The name "Hao" implies the original meaning of kite. Hao means the sky and the sun. The constitution of letter Hao also shows that the sun is at the highest end of the sky. Therefore, it is believed that flying kite at the time when the land starts warming up can gain access to sun light. Tai Hao and Shao Hao tribes in ancient China were also worshipers of the sky and the sun. The original inhabitants of Shao ldao tribe were around Henan and Shandong, and their tribal emblem was a double-tail swallow, or, in the words of Elder Bai, the "big feet swallow." Another symbol is the golden crow or a sun bird. Bai referred to it as "one foot swallow" as it has a dovetail. Most of the bird-shaped kites are transformed figures of sun birds or the golden crow. There is also a transformed symbol of a geometry code for perpetual life, referred to by Bai as "Ma Gua," in a "T" shape. "T" is a sky reaching symbol often used for the deceased to imply continued life after death, same as the painting on silk of "T" shaped flag placed on the coffin excavated from the Han Tombs in Ma Wang pyramid in Hunan. In Hunan, kites flying in sunny spring days are still a white T-shaped "Ma Gua," a symbol of longevity for the living, and eternity for the dead.
In the course of cultural development throughout history, kite, as an art, has presented a spectacular display in a variety of forms in tile blue sky. However, its cultural implication as a symbol of life remains the same at all time.
