![]() Some of these legends are very grandiose, telling stories of men who would ride kites to visit their lonely sons in faraway islands, while others spoke of a thief who flew up to the roof of Nagoya Castle to steal the golden scales of the statue of a dolphin perched on top. They were also used in religious practices and were incorporated in many mythological legends. Kites were made to aid in the construction of buildings, lifting carpentry materials up to rooftops. In Japanese, "kite" is written as “凧”, pronounced as “tako”. Buddhist monks who would travel from China to Japan would bring all sorts of cultural factors that would play major roles in Japan’s society, such as language, religion, and inventions – and one of those was the kite. Kites in JapanĬhina heavily influenced Japan during Japan’s infant years, so that’s how kites were introduced to Japan. A more aggressive, recreational kite sport that is famous in different countries and is often celebrated is kite fighting. There’s aerial ballet, for example, where sports kites are made to follow certain patterns of movement simultaneously to put up a show. ![]() Kites have so far been used as a lift to carry people off the ground, signals for the military, tools to test winds, a means of rescuing people, as a distance measurer, and so much more.Īs for recreational purposes, aside from the fun that comes with simply stringing a kite along, there are several competitions that involve the creation of kites, and the mastery of manipulating kites. Ever-progressing technology has aided in developing the kite to fly more efficiently and to be used for purposes both important and recreational. ![]()
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