These Things About Tianjin Kite Festival You Should Know

From April 2 to 4, Tianjin Kite Festival will be held in China Martial Arts Park, Xiqing District. Some time-honored brands like “Kite Wei” will show the making skills and fly the giant kite on site. Besides, family kite DIY activity will be also held that citizens can try to make kites by themselves.

(Source: Tianjin Tour)

China Martial Arts Park is in Xiaonanhe Village, Jingwu Town, where is the home of Huo Yuanjia, the famous patriotic martial arts master and Jingwu hero. It is world Jingwu cultural center integrated functions of martial arts cultural communication of home and abroad, tourism, patriotism education base and film base.

Tianjin is one of the main producing area of kites in China. Among all kites of Tianjin, the kites of “Kite Wei” is most famous and exquisite. “Kite Wei” has been developed for more than 100 years. The founder Wei Yuantai (born in 1872) was highly skilled. For more than seventy years, he made nearly ten thousand exquisite kites with high artistic quality. Thus his kites were branded as "Kite Wei" and got high reputation of home and abroad. In 1914, Wei Yuantai kites won the gold medal. Since then, "Kite Wei" became a kind of precious collection that favored by many museums of home and abroad.