Many people hold a memory of kites. It could be a sunny spring day in a rural landscape with family members. With the wind (pick) up, the fly er runs fast until the kite rises high into the sky and dances in the air. Kites (be) close to people's daily lives since they were invented.
Many literati (文人) liked to make kites as gifts for their families and friends. One of the most famous kite lovers in history is Cao Xueqin, literary giant of the Qing Dynasty who wrote the (high) influential novel Dream of the Red Chamber. In the book, kite flying (describe) as an amusement of the big family of the time and used as symbols of the characters' destinies(命运).
Cao wrote another book in his later years collected the kite-making techniques of both southern and northern China, using (illustrate) to help readers understand and remember them. writing the book, Cao's main wish was to help people struggling financially acquire a skill (support) themselves.
Kites are attached to the Chinese cultural values (associate) with happiness and optimism. This is why the thin string linking us to kites and culture has been passed down to this day.
