Which city is called "Kite City"?

According to research, Yangjiang kites have a history of 1400 years. Yangjiang, with its back facing the sea and mountains, is full of vast Yuan Ye and natural flying fields. Due to the specific geographical environment between mountains and seas, it is the best season to fly kites during the Mid-Autumn Festival to Chongyang every year, when the weather is sunny and the autumn wind is strong and steady. Flying kites naturally becomes a folk activity. Since ancient times, during the Double Ninth Festival, there have been grand kite competitions for men, women and children in urban and rural areas. Before the Double Ninth Festival, kite artists in Yangjiang had to make a large number of kites to meet the market demand. Since the reform and opening up, flying kites in Yangjiang has flourished. Yangjiang Kite has become an outstanding representative of China Nanpai Kite.

From 65438 to 0986, Yangjiang organized a kite team for the first time to represent Guangdong in the first national kite competition held in Weifang, Shandong. Since then, Yangjiang Kite Team has participated in many national kite competitions. During the period of 1986- 1998, * * won 87 gold medals, 47 silver medals, 35 bronze medals and 6 team championships. At the same time, Yangjiang Kite also went abroad, participated in international competitions and won honors. Yangjiang's "Ganoderma lucidum" kite was rated as one of the top ten kites in the world, and its sound spread overseas, winning a high reputation for the motherland.

199 1 year, Yangjiang City built the first kite-flying field in China-Nanguo Kite Arena. Nanguo Kite Arena is located in Yuanyang Lake, covering an area of 6.5438+200,000 square meters and can accommodate 300,000 spectators. It is the largest kite flying field in China at present. 199 1 year, Guangdong Provincial Sports Commission named Yangjiang as "the hometown of kites in Guangdong Province". 1July, 993, China Kite Association named Yangjiang as "the hometown of kites in China". Since then, Yangjiang has designated the Double Ninth Festival of the lunar calendar as the Kite Festival, and held mass kite competitions every year, attracting foreign kite friends and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan from the United States, Japan, Italy, India, Thailand, France, Germany, Bangladesh, Luxembourg and South Korea to participate. During the Kite Festival, thousands of people and kites spread all over the city and countryside, which is unprecedented.

There are many kinds of kites made in Yangjiang, which not only have good flying effect, but also have both form and spirit, and have high practical value, appreciation value and collection value. Ganoderma lucidum is an outstanding representative of Yangjiang kite. This kind of kite is oval, with a white cloud on it, a lively deer running and a ganoderma lucidum in its mouth. On the top of the kite, a thin cane is oiled and then spread on the bow. It barks in the air and can be heard in Fiona Fang several kilometers away. This work is a unique kite treasure at home and abroad. The centipede kite is another pride of Yangjiang kite. The design and manufacture of this kind of kite adopts the principle of bionics. According to the ecology of "centipede" animals, it looks vivid from head to toe and claws, and the giant can reach 100 meters long. You can shake your head and tail in the air, which is lifelike. You can also add special effects, such as "dragon spitting beads", "firecrackers" and "dragon spitting fire", which are vivid and colorful. Besides Ganoderma lucidum and Baizu, the biggest feature of Yangjiang kite is the flower bat. This kind of kite has the widest binding foundation and the most varieties. Images of flowers, plants, fish, insects, animals and people can be seen everywhere. Common peaches, phoenixes, pomegranates, birds returning to their nests and being complacent.

Yangjiang in the south and Weifang in the north. In China, Yangjiang and Weifang are the two largest kite schools in China.