The Chinese have in the past used kites as signal equipment. I found an interesting article about kites on another website. http://www.answers.com/topic/kite Another thing to think about... is look at a battle in war, and the thousands of troops/horses/etc on the land. If it's a flat-open area of the battleground, then something really high up in the air would be a good place to signal your commanders on the field to do certain things. Different colored or shaped kites could mean different things to help give them that extra 'edge' to win the battle. The enemy may see the kites go up, however wouldn't understand what they meant. They also used Hummers (aerolian harps) on their kites to create a haunting noise that could be rather scary!
The Chinese enjoyed use of kites as a pastime as well as what they would use in battle to frighten foes. Incredible!
Yes,kites are still used by Chinese till this day.
Kites were invented by the chinese
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the Chinese people have a big history of having beautiful things like kites that sometimes fly ahead in parades or are found in downtown Hong-Kong. The dragon for example is one of the things along with kites that are presented at Chinese New Year. it must be that China is like a flying continent since it's got so many beautiful sights and kites just go along with that, or maybe it's the fact that Chinese marvel at the things that can fly so welll, I think that everybody has marvelled at a kite at least once. China's history just includes kites it's not really a question of why they use kites really but how they use them.
The Chinese began flying kites.
It is believed that the ancient Chinese were among the first to use kites, possibly around 3000 years ago. They used kites for various purposes such as signaling in military operations, measuring distances, and as a form of entertainment.
just for fun! it usedd to be for military purposes but now just for fun
The materials of the traditional Chinese kites are mainly bamboo and silk. Purely made and painted by hand. Inheriting Chinese traditional crafts of kites, made by folk artisans from all over China. each kite was made with fine-selected material and excellent handicrafts. Each of them has been adjusted by kite experts, so they can fly high and steadily.
The Chinese were the first people to make kites and flying kites is still a very popular passtime in China.
For administrative purposes.
Kite fighting