• Observed: Oct. 17
• Area: Guangzhou

Yangjianghas long been partaken in the acclaim of “Old neighborhood to the Chinese Kites”, whose kite isthe generally well known of its sort in South China, and it’s similarly renowned as Weifangkite in North China. Kite-Flying Celebration has been held in Yangjiang, Guangzhou on Twofold 10th Day starting around 1992, drawing in more than 10,000 kite-sweethearts from allover the world to take part every year.

Yangjiangkite has a long history of north of 1,400 years and it was a custom for the localsto fly kites during the Melody line. The legend went that the justice ofYangjiang welcomed big names from varying backgrounds to fly kites on DoubleNinth Celebration, and the average folks set up their tents in the outside to appreciatethe astounding scene.

Yangjiangkites are of extraordinary assortment and carefully made in an exemplary style, including centipedekites, hawk kites, tiger kites, mythical beast kites and lion kites, all of which regions distinctive as the genuine ones whenever seen from a remote place. A few kites are 10 meters tall and weightover 20 kilograms, which have a breadth of around 3 meters, and it needs morethan 10 people to participate to fly it high. The longest kite – Longli Kite isas long as 30 meters, and it is centipede-molded and enlivened with 200 little colorfulbamboo circles.

This specialfolk celebration isn’t just well known among the homegrown voyagers however alsoattracts abroad from the US, Japan, Italy, India, Thailand,France, Germany, Bangladesh, Luxembourg and South Korea. During the festival,various rivalries about kites will be held, for example, the longest kitecontest, the greatest kite challenge, the most elevated kite challenge, individual kitestunts challenge and kite stunts group challenge.