Talk:Kite Dragon/@comment-6656436-20140612171000/@comment-5151467-20140612195622

BFS Hint: This dragon takes its name from a 5th Century Chinese invention. Who wants to guess what it could be?

A persons answer in the comments:  The Kite: China, Fifth/Fourth Century BCE. Two kitemakers, Kungshu P'an who made kites shaped like birds which could fly for up to three days, and Mo Ti (who is said to have spent three years building a special kite) were famous in Chinese traditional stories from as early as the fifth century BCE. Kites were used in wartime as early as 1232 when kites with messages were flown over Mongol lines by the Chinese. The strings were cut and the kites landed among the Chinese prisoners, inciting them to revolt and escape. Kites fitted with hooks and bait were used for fishing, and kites were fitted with strings and whistles to make musical sounds while flying. The kite was first mentioned in Europe in a popular book of marvels and tricks in 1589. According to the shape of the dragon and the history above, there is high chance that this dragon would be kite!