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Usage of Kite
• • • • • • • • • Initial： Military purpose Measuring distance Locating target Testing wind Sending signal For communications Now: entertainment
Techniques for making Traditional Chinese Kites: “Tie, Paste, Paint, Fly”
“Tie”（扎）- make a frame. Need to make it symmetrical, balance, so that both wings will receive same air pressure. Include: select（选）, split（劈）, shape（弯）, chop（削）, and connect （接）； “Paste”（糊）- glue a piece of paper or silk onto the frame. Need to make it flat and neat. Include: select（选）, cut（裁）, glue（糊）, edge check（边）, and adjust（校）； “Paint”（绘）- draw an image. Need to paint clear image with details, so that it can be seen from far away, and looks vivid. Include：color（色）, background（底）, trace（描）, paint（染）, and modify（修）； “Fly”（放）- fly a kite. Need to adjust string’s angle according to wind. Include：wind（风）, string（线）, release（放）, adjust（调）, and retrieve（收）.
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Song Dynasty artist Zhang Zeduan demonstrated a vividly image of playing kite in the ancient time on his panoramic painting “Along the River During the Qingming Festival”; and Su Hanchen from the same period of time did the same on his painting of “Hundred Kids”.
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How did kite get its name‘Fengzheng’？
• According to an ancient books: In the period of Five Dynasties in China, Li Zheng made a kite in imperial palace. A bamboo whistle was tied to a paper kite. It made sound like Zheng (a 21-25 string plucked instrument) while wind passed through. Since then, kites that could not give out sound called “paper glede”, others were called “Feng Zheng” (Feng means wind, Zheng is the music instrument).
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Through history of kite development, Chinese traditional culture is integrated with kite craft. Chinese fairy tales, folk art, and luck characters have been used for kite designs. Therefore, an unique kite culture with Chinese characteristics has been formed.
The Origin of Kite
• Chinese invented the first kite. In ancient time, kite was called “sparrow hawk" and also was well known as "glede" in northern region of China. （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”
• In the Spring and Autumn Period in China, there was a philosopher named “ Mo Qu” (478-392 B.C.) in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. He spent three years made a wooden glede that could fly in the air.
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In Tang Dynasty, kite was introduced to China's neighboring countries like Korea and Japan. In 13th century, an Italian explorer Marco Polo introduced kite to Europe , and since then, kite was introduced to all over the world.
• That wooden glede was the first kite in China and also same in the world. It’s over two thousand and four hundred years from now.
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• Mo Qu taught his student Lu Ban how to make a kite. Lu Ban inherited his teacher’s skill and created his own design of a bamboo kite. • That kite was able to fly in the sky for three days. The historical book “Hong Shu” said, Lu Ban made a kite to spy neighbor Song’s territory for military purpose.
The categories of kites:
• • • • • Centipede kite Flat- kite Hard-winged kite Soft- winged kite Three-dimensional kite
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Generally speaking,to make a kite, you need to make a frame first. Frames usually made with thin bamboo strips. Next, paste paper or silk onto frame, then tie a long thread. It flies into the sky by wind force.