Ancient Chinese cultural tradition proves to be big business for thousands in Weifang In Weifang, Shandong province, kites are not just toys. They symbolize culture and industry.Widely known as the ...

Kong Lingmin, 66, paints a kite at his home, which is filled with kites in every corner. Liu Xiangrui / China Daily Three generations of the Kong family share the same obsession of making kites.

Editor's note: Traditional arts and crafts are supreme samples of Chinese cultural heritage. China Daily is running this series to show how master artisans are using dedication and innovation to ...

In the 1920s, British Royal Air Force pilots over the Middle East recorded the first sightings of what they dubbed desert kites-massive patterns carved into rocky land, often resembling the famous ...

Dave Herzig still has the page from a 1979 craft magazine that changed his life. It offered a simple way to build a better kite. A third of a century later, the guy known as "the Kite Man" is turning ...