Tomorrow I'm going to construct a kite. I've been reading about Japanese kite making. The first stories of kites come from 500 BC in the time of Confucius. The first was thought to be in the form of a wooden dove which may have been made by Lu Pan, also known as Lord Rohan. He was said to be a magical carpenter who came from a purple cloud to complete the Moon Palace. He fashioned creatures and birds out of the very sky, sea and land. He could conjure a bird from the end of a stick.
Mystery surrounds this first kite whether it was a kite or a bird or Lord Rohan himself. The first recorded invention of the kite was by an advisor the first emperor of the Han dynasty who used the kite to measure the length of a tunnel for broaching the walls of an enemies palace.
(The Art of the Japanese Kite - Tal Streeter)
Mine will be made of ripstop nylon. A modern wooden dove.
Mystery surrounds this first kite whether it was a kite or a bird or Lord Rohan himself. The first recorded invention of the kite was by an advisor the first emperor of the Han dynasty who used the kite to measure the length of a tunnel for broaching the walls of an enemies palace.
(The Art of the Japanese Kite - Tal Streeter)
Mine will be made of ripstop nylon. A modern wooden dove.
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