How did kites develop in Ming and Qing Dynasties?

During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a man named Wan Hu. He came from a family of carpenters and worked under General Ban Bei, specializing in the Ming Dynasty Weapons Manufacturing Bureau.

Wan Hu works hard and likes to use his head. He has in-depth research on various weapons manufacturing technologies, so he is deeply loved by generals. Later, Bambe was killed because he offended the court dignitaries. Before his death, he left a book about kite and rocket manufacturing technology to thousands of families.

Every household has read this book several times, and he made all kinds of kites and rockets based on it. In the process of making kites and rockets, thousands of families have an idea to try to conduct a flight test with kites and rockets.

Every household imagines that rockets can generate thrust and kites can float in the air. If a person is sitting in a chair with a kite and a rocket tied under the chair. Then after the rocket is ignited, people can fly into the sky with the help of the thrust of the rocket and the lift of the kite, and they can travel freely in the sky.

In order to turn his idea into reality, he made careful preparations. After everything was ready, he began the flight test. He chose a mountain top as the test flight site, and many people came that day.

Ten thousand families are sitting in chairs. He was tied to a chair. He has a big kite in each hand. After everything was ready, Wanhu tied 47 rockets with the greatest thrust under the seat and lit them. With the flame of the rocket, thousands of families left the top of the mountain with chairs and rushed forward.

Ten thousand families stayed in the air for a day. Just when people were amazed, the smoke of 47 rockets under his seat had not been exhausted and there was no thrust. Ten thousand families continue to float in space with two kites in their hands.

At this moment, people saw thousands of families holding kites in their hands, and even people with chairs rushed into the mountain fog and disappeared.

Everyone on the sidelines saw it. Ten thousand households soared into the sky with the thrust of rockets, and he floated for a while with the buoyancy of kites. Because of his mysterious disappearance, people debated the whereabouts of Wan Hu. Some people say that he soared to immortality, while others say that he fell off a cliff. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, kites became very popular all over the country. At that time, people often flew kites in the suburbs in windy weather.

By the Ming dynasty, there were already special artists who tied kites. Later, in the Qing Dynasty, with the popularity of kite-flying custom, kite art reached its peak.

During the Daoguang period in the Qing Dynasty, Guo Lin, a famous poet in the Qing Dynasty, wrote in the Qingming Zhuzhi Ci:

One hundred and four days of cold food, smelting tour for Bailang River. Kite's son is a girl who swings, which is more chaotic than the newcomers to Chun Yan.

Zheng Banqiao, a famous writer in Qing Dynasty, also wrote a poem about kites.

Paper flowers are flying like snow, and charming girls are swinging from side to side. Dancing colorful skirts sway with the wind, bringing butterflies back to spring.

Shu Tieyun, a famous writer and poet in Qing Dynasty, once wrote a long poem praising kites. The poem wrote:

The apricot blossoms are deep in the alley, the spring mud disappears, and the porridge is fragrant and white. The east wind blows twenty-four, and teenagers invite each other. Clouds and clouds, shadows of spring shirts, and long ropes are a beautiful scenery.

At this time, Shao Jing' an knew that low level means high with the group.

Clap your hands and clap your hands, and look at Tianqi on your back.

Kunpeng can't be gone, and Yin Fei seems to know each other.

Clouds are vast and windy, and space is a little high.

Kites originated in China, which has long been recognized by the world.

However, there is not much detailed information about kites in China, and even less information about the specific skills of kites in China. Among them, Cao Xueqin, a writer in the Qing Dynasty, wrote "Kite Trial in the North and South", which described in detail the kite-making skills in the Ming and Qing Dynasties in China.

According to Cao Xueqin's Records of Kites in the North and South, there were more than 40 kinds of kites tied in the Qing Dynasty. Cao Xueqin's monograph on kites also recorded a short story that was widely circulated. It is said that in the Qing Dynasty, on New Year's Eve, an old friend of Cao Xueqin, Yu Jinglian, made a surprise visit. Yu Jinglian was injured in his foot during his military service, and people called him "Yu lame".

Yu Jinglian can only make a living by selling paintings on weekdays.

When they met to talk about housework, Yu Jinglian said sadly, "My family has no surplus grain, but I have nothing to worry about. It's just that my children are still young and I can't let them starve! "

Cao Xueqin was very sad after listening to his friend. At that time, he was also in an awkward position for the whole family to eat porridge.

During their conversation, Yu Jinglian said by chance, "A rich boy bought a kite in the street and gave dozens of taels of silver at once, which was enough for my family's expenses for several years."

After that, Yu Jinglian lamented. The speaker has no intention, but the listener has intention. Cao Xueqin happens to be able to make kites. He may have helped an old friend, so he immediately tied some kites to Jinglian and asked him to take them away for money.

On New Year's Eve the following year, Yu Jinglian braved the heavy snow and came to Cao Xueqin's house again. This time, he brought a lot of wine, meat and vegetables and told Cao Xueqin cheerfully: "Unexpectedly, three or five kites actually sold a lot of money, which is really rare, thanks to the help of an old friend of yours!"

Cao Xueqin felt an indescribable ease in his heart. He further thought that those poor people who are lonely, lonely and sick in the world can make a living by learning some skills of flying kites.

So Cao Xueqin began to write "Kites Made in North and South". Through this book, he passed on his kite-making skills to the world.