An ancient Chinese kite-flying tradition has become a new citizen tool for monitoring air quality in the skies over Beijing. The project, a joint effort between a Chinese graduate student and U.S ...

An ancient Chinese kite-flying tradition has become a new citizen tool for monitoring air quality in the skies over Beijing. The project, a joint effort between a Chinese graduate student and U.S ...

Kite Culture Takes to the Air A major exhibition of kite art and the art of kite flying from China's "kite capital," Weifang in Shandong Province, is now off the ground at Shanghai's Changfeng Park.

In ancient China, kites were known as "zhi yuan" (literally "paper gledes") and "yuan'er" ("gledes"), with gledes being a type of bird of prey. Kite-flying is one of the most favored activities ...

Chinese kite maker keeps a lost art flying. China Daily | Updated: 2017-05-06 07:14 Share. Share - WeChat ... In ancient times, people wrote down their sufferings on kites.

McClatchy’s Stuart Leavenworth reports from Weifang, Shandong, China’s kite capitol, on how an ancient tradition may be in its autumn phase—and how a similar fate faces many Chinese cultural ...

Dr. Busaba Yip Douglas and Kite Master Robert Loera will present talks at 2 and 6 p.m. on Ancient Chinese Kites and the History of Modern Kites, respectively.

Song Changhong puts together a kite in her studio in Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan province, Nov 20, 2017. [Photo/IC] Song Changhong is the master of a kite-making craft which traces its roots ...

Zhang, 65, is one of China’s most revered kite makers, and as he showed off some of his life’s work, he ticked off the benefits of lofting wind-blown art into the sky.