[Explanation] Frogs, trilobites, rays... On September 30, the reporter saw at the site of the 8th Beijing International Kite Festival in 2020 that kites of different sizes and shapes were "struggling for beauty and wonder" over the Beijing Garden Expo. ", attracting tourists to stop to take pictures and watch the experience.

Among the crowd, Cao Zhihua from Shanghai was pulling the kite string with the wind, and the lobster kite he and his team brought was particularly eye-catching.

　　[Concurrent] Cao Zhihua, leader of Shanghai Zhihua kite team

　　(Flying a kite) It's been more than ten years, I like it, exercise, beautiful people come to see many people.

I am so happy in my heart that so many people come to watch, so many kites do not have this lobster, only I have this feeling.

There are running all over the country, and as long as there is a kite festival in every place, we will go.

　　[Explanation] In order to enhance the competition and appreciation of the event, during this Beijing International Kite Festival, the first Chinese Kite Championship was also held, with 23 teams from all over the country competing on the same field.

　　[Concurrent] Fan Jun, Chief Referee of the First China Kite Championship

　　Traditional items include dragons, hard-winged skewers, soft-winged skewers, and hard board skewers (etc.); modern projects have the longest skewers (type), and there is also a local characteristic (type).

The longest series (competition) is mainly to assess kite production and the cooperation of athletes. Due to time constraints, whoever flies the longest kite after the issuance of the order will win the first place; the traditional event is to produce the more realistic and realistic aerial effects.

It shows that the better the kite is.

Another is flying. The greater the angle of flying, the better the kite performance.

　　[Explanation] It is the first time for Li Zhongfu from Beijing to participate in a kite competition. He told reporters that he has loved kites for 8 years, and he was very happy to have the opportunity to meet kite lovers from all over the country and learn skills together.

　　[Concurrent] Li Zhongfu, Captain of Beijing Tiantan Kite Team

　　Participating in this (Beijing) International Kite Festival, I also met a lot of friends and learned a lot.

Rays (kites) and Linghang (kites) are quite novel.

You can see the things you can't usually see when you participate in the kite festival this time, so let's improve your knowledge.

It is particularly pleasant to come here to fly kites because the venue is large and crowded.

　　[Explanation] Kite originated in China and has a history of more than two thousand years.

At the Beijing International Kite Festival, many foreign students in Beijing also have the opportunity to see the kites and experience traditional Chinese folk customs.

　　[Concurrent] Li Dang, an international student of Capital Normal University

　　I am from Congo (Brazzaville) and I have been in China for more than five years.

I think the kite is very magical, how to use a thread to make it (fly) up.

It's really attractive. (Before) I only watched Chinese kites through a small video. I said before that I must come here to feel it and see how to play it, so I am very happy to come here.

I chose this color because I think the colors here are very colorful and represent the spirit of life. I will fly my kite later to take a look to make it go further and let my dreams fly up.

　　[Explanation] It is understood that the Beijing International Kite Festival has been successfully held for eight times since 2013.

While helping to promote traditional Chinese culture and promote cultural exchanges and mutual learning between countries, it can also meet the people's fitness needs.

　　[Concurrent] Second Inspector of Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau, Lu Hongze, Vice Chairman of Beijing Sports Federation

　　It can be said that Beijing citizens' awareness of national fitness is constantly increasing. We just want to focus on everyone's strong desire to continuously enrich sports events and sports activities.

We must strengthen the construction of sports facilities, support the construction of sports associations, associations and clubs. The next step is to dig deeper into the traditional sports culture of our Chinese nation, which is to enrich the traditional sports culture into the national fitness activities, carry forward it, and perform better Role.

　　Cheng Yu reports from Beijing

Editor in charge: [Li Yuxin]