Created by Uwais Asghar Daniel
Title: hobby

People have been making and flying kites for about 2,000 years. No one knows for sure who invented the kite. Some historians believe it the ancient Chinese may have started kite flying 2000 years ago. It is still a popular hobby in China, Japan and Korea and in other countries of the Far East where beautifully decorated appear in different colors. In China there is even a special Kites Day on which children and adults fly kites. In Japan families fly fish kites on Children's Day, May5th.

Simple kites are made by crossing two sticks and covering them with paper or cloth. Then you attach a string at the end. More expensive kites have frames made of fiberglass, plastic or aluminium. The name comes from a graceful bird called kite.

Kites are made in many different sizes, colors and shapes. A flat kite is the oldest and simplest type of kite.  It flies because air flows over and under the kite's wing. The pressure under the wing helps the kite lift into the air.


Today most people fly kites as a hobby and it’is my hobby at free time.