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The Chinese kite is through the development of more than 2,000 years,
becoming a special race art, is also the importance of the Chinese
culture to constitute the part.
Spring brings the best season for kite-flying. A popular pastime
in ancient China, flying kites has now become a worldwide activity.
At the ongoing Anhui Kite Festival in the provincial capital Hefei,
kites from home and abroad are filling the sky with a dazzling
array of colors.
You cannot afford to miss this heady sky show - the soaring,
multi-colored kites compete for your attention like dancers in
the Rio carnival. This colorful hoop is circling happily against
the backdrop of azure blue, seemingly flying free, a whirligig
on the wind. How does it turn like that? A careful observer will
find it's connected to a windmill-like kite that rotates in the
wind.
Originally a Chinese invention, kites can now be found all over
the world and in many different forms. With different designs
and materials, Chinese kites are unlike their foreign counterparts.
The traditional Chinese kite is usually made of silk on a bamboo
frame. Modern foreign kites are made of parachute cloth set on
a fiberglass frame. As such, Chinese kites can fly at a height
of over 50 meters, which is more than two times higher than Western
kites can go. Some special Chinese kites can even fly as high
as 300 or 400 meters. Nevertheless, some foreign kites are designed
to perform maneuvers that the delicate frame of the Chinese kite
would not be able to handle.
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