A visitor appreciates kites at an outdoor exhibition in Xining, northwestern China's Qinghai province, on Sunday, October 21, 2007. More than 800 kites, all made in the "kite capital" of Weifang, are being displayed to showcase the art of kite-making. Weifang, located in eastern China's Shandong province, enjoys a reputation as the "international kite capital." For this reason it attracts a great number of kite enthusiasts from throughout the world to its annual kite festival every spring.

A visitor appreciates kites at an outdoor exhibition in Xining, northwestern China's Qinghai province, on Sunday, October 21, 2007. More than 800 kites, all made in the "kite capital" of Weifang, are being displayed to showcase the art of kite-making. Weifang, located in eastern China's Shandong province, enjoys a reputation as the "international kite capital." For this reason it attracts a great number of kite enthusiasts from throughout the world to its annual kite festival every spring.

(Xinhua News Agency October 23, 2007)