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Kite

TheOriginofKiteChineseinventedthefirstkite.Inancienttime,kitewascalled“sparrowhawkandalsowaswellknownasgledeinnorthernregionofChina. （古时称为“鹞”yào，北方称为“鸢”yuān.）

相传：“墨子为木鹞，三年而成，飞一日而败”IntheSpringandAutumnPeriodinChina,therewasaphilosophernamed“MoQu”(478-392B.C.)intheEasternZhouDynasty.Hespentthreeyearsmadeawoodengledethatcouldflyintheair.ThatwoodengledewasthefirstkiteinChinaandalsosameintheworld.It’sovertwothousandandfourhundredyearsfromnow.Kite

公输班制木鸢以窥宋城MoQutaughthisstudentLuBanhowtomakeakite.LuBaninheritedhisteacher’sskillandcreatedhisowndesignofabambookite.Thatkitewasabletoflyintheskyforthreedays.Thehistoricalbook“HongShu”said,LuBanmadeakitetospyneighborSong’sterritoryformilitarypurpose.

Howdidkitegetitsname‘Fengzheng’？Accordingtoanancientbooks:IntheperiodofFiveDynastiesinChina,LiZhengmadeakiteinimperialpalace.Abamboowhistlewastiedtoapaperkite.ItmadesoundlikeZheng(a21-25stringpluckedinstrument)whilewindpassedthrough.Sincethen,kitesthatcouldnotgiveoutsoundcalled“paperglede”,otherswerecalled“FengZheng”(Fengmeanswind,Zhengisthemusicinstrument).

InTangDynasty,kitewasintroducedtoChinasneighboringcountrieslikeKoreaandJapan.In13thcentury,anItalianexplorerMarcoPolointroducedkitetoEurope,andsincethen,kitewasintroducedtoallovertheworld.

UsageofKite

Thecategoriesofkites:CentipedekiteFlat-kiteHard-wingedkiteSoft-wingedkiteThree-dimensionalkite

CentipedeKite

Flat-kite

Hard-WingedKite

soft-WingedKite

Three-dimensionalkite

Howtomakeakite？

Generallyspeaking,tomakeakite,youneedtomakeaframefirst.Framesusuallymadewiththinbamboostrips.Next,pastepaperorsilkontoframe,thentiealongthread.Itfliesintotheskybywindforce.

TechniquesformakingTraditional