Qianjiang Evening News Hourly News Reporter Shi Wen Correspondent Shao Huimin
Meadow warblers fly in February, busy taking advantage of the east wind to release paper kites.
On the morning of March 10, a giant kite painted with the emblem of the Hangzhou Asian Games and the mascot "Jiangnan Yi" took off from Hangzhou Liangzhu Ancient City Ruins Park.
One end of the kite line is connected to the Hangzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage, and the other end carries the Liangzhu civilization that reverberates for more than 5,000 years, and this flight tour that combines the elements of world heritage, intangible cultural heritage and Asian Games has attracted many on-site tourists to take pictures, and many people are curious: What is the origin of this kite?
The hourly news reporter learned that the length of the kite is exactly 2022 meters, composed of 852 non-woven kites, and each small kite is painted with Asian Games mascots Chenchen, Chun Chun, Lotus and other Asian Games elements, with delicate brushwork and bright colors, which means the upcoming 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou in 2022.
At the top of the kite is a dragon head, symbolizing the image of the dragon's head in the Liangzhu culture period.
To this end, Cheng Dishen, the inheritor of kite making skills, gave it a full name - "Asian Games Dragon", which carries forward the traditional Chinese culture and also transmits the spirit of the Asian Games.
The "Asian Games Dragon" took more than two months to produce and test flight more than ten times to succeed, was created by the Hangzhou Bottle Kiln Old Street Kite Pavilion team, and today was officially released in the Liangzhu Ancient City Ruins Park Chizhong Temple Ruins Area, lasting more than an hour.
The reputation of Yuhang kite has a long history, as early as 2014 was included in the "Hangzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection List".
Cheng Dishen is an old bottle kiln man with more than 40 years of kite making skills. This time, together with the team, he tried for the first time to use the plate string structure to ensure the adaptability of the giant kite. In addition, there are more than a thousand bamboo strips that support the kite alone, all taken from local moso bamboo, after repeated trials and manual grinding before finalizing, each with a diameter of 40 to 50 cm, so that the kite shape is good at the same time, flying high and light.
"Flying a kite is a hard job, and when the wind is smooth, it takes only half an hour to take off, but it is very difficult to recover." Today I brought more than ten people to help, it will take at least 2 hours. Cheng Dishen said that during the team's preliminary investigation, it was found that the terrain of the Chizhong Temple site in the park was gentle and open, and there was no obstruction from tall buildings and trees around it, which was very suitable for kite flight.
As the "Asian Games Dragon" continued to climb high with the wind, Cheng Dishen's mood was both tense and proud.
As the "hometown" of the Asian Games mascot "Chun Chun", Hangzhou Liangzhu Ancient City Ruins Park is the experience point of asian games humanities.
From the Asian Games torch to the shape of the Asian Games venues, from the jade to the gods, men and animals, the Hangzhou Asian Games and Liangzhu culture are deeply integrated. The Hangzhou Asian Games is not only a sports event, but also a grand event of cultural exchange.
On this sacred site that proves the history of Chinese civilization for more than 5,000 years, Hangzhou folk craftsmen witness the glorious moments, but also personally spread intangible cultural heritage to express the most simple respect for the Asian Games.
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