中英雙語話中國民風民俗 第109期:風箏在中國史上的作用

The Purpose of Flying Kites in Chinese History

風箏在中國史上的作用

A long time past,the Chinese made kites to use in wars. They would fly these war kites in the night. The kites were fixed so that they made strange sounds. The enemies were frightened and ran away. They thought those strange sounds were made by spirits in the sky.

很長一段時間過去，中國人制造的風箏運用於戰爭中。他們會在夜間放飛這些戰爭的風箏。風箏是固定的，讓它們發出奇怪的聲音。敵人被嚇得逃跑了。他們認爲這些奇怪的聲音是天空的精神發出的。

The Chinese people flew kites to bring good luck and to make their crops rich and tall. Sometimes they would fly the kites over water, pulling hooks hung down to catch fish.

中國人放風箏祈求帶來好運氣，以使他們的莊稼豐富和高大。有時他們會讓風箏飛過水麪，拉下魚鉤來抓魚。