The kite yard "took off"

Zhao Yanfang paints a traditional kite.

Langfang Media Network News (reporter Wang Yangyang) Recently, the "kite courtyard" in Tishri, Anci District, was busy. The sound of "hissing" splitting bamboo and the sound of "squeaking" saw bamboo pieces came from the studio, and Zhao Yanfang, the owner of the small courtyard, concentrated on bowing her head and operating.

"This is a key step in the making of a traditional swiftlet kite." Several bamboo strips were flipped several times in Zhao Yanfang's flexible hands, and the kite skeleton was placed on the tabletop. In the studio of tens of square meters, traditional sand swallow kites such as fat swallow, thin swallow, and wing swallow are placed, and the table is full of exquisite handicraft ornaments.

Tishri is the birthplace, inheritance and production of Chinese court kites, and has a history of more than 500 years of kites. After the 90s, Zhao Yanfang grew up in the village, and she had a "kite line" in her heart. In 2017, after graduating from university, she resigned to open a "kite small courtyard".

At first, Zhao Yanfang attracted people to the courtyard to experience traditional kite tying, painting, mounting and assembling through self-media publicity. There were more experiencers, and Zhao Yanfang's troubles came. "The space is limited, the project is single, and the kite culture is not displayed in place. Thanks to the government and the Women's Federation for many times to provide me with the opportunity to go out to study, the idea opened up, and the idea of extending the kite industry chain with the help of the Internet was born. ”

Ask for needs, send knowledge, send skills... The precise care of a series of policies has made Zhao Yanfang have no worries. She decorated the idle rooms of her home into kite painting studios, exhibition rooms and book houses, and made her own handicrafts such as hair cards and brooches, integrating the cultural characteristics and auspicious meanings of kites into them.

Zhao Yanfang told her story with the kite in detail: intangible cultural kite research into the campus; holding a handmade kite solo exhibition; to Shijiazhuang, Qinhuangdao and other places to observe and learn, using Internet technology to help kites "take off"; groping to open a network live broadcast, spreading kite culture...

"In the past, only traditional kites were sold, and the product was single. Now, there are more kinds, the ways are alive, and they are more stable. Zhao Yanfang said. The Kite Courtyard has been in business for more than 4 years, and traditional kite making and kite derivatives are very popular.

From simple kite tying to cultural inheritance + experience, new thinking and new models make the traditional kite industry start a new way.