KiteAt the beginning it was used to send message; later it was turned into a device for entertainment. Nowadays,it plays its role in the sports and decorating art.
Beijing Kite![\](/uploadfile/2009/0226/200641719120748.gif)
It is said to be of more than 300 years. Its forms consist of hard-winged, soft-winged, row-shaped, long-chained and barrel- shaped kites.
Tianjin Kite![\](/uploadfile/2009/0226/200641719123209.gif)
It was introduced from Beijing. It is rich in expression and bright in general style.
Weifang Kite![\](/uploadfile/2009/0226/200641719128857.gif)
It is half printed and half painted, and coarse in style but bright in color
Sichuan Kite![\](/uploadfile/2009/0226/200641719137413.gif)
It is spread in Chengdu and Mianzhu, Sichuan Province. It is half printed and half painted.
Nantong Kite![\](/uploadfile/2009/0226/200641719138646.gif)
It is characterized by large size, colourful picture, and whistles. The big hexagon kite is most common.
Colourful Lamp![\](/uploadfile/2009/0226/200641719148342.gif)
It is hung on the occasions of traditional festivals, wedding, birthday party for the sake of cheering up the atmosphere of happiness.
Horse-running Lamp![\](/uploadfile/2009/0226/200641719148411.gif)
When it is lighted, the hot air rises to make a paper wheel turn. There appears on the screen of the lamp a dynamic picture.
Yarn-Covered Lantern![\](/uploadfile/2009/0226/200641719150662.gif)
It is one of common colourful lamps, on which the paper with flowers, birds and animals on is enshrouded with a layer of yarn. It is popular in the south to Changjiang River.
Box LanternIt is one of lanterns lit on the Lantern festival and can be widely found in Dezhou, Shandong Province. The lantern is multilayered with folk tale or dramatic story on each layer. It is held up with a long bamboo pole. With the fuse blasting, its layers show up.It is very interesting.
Paper Funerary Object![\](/uploadfile/2009/0226/200641719150866.gif)
It is superstitiously believed that the funerary objects can be brought into the ghostdom and used by the dead. At the very beginning the funerary objects were daily necessities. Since the Song Dynasty, paper funerary objects came into vogue. People make them in the form of furniture and household applicance with bamboo strips, reed and sorghum stalk, and then paste them with coloured paper and decorate them with paper-cut artifacts in order to burn them easily.
Cao County Paper Funerary Object![\](/uploadfile/2009/0226/20064171920437.gif)
It can be made in the form of figurine, horse, applicance and house and burnt at the funeral to consecrate the dead.The superstitious practice can be traced back to long time ago and has become a trade. Theatrical tales are painted on it, which have nothing to do with the funeral.