Weifang in Shandong province is famous for the kites. It has a long history of kites. At first, only the army (军队) used kites and people 1 used kites. The army used kites to measure distances (测量距离). During the Ming Dynasty (朝代)，kites became 2 in China because many people liked to make kites and fly kites. Kites are made of bamboo. There are traditional Chinese 3 on them such as Monkey King and Nezha.
Yang Hongwei is a kite maker. She 4 to make kites from her grandfather. Her grandfather is 5 with her. Sometimes she is afraid of him. She makes kites very 6 just like her grandfather. Day after day, she is 7 making kites. After 8 the skill for 10 years, she starts her shop. In the shop, she 9 kites to people.
Many places around the world have a tradition (传统) of flying kites and the 10 behind our kites is special . On Yang's kites, people can see pictures like butterflies, birds and some prints. The prints 11 Chinese stories. She has a kite with a phoenix (凤凰). On each side of the phoenix, there are pictures of 50 famous 12 from Chinese history. Each woman's picture is kind of different from the others. Yang spends lots of time reading history books and 13 friends about the stories.
In her free time, she also travels to different 14 including Germany, Australia, the United States and New Zealand. She wants to show Chinese kites to the world. "It is an important 15 of mine to let more people around the world know more about China. "she says.
