Beijing International Kite Festival has been successfully held for four times so far, and the scale of the event has been further expanded this year, with about 500 kite players from home and abroad, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan participating. Among them, 10 domestic teams from Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Shanxi, Nanjing and other provinces and cities participated, and 30 teams from the United States, Russia, Britain, Germany, South Africa, Malaysia and other countries and regions participated.
The 20 17 Beijing International Kite Festival and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Kite Exchange with the theme of "Flying Hope, Flying Dreams" kicked off at the Beijing Garden Expo on the 20th.
In order to promote sports exchanges between Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, kite players from the three places were specially invited to exchange kite skills. During this period, the first Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Kite Invitational Tournament was held, and four traditional kite events were set up, including dragon, soft wing, hard wing and board.
In addition, more than 65,438+050 China embassies and consulates in Beijing, foreign-funded institutions, foreign experts and nearly 65,438+050 representatives of overseas students from Belt and Road countries were invited to participate in kite making and flying activities to experience China's traditional culture.
Regarding the holding of this year's International Kite Festival, Wang Pinxi, secretary-general of Beijing Sports General Association, said that the purpose of Beijing International Kite Festival is to build an exchange platform based on "kite meeting friends and developing friendship", further enhance the international influence of Beijing kites, publicize the role of Beijing kites in national fitness, promote exchanges between Beijing and the world Kite Festival, promote the interaction between Beijing citizens and foreign friends in Beijing, serve Beijing's national fitness and build an international exchange center and sports center in Beijing.