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風(fēng)箏
古時(shí)在中國(guó)風(fēng)箏也稱作“鳶(hawk ) ”。春秋戰(zhàn)國(guó)時(shí)期(theSpring and Autumn Period ),東周哲人墨子(Mo-tse)曾“費(fèi)時(shí)三年,以木制木鳶,飛升天空”,但這只木鳶只飛了一天就壞了。墨子制造的這只“木鳶”就是世上最早的風(fēng)箏, 已有2400多年的歷史。唐代時(shí),風(fēng)箏傳入朝鮮、日本及其他周邊國(guó)家。十三世紀(jì)末,風(fēng)箏的故事首次被意大利探險(xiǎn)家馬可·波羅帶到歐洲,至此,中國(guó)風(fēng)箏便逐漸開始傳到世界各地。
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The Kite
In ancient time, kites were also called “Yuan (ahawk)” in China. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Mo-tse, a philosopher in the Eastern Zhou Dynastyspent three years making a wooden glede that couldfly in the sky, but it broke down only in one day. That wooden glede Mo-tse made has a historyof over two thousand and four hundred years, which was claimed to be the first kite in theworld. In Tang Dynasty, kites were introduced to Korea, Japan and other surrounding countries. Stories of kites were first brought to Europe by Marco Polo, an Italian adventurer, towards theend of the 13th century. Since then, the Chinese kite was gradually introduced to the wholeworld.