balance and beauty of the kite when it is being flown. Finally, the kite is colored to make it really become a gorgeous colorful butterfly.　　Layout of outline and test flight:

The outline of this kite is the same as that of the diamond-shaped kite, but the adjustment method is different. If the kite is flying rightward, the outline will be moved leftward; if leftward, it will be moved rightward (this is the way to adjust the outline for soft wing kites). For the adjustment of the flight altitude, it is still fine-tuned on the upper and lower strings.

Traditional Chinese Eagle Kite Making Diagram

Detailed Methods of Making Eagle Kites

Detailed Methods of Making Eagle Kites

The breeze of spring makes people feel comfortable and warm. When you have the chance, parents can take your children out to feel the infinite vitality of nature together. Take a look at the spring sky again. Why is the sky so colorful and dazzling? Ah, that's the kites flown by the children. Under the blue sky and white clouds, the kites of thousands of colors are dancing and flying freely, what a refreshing sight! Spring belongs to the children, the sky belongs to the children, but they are not at the same time also trying to dress up the spring, add the color of spring?

Wouldn't children like to have a beautiful kite flying in the sky? Next we will teach you how to make a beautiful kite! You guys have to look carefully.

Chinese kites have a long history and excellent skills, which have long been recognized by the world. However, there is not much detailed information on Chinese kites, and even less on the specific techniques of Chinese kites.

The legend of Cao Xueqin's "South Harrier North Kite Kao Gongzhi" is a description of Chinese kite technology, but so far not only can not see the full text of this book, even if this is true, Cao's whether there is a waste of art of the collection of manuscripts of this set of writings, but also the lack of sufficient circumstantial material, the academic community is still in the middle of the controversy, there is no conclusion. Subjectively speaking, we hope that Mr. Cao or other ancestors can leave a book of valuable information about Chinese kite flying techniques for future generations, so that present generations can inherit and develop it. But hope is no substitute for fact, and we can only wait for new discoveries in this regard. Besides, there are some genealogical patterns that have been passed down. For example, it is said that Song Huizong's "Xuanhe Kites" is one of the earlier ones, but we have not seen it so far. The others are the genealogies collected by various kite families or individual kite players, some of which can still be found today.

While each of them has its own limitations, they are after all valuable information, among which it is worth mentioning that the book "Kite Spectrum" written by Jin Tiean in the 30s is more valuable, but the shortcoming is that there is no chart, which may be due to the limitations of the printing and publishing conditions and funds at that time and there are charts that have not been printed out.

In addition to the "genealogy", there is also a valuable physical information - "strips", i.e., standard bamboo strips used in the production of a certain kind of kite skeleton, which are generally passed down from generation to generation in the family of mass-produced kites. This is a standard bamboo strip used to make the skeleton of a certain kind of kite, which is usually passed down from generation to generation in the families producing a large number of kites, e.g., the family of "Kite Ha" in Beijing has a bundle of "strips" that have been passed down for several generations. This supplements the shortcomings of the "genealogy" that only has pictures but no skeleton or only a skeleton but no specific size and thickness of the bamboo strips, and makes the transmission of kite skills more complete. In addition to words, pictures and objects, the teaching of Chinese folk crafts mainly relies on "oral teaching", which is the "secret" used among folk artists. These are "songs" or "cuts" that are used for the purpose of teaching, memorizing and keeping secrets. Due to the limitations of the cultural level of the artists, these songs or cuttings often have sound but no words, or words without form, and are lost, modified, and incorrect in the circulation of a lot.

The discussion of kite flying techniques in this book is mainly based on the limited cultural heritage handed down from the above mentioned sources as the reference of historical background, and the existing traditional Chinese kites are analyzed by scientific craft techniques and flight mechanics, hoping that it can provide a little bit of reference for the promotion and development of Chinese kite flying techniques in the future.

Since my level is limited, I hope that experts, scholars, seniors, people with knowledge and young people will give valuable advice and criticism.

The skills of traditional Chinese kites are summarized in only four words: tying, gluing, painting and releasing. It is simply called "the four arts". Simply understand these "four arts" that is to tie the frame, paste the paper surface, paint the flowers and colors, and fly the kite. But in fact, the connotation of these four words is much wider, almost including all the contents of traditional Chinese kite flying techniques. For example, "tie" includes: selecting, splitting, bending, cutting and connecting.

"Gluing" includes: selecting, cutting, gluing, edging, and schooling.

"Painting" includes: color, base, stroke, dye, repair.

"Putting" includes: wind, line, put, tune, close.

And the comprehensive use of these "four arts" should reach the level of kite design and innovation

Hard-winged kite flying skills

When it comes to the flying skills of kites, it is in fact a very big topic, because there are too many kinds of kites, with different structures and forms, and different methods of maneuvering. Therefore, it is not possible to generalize. For example, it would be funny to compare the flying of a traditional Chinese dragon string kite with a sport kite, which is popular in Europe and America. Therefore, in this section of flying tips, different types of kites will be introduced on an ongoing basis.

The traditional Chinese kites, the hard-winged kites, account for a large proportion of the total number of kites. Sand swallow kites in Beijing and Tianjin area, hard-winged figure kites in Weifang area, etc. are representative.

A good kite, after tying, mounting and painting, the last thing is to fly, the success of flying reflects whether the kite has a perfect kite function or not, a kite that can't be flown can only be a decorative work. So what skills are needed in the process of flying? This will be the content of this article.