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关键字：风筝 更新时间：2019-02-07 07:00:09 275次访问

Flyingkites is a popular pastime in China. 风筝在中国是一项受欢迎的休闲活动。

Kite construction consists of three parts: framing, gluing and decoration. Lightwoods such as bamboo were often used to create the bones of the kite.  风筝由三部分组成：骨架、胶水和装饰。轻巧的木头如竹子是最常被用来做风筝的骨架。

The kite is believed to have originated in China.  Kites were invented in the 5th-century BC by Chinese philosophers Mozi (also Mo Di, or Mo Ti) and Lu Ban.  The first Chinese kites were usedas a message for a rescue mission.人们相信，风筝起源于中国。风筝在西元前5世纪由中国哲学家墨子和鲁班发明的。第一个中国风筝的用途是传递救援任务的信号。

Thanks to Marco polo, he brought with him a Chinese kite back to Italy in the 14th century. Soon the Chinese kite became known throughou tEurope, and from Europe, it would travel to the New World, the Americas. 多亏了马可波罗，他在14世纪时把一只中国风筝带回了意大利。很快地，中国风筝在整个欧洲都闻名遐迩，然后从欧洲又流传到了新世界-美洲。

In1752 Benjamin Franklin, through a kite experiment, proved that lightning was caused by electricity. 在1752年，班哲明佛兰克林通过风筝实验，证明了闪电的本质是电。

Kites were also instrumental in the research of the Wright brothers, and others, as they developed the first airplane in the late 1800s. 风筝在莱特兄弟和其他科学家的飞机研究发明上也起到推进作用。他们在1800末发明了第一架飞机。

In the History of Flight pavilion at the National Aeronautics and Space Museum in Washington D.C. a plaque is inscribed to the humble Chinese kite. It states, "The earliest aircraft made by man were the kites and missiles of ancient China." 在美国华盛顿特区的国家航空航天博物馆的飞行馆中历史介绍中，在不起眼的中国风筝有个匾额上镌刻着一行字：最早的人造航空器是古老中国的风筝和导弹。

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