Weifang Kite Festival 2007 Photo Gallery by Jim Wright at pbase.com

Weifang Kite Festival 2007

On the weekend of April 21, we traveled to Qingdao and on to Weifang for the annual Kite Festival.
The images attached cannot do justice to the beauty and size of some of the kites, many well over 100 feet long. After the festival, we toured areas around Qingdao.
Enjoy!

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Young Kiter	85 year young Kitester	And her Prowess	Kite Maker - Sichuan Bamboo shaping
Kite Painter - Silk Fabric	Silk Kites	Silk Kite	Olympic Ring Kites
Monster Kite - Preparing for Launch	Monster Kite - underbelly	Monster Kite -Each section of colored Tail piece is 4-5 feet long	Monster aloft
Monster in Tow to judging area	Just after launch, a fierce gale swept through the site. The monster kite floated placidly through the gale	Red Star Kite Preparations	Red Star Kiter
Aloft	As it shifted, new patterns appeared	Pattern	White Star
Afloat	A horse-fish (I KNOW what other people call it - but I like horsefish).	Flying Tiger	Elephant Kite
Amoeba?	Monkey Boy	Portuguese Man of War - Blue Period	Dragonfly on steroids
Battle of the Air Creatures	Dragonfly - 2	Sacrificial Teddy Bear	Blue
Red	Parasail 2	Parasail	Classic Parakite
Geometric creation	Geometiric Creation aloft	Modified Box Kite	Field of kites
Preparing to Launch over 100 foot Dragon Kite	Attention to Detail	Launched	Olympic - Themed Dragon Kite Launch Preparation
Note the distance between segments	The end of the Kite	Launch	Dragon Kites
The cart pulled by the Kite.	Two Finger Kite	Stunt Kite	Qingdao - Stunt Kiter...
And his Kite	Stunt Kiter	Kiter and his Toy	Launch
Olympic Mascot aloft	Mei Li Poppins	Glee	Celebritietttes
Bunches of New Friends	Mom asking me for money to buy something	Betty and Janet	Lao Shan Temple - fruit stall
Lao Shan Daoist Temple	Place of Worship - Lao Shan Temple	Gods -2	High Temple grounds - serenity
Place of contemplation	High Temple Grounds	Qingdao Coast	Fishing Boat at Wharf
Beached Boats	Monument to Sailing - Qingdao	2008 Olympic Sailing Venue Monument	Qingdao Beach - Beautiful Day
City View - From Fish Hill	Dee Ann and Betty	Dee Ann and Betty - 2	Dee Ann
Dee Ann and Protector from Harm	Ba Da Guan Park - rest	Gathering sea life	Qingdao Bay Lighthouse - Dawn
Contemplation - Dawn	Qingdao Pier	Slimy Fictiles - Weifang Kite Museum	Slimy Fictile and Friend
IBefore	After	Woodblock Carver	New Year's Painting Woodblock
New Year's Painting	Ba Da Guan Park- Wedding Picture Day	Pics - 2	Generation Gap
Posing	Happy Couple	Love and Blooms	Lovely Bride - To- Be
Friends.	Wedding Pose	Photographer at work	Bride at rest
Two Portraits - 1	two portraits - 2	School Girls wanting to speak English	Two mothers in need
Finis.

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Jim Mockford		09-Jun-2008 16:13
Dear Mr. Wright: It would be great if the doctoral student Chen could sent a copy of his thesis about the kite festival to the World Kite Museum at Long Beach Washington for our library. I participated in the 4th Annual Weifang International Kite Festival in 1987 with Kay Buesing now director of the World Kite Museum. We had a great time and the museum has had many exchanges with China over the years. See worldkitemuseum.com Jim Mockford

chenwyc		04-Dec-2007 19:35
Dear Mr. Jim Wright: I am a doctoral student in USA.I am a Chinese American. I am writing a research article about the Weifang Kite Festival. My Kite Festival proposal has been accepted by an anthology. I would like to ask could I include some (about 4-5) of your beautiful kite photos in my article? If I have the pleasure, I will email the Photo release consent form to you. I will put your name with your photos in my article. After published, I will send you a copy of my article. If you have more questions please don't hesitate to contact me. Thank you very much. Sincerely, Chen

Luk		28-Sep-2007 18:52
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Guest		28-May-2007 00:05
ALL your photos bring back wonderful memories of our year in China. We visited Qingdao during the kite festival - was great but also the mountain and sea. I'm sure you have mixed emotions about returning home in a short while. It's called miserable joy! Thanks for sharing all your photos with us. Rochelle Mooth

Claus		30-Apr-2007 19:15
Hi Yes it was a great time in China Here are a lot of fotos from the Danish team sjdk.dreamhosters.com/v/df/ Claus & Lene

Ralf Dietrich		30-Apr-2007 16:32
Great pictures, thank you for sharing them! Is it possible to get a high quality picture of our kite by email? The number is 77659998 (red star) Thank you in advance Warm regards from Denmark Ralf

Malar		30-Apr-2007 10:54
wei fang is my hometown .i love her.i am very happy that you have a good time there.hope you can go there again!hahahahahah

Guest		26-Apr-2007 08:52
Some of the pictures reminds me of the trip my husbend and I ha d three years ago¡£Qingdao is a beautiful city£¬isn¡¯it £¿ It is nice to see you laugh£¡Emily

Guest		24-Apr-2007 17:52
Jim & Janet, These are great!! Thanks for sharing them. Marc Titel

Guest		24-Apr-2007 11:44
They're great. Glad you had a good time in Qingdao. I can see that you saw many more large kites by going early to the kite field. Very educational for me also. DeVon Nelson

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