Lianyungang 5th International Kite Festival

The day before this festival began, we were very lucky to stumble on the Chinese National kite competition, featuring Dragon kites (or centipedes as we call them) complete with mechanical moving parts, and firecrakers with time delay as they sailed overhead. On the beach of Lianyungang, we saw so many beautiful kites.

Opening Ceremony: Dancers, women in costumes to simulate Chinese kites, martial arts, acrobats, singers, and 3 hours of non-stop entertainment.

Dragon Kites Galore!

Zhang Tian-wei, inventor of the mechanical dragon head kites, with Jennifer at the beach in Lianyungang

The eyes move, the eyebrows move, the tongue goes in and out. All powered by wind turbines.

And a frog kite!!