Chinese Fertility Kite

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Number 3 in my series of John Freeman kites: the chinese fertility kite (the others being the bargello butterfly and noodle).

This design is ancient (even David Pelham mentions it in his venerable Book of Kites :-). In China, farmers would fly this kite with bundles of rice grass as a tail. In flight the grains of rice would scatter over the fields in a ritual to ensure future fertility. John's kite uses more modern materials, but is otherwise very close to the original.

Technical Specs: A flat kite with 2 bridle points and 3 tails.

• Height: ~120 cm
• Width: ~70 cm
• Spine: 4 mm carbon
• Spreaders: micro-carbon