在美国华盛顿宇航博物馆的大厅里挂着一只中国风筝,在它边上写着:“人类最早的飞行器是中国的 风筝和火箭。”中国人最开始做风筝的时候肯定没想这么多。墨子最初制造木鸢放飞上天,可能完全 出于好奇;后来老百姓觉得把个东西放上天,肯定能把身边的倒霉事带走。千百年演变下来,人们 越来越喜欢这个东西,因为他放飞天上。声音似筝,所以就叫它“风筝”。但是,山东潍坊人又把风 筝向前发展了一步,他们让风筝不但好玩,而且好看。从明代至今,一个个小小的风筝上融入了潍 坊人几代人的聪明和辛苦。 A Chinese kite hung in the hall of the Washington Space Museum in the United States and read: “The first human being was a kite and a rocket in China.” The Chinese did not think so much when they first started to do kites . Mohist kite initially made to fly to heaven, may be completely out of curiosity; then people think that put something to heaven, certainly can carry the unlucky things around. Thousands of years evolved, people are more and more like this thing, because he let go of the sky. Sound like kite, so call it “kite ”. However, Weifang, Shandong, took kites one more step forward. They made the kite not only fun but also attractive. Since the Ming Dynasty, a small kite has been integrated into the well-being and hard work of several generations of Weifang people.