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Known as the birthplace of kites, Weifang in Shandong province has a long history of making kites.
According to local artisans (工匠), Weifang kite-making dates back to 2, 000 years ago. At first, they were used by the army for measuring distance (测量距离) and (1)
. During the Ming Dynasty, kites (2)
popular among ordinary people for entertainment.
Made from bamboo and decorated with (3)
Chinese paintings, Weifang kite-making was included in the national﹣level intangible cultural heritage list in 2006. The International Kite Festival has been (4)
in Weifang each year since 1984.
Yang Hongwei, 56, is an inheritor (传承人) of the Weifang kite-making technique . Born into a kite﹣making family, Yang learned the technique from her grandfather (5)
the age of 16. After (6)
the technique for 10 years, she started her own shop in 1992.
On Yang's kites, people can see not only common patterns like (7)
and swallows , but also some prints telling Chinese myths , legends and history. She once made a kite showing a phoenix (凤凰) that was lined with pictures of 50 famous women from Chinese history on each side.
Yang said that the women have many (8)
in look, clothes and makeup style. To create their portraits, she made lots of effort to check historical records and talk about details with professionals.
In her free time, she travels to different countries (9)
Germany, Australia, and New Zealand to tell people stories of Chinese kites and the traditional ways they are made. "It is an important job of (10)
, to spread our heritage around the world and on to the next generation," she said.