A kite collector in Tangzha has a history of 180 years, and the old man also sent this family heirloom to the kite museum.
The collection of Nantong Kite Museum is dazzling. The Seven-Star Kite with a history of more than 60 years, the Dragon and Phoenix Lucky Kite with a history of more than 50 years, the Nantong Red Star Hexagonal Kite, and various decorative kites painted with patterns such as "Five Blessingg holding peaches" and "auspicious and festive" all reflect the rich fragrance of local culture.
In Nantong Kite Museum, you can also see anecdotes about kites and cultural celebrities, poems describing kites by famous poets in past dynasties, kite stamp products and so on. Kite culture has been fully interpreted here, and it has gathered into a beautiful symphony in the wind, echoing for a long time.
Nantong kite-flying has a long history and common customs. Nantong kite, commonly known as "banyan kite", is a must in the world. It has always been famous for its beautiful shape, exquisite craftsmanship and unique sound effects, and has been called "air symphony" by foreign friends.
Nantong slate, as a representative of kites in the south, was famous all over the country together with kites in Beijing, Tianjin and Weifang in the late Qing Dynasty. In 2004, Shaokou kite was officially designated as the first batch of national and folk protection projects in Jiangsu Province, which undoubtedly brought good news to the inheritance and development of Shaokou kite.
On May 18, 2005, Nantong Kite Museum, the only kite-themed museum in the Yangtze River Delta, was grandly opened and located on the beautiful Haohe River.
Wang Jun, former president of Beijing Institute of International Relations, wrote an inscription for the opening of the Kite Pavilion. Yuan Weimin, former member of the Central Committee, director of the State Sports General Administration, member of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, president of the National Federation of Private Enterprises and Private Enterprises, and Luo Yimin, secretary of the Nantong Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, wrote an inscription and preface for the opening of the Kite Pavilion.
Nantong Kite Museum vividly reproduces the origin and historical legends of kites and records the beautiful poems of cultural celebrities. 32 scientific inventions at home and abroad inspired by the principle of kite launching, the legend of Chinese medicine strengthening the body and so on; There are many textbooks for students' quality education; There are more than 65,438+000 kites in the collection, mainly the sentinel harrier, which is the characteristic of Nantong.
You can enjoy the static beauty of exquisite painting, carving, tying, pasting and stretching techniques, as well as the wonderful whistle when the kite is launched and the colorful dynamic beauty after the kite is launched. Here, you can feel the unique features of Nantong kite culture, which is accumulated from a long farming culture, and contains a profound cultural background of rivers and seas, as well as a kite culture of teamwork, ambition, courage to struggle and harmony between man and nature.