When the spring flowers bloom, go to the "Iris Capital" Weifang to enjoy kites

Weifang, the birthplace of the world's kites, has the reputation of "the kite capital of the world" and "the capital of kites". Come to Weifang, take the hand-made kite to the open "World Kite Memorial Square" to fly, look up at the free dancing and colorful kites in the spring breeze in the blue sky, and instantly evoke the good memories of childhood.

Picture: The lively Weifang Kite Festival Source: Network

Weifang kites are eclectic

China is the country with the longest history of making kites, and kites are one of the scientific inventions that the Chinese nation has spread to all countries in the world. Kites have played an important role in the fields of military, sports, entertainment, art, science and technology, and kite flying has become a mass sports entertainment activity widely carried out in various countries in the world.

Chinese kite making has a history of more than 2,000 years, as a culture, a folk art, naturally has its genre. China's territory is vast, the types of kites are complete, the styles are varied, and the characteristics of kites are closely related to regional culture, with works from Beijing, Tianjin, Weifang, Nantong and other places being the most distinctive.

Kite making in Weifang has spread to the people in the Song Dynasty, and has formed a unique style with a wide range of themes, beautiful shapes and fine paintings. Weifang kite is a combination of locality and artistic tradition, and a combination of practicality and beauty. As far as its kite skills are concerned, Weifang kite is different from other folk crafts, it has a strong local life atmosphere and vivid and lively charm, and the weaving technique is a combination of the strengths of all families, bold attempts, and continuous innovation, and then forms two schools of Yangjiabu kite and Laowei County kite.

Kite artifacts gather at the Museum

To make a kite, it is generally necessary to go through ten processes such as design, material selection, shaping, lashing skeleton, mounting, cropping, painting, assembly, tying footline, test release, etc. The main process can be summarized as tie, paste, painting, and putting four parts, usually called "kite four arts". At the Weifang World Kite Museum, you can fully understand the origin, genre, production process and other knowledge of kites.

Weifang World Kite Museum is China's first large-scale kite museum, its architectural shape selects the characteristics of Weifang dragon head centipede kite, the roof ridge is a complete combination of ceramic dragons, the roof is paved with peacock orchid glazed tiles, like a dragon traveling long and empty and rising, the design style is unique in China. The exhibition focuses on more than 1,000 kites of barrel, plate, hard fin, soft wing and string, as well as more than 300 pieces of detailed kite cultural relics.

Weifang is an emerging tourist city, rich in tourism resources, Yishan, Yunmen Mountain, Yangjiabu and other attractions have been declared outside, Qingyun Mountain, Jinquan Temple is also excellent. More niche, there is also the Bailang Oasis Wetland Park and fangzi town in Fangzi District, which are very beautiful.

Xinmin Evening News reporter Shen Qihua