The kite was invented by the ancient working people during the Spring and Autumn Period of Eastern Zhou Dynasty in China. According to legend, Mo Di made of wooden birds from wood, developed three years ago, is the earliest kite origin of mankind. Later, Lu Ban used bamboo to improve the texture of Mo Di’s kite, and evolved into today’s multi-line kite.
In addition to silk and paper, kites are also made of plastic. There are bamboo sticks, wood and glue sticks.
Soft-winged kite That is the common bird kite. Its lifting piece (wing) is a main fin that forms a wing. The lower cloth is soft. There is no main strip attached. Most of the main body frame is made into relief. Its shape is mostly birds or insects. Eagles, butterflies, bees, swallows, cranes, phoenixes, dragonflies, chinchillas, mantises, etc. are all such kites. In order to fly, there is also a detachable soft-winged kite. The traditional butterfly wings that have been separated from top to bottom are changed to live wings, and the frame is fixed for easy folding and realistic flying effects. .
Hard-winged kite The common ingot wing mission Shayan kite belongs to this category. Its characteristic is that the lifting piece (wing) is made of wing shape with two upper and lower horizontal bamboo strips, the edges on both sides are high, and the middle is concave to form a ventilation channel. The ends of the wings lean back, allowing the wind to escape from the ends of the two wings, looking flat like an ingot. For example, the kite-shaped kites, flower baskets, magpies, magpies, and parrots that are popular in Beijing. The rigid wings of this kind of kite are fixed forms, while the shape and skeleton structure outside the range of the hard wings vary with the content theme.
Dragon kite It is mainly a dragon-headed kite, which is also a major feature of Weifang kites.
Board kite It is the flat-shaped kite that people legend. From the perspective of structure and shape, its lifting piece is the main body, without a raised structure, and bamboo kites are supported on all sides. This kind of kite is more common, easy to make, good flying performance, and suitable for a variety of subjects. It is a favorite of children. The board kite, also known as the beat kite in the Beijing-Tianjin area, has an octagonal rhombus or ladybug shape. These kites generally have a long tail or ears, which is good for takeoff. The simplest kind of board kite is the “Waqiang” block, one of which is square. It is called “two hundred five” in the southern countryside, and it is commonly called “zizi” in the north, and it is also called “fat curtain”.
Three-dimensional kite Generally, a skeleton with a folded structure is used, which is composed of one or more barrels or barrels of other shapes, such as palace lanterns, vases, and rockets.
Sport kite Sports kite is also called stunt kite, also known as double-line kite or double-line kite. Generally triangular, paraglider-shaped, eyeglass-shaped. Sports kites are a newly emerging sport in China. Unlike traditional kites, sports kites are not only single-line, but also double-line and four-line. They can do some actions in the air. Such as horizontal movement, diving, splaying around, turning around, etc., that is, the use of two or more pull lines to control the kite, two-handed control, left-handed, right-handed, lifting and other acrobatic moves rely on the skills of the wrist and arm to complete. Sports kites can fly at speeds of up to 150 km / h. They can be played alone or as a team stunt, and the flying fighter has the feeling of controlling the wind.
Two lines are generally divided into three types: 1. Stunts (this is generally a starting point for all geometric shapes, such as circles, squares, triangles, 8 characters, etc.)
2. Ballet formation (As the name suggests, the formation can be used for several kites to do some collective movements, so that the formation kites can move more accurately, better control, moderate speed will not be fast on the basis of stunts, and can also do some basic scrolling work , Simple roll, such as shaft roll, half roll, vertical landing, sudden stop, air suspension, etc., ballet machine is a must-kite for formation flying!
3． Fancy tumbling (some people do n’t understand what tumbling is, stunt kites generally can only make some flat graphics, but tumbling kites can do some non-planar movements in prescribed ways through the out of control of the kite, just like gymnast’s side Turn 360 degrees, 720 degrees or something. But Precision is not as good as ballet) Four-line kites are of no kind. The four-line kite is generally a geometric figure that walks on the plane, but it can be fixed, move forward, and backward, a bit like a helicopter. Barrel-shaped kite A kite consisting of one or more barrels or other shaped barrels, such as palace lanterns, vases, rockets, wine bottles, etc., belongs to this category.
Free class The free category includes cross-species kites that use the new technology to learn the best of foreign kites. Cross-types such as the “鹊桥 会” integrate several methods such as string, three-dimensional, and board; and new technologies such as the 120-meter-long string kite “Liangshan One Hundred Single Eight Eight” “One Hundred Birds Phoenix” Waiting, not only can they turn against the wind, but also can beat the gongs and drums, smoke and fire, and “Sun Wukong” can also change seventy-two during release.