Kites

Imagine you are playing the old Family Feud game. If asked to name "Chinese Outdoor Activities", then what would you say???   Odds are, somewhere in you list you would include:

1. Paper Lanterns
2. Kites
3. Fireworks

In the previous post, we've already confirmed that you will indeed find a lot of paper lanterns in the night sky.  In this post, we can confirm that you will also find a lot of kite-flying going on.  Kites are difficult to photograph because the darn things tend to disappear in the expanse of the open sky.   But hopefully these two photos give you a feel for the number of people out flying kites at the lake-side park on a typical Saturday.  (By the way, those same vendors that sell paper lanterns at night will sell you a kite during the daytime.)

It's actually kind of fun to go down and watch the kite-fliers.   They range from the very serious hobbyists to the parents with children to the teen-agers playing around on a sunny day.  The whole range of human nature is represented.  The most fun thing to watch, though, is when the bicyclists passing through get tangled up in the kite string.