¡¡Korean kite "YEON"
¡¡The oldest record about Korean kite, Yeon has found in Samguksagi.(Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms, compiled by the Son Buddhist master Iryon in the thirteenth century.) The memorabilia says that an able general Kim Yusin had built and used a kite in order to put down rebels. Written in Tonguksesigi, when general Choi Young was to conquer Mongols in Tamra, he ordered his troops to make huge kites and soldiers flew to the enemy's fortress on the kites because all directions were surrounded by cliffs. Also General Choi ordered to suspend a small bag of reed seeds around the areas of thornbush and in upcoming autumn he conquered the fortress by setting fire on dry field of reeds. General Lee Sunsin during Japanese [Hideyoshi s] invasion of Korea in 1592 used kites a means of communication between islands and land and also a way of military operation orders. King Youngjo in Chosun Dynasty personally enjoyed kite flying and encounraged kite flying nation-wide. Very often Korean kite, Yeon has been used for military purposes and eventually kite flying has become favorite entertainment to ancestors of Korea. Now kite flying season has been born and on Lunar Full Moon Day, people fly kites wishing for a good harvest and well-being of their family and country.
¡¡Kites WORLD-WIDE
¡¡According to a record, Platon's friend Altus had made
a kite for the first time of the history in Greece(about B.C.400). In an island
nearby Malay Peninsula, aborigins had built a huge kite in order to move a
boat using wind force. In Papua New Guinea, a method to catch big fish using
kites has been told. In China, first kite has been flown about 2500 years
ago in Santung. Also about 200 B.C., a famous Chinese general, Hanshin had
ordered to make a huge kite to overthrow a tyrannical emperor. A huge kite
took down enemy troop's morale. An emperor of Yang Dynasty had sent a letter
attached on a kite and asked for reinforcements. According to Samulkiwon,
general Hanshin had measured the length of a tunnel they needed to dig in
order to conquer the enemy. It has been told that in Red Book, a man called
Kongsupan had made a magpie-shaped kite made of bamboo and the kite remained
flying in the sky for 3 days. He used to rode the kite himself to spy on a
city of Song. Adapted from Maemoobird(www.maemoobird.co.kr)
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