China is the birthplace of kite in the world, and Henan and Shangdong where people worship birds and the sun are the first to create kite. They still kept the mode of the original kite in Kaifeng today. In my visit to an elder, Mr. Bai Jinsheng, in Kaifeng, he told me that kite was called "Hao" (the sky) in Kaifeng. As an old saying put it "On the third day in tile third lunar month, 'Hao' flies up to the sky." It is the time around the Pure Brightness Day when people come out to fly kite by the beach. Guys fly kite and girls play swings. Kite used to be
plain white without any painted color or pattern. When the wind is low, flying in the sky is "Ma Gua" (Jacket style), and in high wind, it will be "Tong Hao."
