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KiteTheOriginofKiteChineseinventedthefirstkite.Inancienttime,kitewascalled“sparrowhawk"andalsowaswellknownas"glede"innorthernregionofChina.

（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,kitewasintroducedtoChina'sneighboringcountrieslikeKoreaandJapan.In13thcentury,anItalianexplorerMarcoPolointroducedkitetoEurope,andsincethen,kitewasintroducedtoallovertheworld.UsageofKiteThecategoriesofkites:CentipedekiteFlat-kiteHard-wingedkiteSoft-wingedkiteThree-dimensionalkiteCentipedeKiteFlat-kiteHard-WingedKitesoft-WingedKiteThree-dimensionalkiteHowtomakeakite？Generallyspeaking,tomakeakite,youneedtomakeaframefirst.Framesusuallymadewiththinbamboostrips.Next,pastepaperorsilkontoframe,thentiealongthread.Itfliesintotheskybywindforce.

TechniquesformakingTraditionalChineseKites:“Tie,Paste,Paint,Fly”“Tie”（扎）-makeaframe.Needtomakeitsymmetrical,balance,sothatbothwingswillreceivesameairpressure. Include:select（选）,split（劈）,shape（弯）,chop（削）,andconnect（接）；“Paste”（糊）-glueapieceofpaperorsilkontotheframe.Needtomakeitflatandneat. Include:select（选）,cut（裁）,glue（糊）,edgecheck（边）,andadjust（校）；“Paint”（绘）-drawanimage.Needtopaintclearimagewithdetails,sothatitcanbeseenfromfaraway,andlooksvivid.Include：color（色）,background（底）,trace（描）,paint（染）,andmodify（修）；“Fly”（放）-flyakite.Needtoadjuststring’sangleaccordingtowind.Include：wind（风）,string（线）,release（放）,adjust（调）,andretrieve（收）.Throughhistoryofkitedevelopment,Chinesetraditionalcultureisintegratedwithkitecraft.Chinesefairytales,folkart,