Chinese New Year Kites

Early kites were used for military purposes.

Chinese new year kites. I can t promise this kite will fly as it has been too wet to test ours outside but our attempts at throwing it around in the house suggest that as long as you use thin paper they may well work in a gentle breeze. The chinese went on to develop the musical kites which were fitted with bamboo pipes that would sound random musical notes as the wind gathered momentum. During the rule of the tang dynasty 618 907 ad kites were made from lighter materials such as bamboo silk and paper for aesthetic appeal and to herald in the chinese new year.

We decided to make a goldfish kite goldfish are considered very fortunate in china especially at the new year and signify abundance. Fly it in the sky it is a beautiful kite. The city is namely home to the international kite association and holds the weifang international kite festival from april 20th to the 25th each year.

As general guide chinese new year crafts are all about the auspicious colour red the colour of wealth gold and dragons plus the 12 animals of the zodiac. We decided to. So kite has a history of some 2 300 years.

Put it on the wall it is a very beautiful chinese picture. A philosopher who made the first kite with wood in 3 years flied it for just 1 day. Chinese kites are a symbol of the new year and we made ours appropriate by choosing red a lucky colour and painting chinese dragons on them.

There is a saying describing the character of weifang kites. Feb 5 2016 this is our third craft so far for chinese new year which is on february 3rd the children have been having so much fun preparing for all the festivities and have learned so much in the process. The first chinese masks were made about 3 500 years ago as part of religious worshiping the god grants blessings dance and opera.

The city of weifang shandong peninsula has a special relationship to the kite. The weifang kite tradition. Flying kites is a popular pastime in china.