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Folk Printing and Dyeing	Shadow Puppetry	Beijing Opera and Facial Makeup	Chinese Acrobatics
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Kite

The kite was invented in China. It is said that the earliest kite, known as the wooden hawk, was invented by MoZi (468-376 B.C.), a noted philosopher during the Warring States Period. After paper was invented, in the Han Dynasty (206B.C. – A.D.220), the kite became known as the paper hawk because its frame was covered with paper. Bamboo pipes were later fitted to the head of paper hawks. The pipes would whistle in the wind, making a sound like that of a Zheng, a stringed musical instrument similar to the zither. Thus, the kite was also called the wind zheng. When the kite was first invented, it was used for military purposes, such as measuring distances, delivering messages, flying over places of difficult access. In the Tang and Song dynasties (618-1279), kite flying was popular among the people. Marco Polo, an Italian traveler, came to China where he worked as an official for 17 years during the Yuan Dynasty (1206-1368). When he returned home, he introduced the kite to the West. Later, the kite was introduced to other parts of the world and kite flying has ever since become a favorite way of recreation and fitkeeping among the people in the world. At present, kites from Weifang of Shandong Province and Beijing are the best-known.