春日的北京天安门广场上,可以看到各种各样的风筝在空中飞翔:一只只“雄鹰”在那里盘旋;一对对“燕子”在那里嬉戏;一行行“大雁”在那里排着整齐的队伍;五颜六色的“蝴蝶”在上下翻飞:巨大的龙形风筝在空中邀游:还有那最具有中国风筝特色的“沙燕”,它们睁着又大又圆的眼睛,有的像苗条的少女在空中轻歌曼舞,有的似胖娃娃在云间顽皮地做着游戏……风筝在我国已经有两千多年的历史,可以说,它是最早的,人们用自己双手创造的飞行器。它巧妙地利用了大自然中空气流动时的能量,把重于空气的物体升上天空。早在我国古代,风筝发明的初期,就被用于军事目的,用它进行测量、通讯、宣传等。后来风筝传到民间,与民间的工艺、美术结合起来,与人民的生活发生了密切的联系。例如风筝上的吉祥图案,就寓意着幸福、长寿、富贵、和谐等人民的美好愿望;立春的时候,全家人到外面,把风筝放得高高的,象征着好年景的开始;有些地方,大家合力制作一个大的“板门鹞”(一种大的长方形风筝),把它高高放 On the Tiananmen Square in Beijing on a spring day, you can see a variety of kites flying in the sky: one “eagle” circling there; one pair of “swallows” playing there; one row of “geese” being lined up there Neat team; colorful “butterfly” fly up and down: a huge dragon-shaped kite in the air invited to tour: there are the most Chinese kites characteristics of “sand Yan”, they are big and round eyes wide open, and some Like a slender girl singing and dancing in the air, some like fat dolls in the clouds between the playful game ...... Kite in our country has more than two thousand years of history, it can be said that it is the earliest, people use their own hands to create the aircraft . It cleverly uses the energy of the air flowing in nature to lift objects heavier than air into the sky. As early as in ancient China, the early kite invention was used for military purposes, using it for measurement, communications, publicity and so on. Later, the kites spread to the people, combined with folk craftsmanship and fine arts, and people’s lives were closely linked. For example, auspicious patterns on a kite symbolize the good wishes of the people like happiness, longevity, wealth and harmony. In the spring, when the whole family went outside and put the kite high, it symbolized the beginning of a good year. In some places , We work together to make a big “slab gate” (a large rectangular kite), put it high