Culture Insider: Children's games in ancient China

chinadaily.com.cn 2022-06-01
A Yangliuqing New Year painting from the Qing Dynasty depicts children flying kites in the garden. Collected by the Capital Museum.

Flying kites

Kites have quite a long history. The earliest kites were made of wood, instead of paper. Nowadays, the three most famous kites are the Beijing kite, Tianjin kite and Weifang kite, which each has distinctive features. The swallow-shaped kite is a well-known Beijing style. 

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