{"id":10274,"date":"2017-04-14T14:02:55","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T12:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.horvath.ch\/de\/?p=10274"},"modified":"2026-02-12T20:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:35:31","slug":"drachen-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/en\/kites-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Kites in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Synergetic zerowind kites above the Great Wall<\/h2>\r\nA kite journey with some friends of the Kite Club Wehntal Zurich: Ren\u00e9 and Dominique Maier kindly made the pictures available for us. They flew with these zero-wind-kites: c'est la vie freestyle, c'est la vie gran turismo and a special urban ninja for the highest flight competition at the kite festival of Weifang. All pictures \u00a9 Dominique Maier\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"photos\">\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/drachen-china-1.jpg\" alt=\"A kite journey: start in Beijing.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/>On the road in Beijing, near Forbidden City.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"photos\">\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/drachen-china-2.jpg\" alt=\"A white kite floating above Tiananmen, Gate of Heavenly Peace.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"762\" \/>Tiananmen, Gate of Heavenly Peace. Kite: c'est la vie gran turismo.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"photos\">\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/drachen-china-3.jpg\" alt=\"Kite floating without wind very high above Tiananmen square.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1358\" \/>c'est la vie gran turismo above Tiananmen.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"photos\">\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/drachen-china-4.jpg\" alt=\"Soaring on thermals with a light wind kite, China.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" \/>Thermals over the five meter wide wall in the calms of this evening.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"photos\">\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/drachen-china-5.jpg\" alt=\"A white kite on the Great Wall near Jinshanling.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" \/>On the great wall near Jinshanling.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"photos\">\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/drachen-china-6.jpg\" alt=\"A white lightwind kite gliding, China.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/>Ren\u00e9 is flying an elegant style without wind.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"photos\">\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/drachen-china-7.jpg\" alt=\"180 flatspin with a single line zero wind kite.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" \/>Setup just before a 180 flat-spin for the following fly away.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"photos\">\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/drachen-china-8.jpg\" alt=\"Tilted attitude of the zero wind kite.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" \/>The tilted attitude of the kite helps with diverse inputs.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"photos\">\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/drachen-china-10.jpg\" alt=\"Kite glides along the Great Wall.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" \/>At the next moment, the kite will lift its nose upwards.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"photos\">\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/drachen-china-11.jpg\" alt=\"The photos of the kites in China are black and white.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/>Kite: c'est la vie gran turismo white.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"photos\">\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/drachen-china-12.jpg\" alt=\"A flatspin with a white zero wind kite.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/>Slack in the line for the flat-spin, but it's by far not enough yet.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"photos\">\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/drachen-china-13.jpg\" alt=\"Rising sequence with the lightwind kite.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" \/>Start of a neutral rising sequence.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"photos\">\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/drachen-china-14.jpg\" alt=\"A lightwind kite high above the Great Wall of China.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" \/>Looking for some air movements now.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"photos\">\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/drachen-china-15.jpg\" alt=\"A c'est la vie freestyle zerowind kite above the mountains in China.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" \/>Kite: c'est la vie freestyle.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"photos\">\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/drachen-china-16.jpg\" alt=\"Kites in China, the last photograph, color.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" \/>Many thanks to Ren\u00e9 und Dominique Maier for the marvelous pictures. \u00a9 Dominique Maier\r\n\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photos of our zero- and light wind kites on special places: here in Beijing and above the Great Wall of 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