Autumn is a season in which some leaves start to fall in some countries, but it gives Hong Kong cooler weather and stronger winds which provide an ideal time for flying kites.
Yesterday we joined some old colleagues’ visit to Tai Po Waterfront Park. There we saw some experts skillfully send their beautiful kites into the air. This was one of the kites I saw in the park.
I do not know how to fly a kite, but I love watching others flying their kites high in the air. The joy of flying a kite can be immense because it comes from the control of the kite through both hands. The movements of the kite depend on the strength of the winds, the pulling and loosening of the thread.
Kites fly elegantly and freely in the air. Their colours are usually beautiful and the swaying tails from side to side are lovely to see. I always marvel at the dancing of kites and their freedom to fly over the area their masters are standing or running.
2 comments:
Flying a kite up in the sky was a childhood dream which had never come true. The primitive kites made by us in our young age would not really fly. Now we are too old to learn. The chance missed is the chance lost. Share your enjoyment in watching others fly their beautiful kites.
In the past, flying kites was forbidden in urban areas of Hong Kong because planes flew low over the city before they landed on Kai Tak Airport. Kites could only be seen flying in the New Territories.
It was a waste of time taking a bus to the countryside to fly a kite of half-newspaper size.
It is a disappointing thing that we lack of vast pieces of flat open land in Hong Kong for people to fly kites. Once there are such lands, they will be used to raise high buildings.
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