1. Children come back early from school and are busy flying kites in the east wind. ——"Village Residence" by Gao Ding of the Qing Dynasty
Translation: The children in the village hurried home after school and took advantage of the east wind to fly kites into the blue sky.
2. The grass is long and the orioles are flying in the February sky, and the willows are brushing against the embankments intoxicated by the spring smoke. ——"Village Residence" by Gao Ding of the Qing Dynasty
Translation: In the second month of the lunar calendar, the grass in and around the village has gradually sprouted and grown, and orioles are flying here and there. The willows are covered with long green branches, swaying in the wind, as if gently stroking the embankment.
3. Just relying on the strength of the wind does not mean you have abundant feathers. The red line flies through the sky, and there is a road through the blue clouds. ——Wu Youru, Qing Dynasty, "Poetry on Paintings"
Translation: A kite can have a strong and heroic posture only by relying on the power of the wind, and does not need to rely on plump feathers. The red thread held by me flies towards the sky. This is the smooth road straight up to the blue clouds.
4. Children with red pleats on their pants and hand-held clues to curse God. Everyone praises you for the early arrival of spring, and you owe me a kite with five feet of wind. ——Kong Shangren of the Qing Dynasty, "Yan Jiuzhuzhi Ci"
Translation: Children gather in groups, fly kites in red trousers, hold the kite strings and curse God angrily: Everyone praises you for spring coming early, you Why can't I get a spring breeze to send my kite to the sky?
5. It’s vaguely like a piece of music that’s worth listening to, but it’s also blown by the wind into a different tune. ——"Kite" by Gao Pian of the Tang Dynasty
Translation: The tone was blurred into a tune that I could barely appreciate, but soon another tone was played. Extended information
Kites were invented by the ancient working people in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in China, and it has been more than 2,000 years ago. According to legend, Mo Zhai made a wooden bird from wood and took three years to develop it. It was the earliest kite origin of mankind. Later, Lu Ban used bamboo to improve the material of Mo Zhai's kite, and it evolved into today's multi-thread kite. It is said that "Mozi was a wooden harrier, which took three years to mature and flew to pieces in one day."
In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, kites began to become a tool for transmitting information; starting from the Sui and Tang Dynasties, due to the development of the paper industry, people began to use paper to decorate kites; by the Song Dynasty, kite flying became a favorite outdoor activity.
Zhou Mi from the Song Dynasty wrote in "Old Martial Arts": "During the Qingming Festival, people fly kites in the suburbs and return home at dusk." "Kite" refers to kites. There are vivid scenes of kite flying in "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" by Zhang Zeduan in the Northern Song Dynasty and "One Hundred Sons Picture" by Su Hanchen in the Song Dynasty.
In 1600 AD, the Oriental kite (diamond-shaped) spread to Europe.
Kites originated in China, and the earliest kites were made by the ancient philosopher Mo Zhai. After the advent of Chinese kites, they were quickly used for military needs such as transmitting messages and flying over dangerous obstacles.
Reference: Kite-Baidu Encyclopedia