Kites in the breeze
I was an adult when I knew the name of Liu Deren, a scholar in the Tang Dynasty. When reading his Interview with Qujiang Hu, there are a few words that are particularly interesting: the setting sun shines on the beach and kites fly in the wind. Quietly return to Lin Heshi and sit and read health articles.
The paper kite mentioned in the poem is a kite-the sunset shines on the beach and the kite swings into the sky bit by bit in the breeze. What a warm and quiet picture. In my deep memory, the picture of flying kites when we were teenagers was much more noisy.
How much money did ordinary rural families have at that time? Not to mention having enough money to buy kites. If children want to fly kites, they have to do it themselves or ask their elders to do it.
At that time, there were five people in my family, father, mother, brother and sister. My brother is three years older than me, and I am two years older than my brother. We all want to have our own kites.
So every year when flying kites, the whole family is busy together. Of course, the protagonist is mom and dad, and we children are watching odd jobs.
Usually, my father is responsible for finding bamboo strips and other materials to make the skeleton of the kite, and my mother is responsible for cutting flexible paper. After the kite skeleton is tied, mother carefully sticks the paper on the kite skeleton according to her own ideas.
The shape of the skeleton is sometimes a dragonfly and sometimes a butterfly. Of course, the more beautiful the kite, the more effort it takes. The most successful kite tied by my father is a big eagle kite.
When the kite is pasted and dried a little, mother will take the weight and carefully aim at the color on the kite, and butterflies and dragonflies will appear vividly in front of her eyes.
Few friends in the village can make such beautiful kites at home. Most people simply make a diamond frame or triangle by their father, paste it with colored paper, drag a tail under it and fly to the sky.
Therefore, with the colorful kites painted by my mother, we three brothers and sisters are not proud.
Flying kites should be carried out in an open space without obstacles, preferably in the breezy weather in spring.
In spring, the yang rises and the wind blows. Small wind holding a kite, step by step steadily floating in the sky. Kites can float in the sky for a long time, and people who fly kites can easily pull the lead, which is very comfortable and happy.
However, in spring, it is not always such good weather. Sometimes the wind blows, even the wind that rotates in different directions.
Mother says this wind is not suitable for flying kites. At first, we didn't believe it. We happily went out to fly kites. The kite that finally rose somehow became awkward and didn't want to fly. Sometimes they just fly in the air and suddenly fall down.
Once, on a windy day, my brother suddenly became interested in releasing his eagle, and I also went to see the seller. I saw my brother struggling against the wind and tossing around, and finally let the eagle climb into the sky with difficulty.
However, before I am happy, my brother can't stand it. The kite flies farther and farther by the wind, and my brother can't pull it, even if he squats down and presses the "line".
I have no choice but to hobble along with the kite reluctantly. With tears in my brother's voice, I hurried back to find my father. Dad ran over and managed to get the kite string back.
On that occasion, my brother was scared to tears. He said with trembling hands, it scared me to death. I'm really afraid that the kite will drag me to the sky. What if I can't come back?
I have never let go of kites since I was a child.
My son grew up in the city. When he was a teenager, his entertainment was to sit in front of the computer and play games. On holidays, the family goes to the park to play. Kites are a distant existence.
Now, it is my ten-year-old niece who tells me about kites from time to time. My little niece stayed in the country to study and live with her grandparents.
On TV, whenever there are pictures introducing kites, she is particularly interested, especially the unprecedented kite festival, which is simply her festival.
Kites flying all over the sky, the scene is beautiful and charming, and my girl is always looking forward to it. Watching the craftsmen on TV concentrate on making handmade kites, my little niece watched it carefully.
She pestered grandpa to tie a kite for her. Grandpa is now in his eighties, and his creativity is not as good as before. The tied kite is not as good as the handmade kite on TV, but my little niece is still very happy to lift the kite to the sky with three tricks.
Once, I was browsing on Taobao and suddenly found a new thing. There are beautiful kites for sale everywhere! I spent 50 yuan to buy two, an exquisite "Pearl Mermaid" and a beautiful "Dream Butterfly".
The courier brought it to me soon. On the weekend, I took the green leather train back to my hometown and handed the kite to the little girl, saying, this is my aunt's reward for winning the first place in the final exam!
When my little niece saw the beautiful kite, her little face immediately turned into a flower, and she cheered and jumped for joy, and she was about to show her talents in the open space at the gate!
On that day, the breeze was blowing gently, and the beautiful dream butterfly swung into the sky bit by bit. My heart and the heart of a twelve-year-old girl are flying in the blue sky with kites.