What are the implications and taboos of flying kites in ancient times?

Flying kites, as one of the customs in ancient Tomb-Sweeping Day, has been circulating for a long time. According to research, in ancient China, kite-flying activities could last until Tomb-Sweeping Day after the Lantern Festival, so Tomb-Sweeping Day was also called "Kite Festival" in ancient times.

2. Before Sui and Tang Dynasties, flying kites was an outdoor activity with witchcraft significance, aiming at letting people put down their bad luck. When the kite flies high, people deliberately cut the lead, and then let the kite fly far away. It is said that it can take away people's bad luck, troubles, depression, worries and diseases.

During the Qingming Festival, when the sky is high and the clouds are light, the wind is sunny and the plants sprout, it is a good time to fly kites. So on this day, the ancients wrote all their troubles on paper, and then people tied the paper in a kite to make it fly, so that the paper full of troubles would never come back with the kite.

Therefore, flying kites is not only a cultural and recreational activity, but also an amulet for ancient people to ward off evil spirits during festivals. Of course, with the passage of time, flying kites has already washed away the old witchcraft color, and the ancients just used it to express their good wishes.

5, taboo: broken kites of unknown origin can not be picked up.