During the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), inventor Cai Lun improved papermaking techniques, leading to the invention of "paper hawks", which resembled kites as we know them today. "Kites' origins ...

In 2005, he invented a "triangular kite", which is still popular today. His factory now produces more than 170 kinds of kites. "The smallest kite we make is only 10 centimeters long, while the largest ...

Quaint Gubei is a far cry from China’s other tourist-stuffed water towns, and it’s just two hours from the capital ...

The Dragon Boat Festival is typically a time of nostalgia as Chinese households think back with fondness of their time as children in summer in East Asia. With the weather now warm enough to enjoy ...

Baltimore's Chinese School is home to a dragon dance team led by some of the region's youngest minds. Their goal is to perform and tell stories about their heritage so it will live on for ...

At Yang Hongwei's studio in Yangjiabu village in Weifang, East China's Shandong Province, a 60-meter-long kite with a dragon head patiently awaits the moment to take off at the 42nd Weifang ...

The Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day, falls on April 4th, 5th, or 6th each year. This traditional Chinese festival is one of the four major traditional holidays in China, alongside ...

EXCLUSIVE: Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions has hired former Audacy exec Jenna Weiss-Berman as head of its audio unit. Weiss-Berman, a heavy hitter in the podcast business, who co-founded ...

Another Chinese holiday that incorporates the dragon is the Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu Festival, which takes place in late spring or early summer. It will take place on May 31, 2025.

In the last 20 days, police teams have recovered 80,879 Chinese dor bundles and registered 90 First Information Reports (FIRs) against individuals involved in selling these fatal kite flying ...

On the first day of Chinese New Year (Jan 29), there will also be an eight-minute show called A Lunar Extravaganza: New Horizons at 7.30pm, featuring an erhu soloist, dragon poi performers, LED ...

Stunt kites from Greece, Chinese Dragon from Indonesia, a series of 100 kites of Kathakkali in a row are among the kites to be flown during the two-day ONGC-MRPL Mangaluru International Kite ...