Colorful Kites of China
This event is not sanctioned by the AKA

Date & Location:
04/01/2010 - 04/30/2010
Lan Su Chinese Garden
239 NW Everett St.
Portland, OR US
(AKA Region 9)
Activities:
Kite Art Exhibit
Kids Kitemaking
Description:
In China, early April brings the Qingming Festival where people visit family graves to pay their respects and then celebrate rebirth by sailing kites skyward. The festival is also time for national and international kite flying competitions.

Lan Su brings a kite exhibit from three treasured sources: the Drachen Foundation, the Bob & Charlene Umbowers collection, and the Smithsonian. New this year is a display of kites so small that some could fit into matchboxes. Amazingly, all can fly! Back again are glorious large kites in shapes of butterflies, dragons, peacocks, hawks, sparrows, and a special whistling kite. The common Chinese word for kite is fengzhen, which translates to “wind zither” describing a Chinese love of noise-making kites.

Kite making and coloring, Chinese story time, lectures about kite history, and a scavenger activity will keep individuals and families flurrying through the Garden like kite tails. As an urban setting is not the best place for kite flying, Flying Ribbon Dancers will entertain and encourage all to fly kites at the beach or the park.
For additional information contact:
Michele Starry
P.O. Box 3706
Portland, OR 97208
US
E-mail:
Phone: 503-228-8131 x1002
Fax: 503-228-7844
http://www.lansugarden.org
Comments:
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