Kite Flying 1 oz. Silver Coin

The image on the reverse of Series 1 silver coins features children's sports games, which depict the lively and lovely children playing four typical Chinese children's sports games.

This coin features "Kite Flying". It is designed to show the children's charming expressions and displays an essence of gracefulness, dynamics and prosperity.

The right side of the coin, about 1/3 of the area, is divided by the "Chinese Knot" decoration, with a colored image depicting favorite handcrafted toy: "paper pinwheel". The silver coins, highlighted partially in color, express a swift and lively tone.

Kite flying is one of the most popular traditional sports in China. Kite, also called Feng Zheng in Chinese, originated in China and it has been praised as the forerunner of modern aerocrafts. Its history can be traced back to more than 2000 years ago. Legend has it that, the first Chinese kites were made of wood and called Muyuan (wooden kites) by the famous architect and carpenter Lu Ban during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476BC); after the invention of paper, kites began to be made of this new material called Zhiyuan (paper kites).
(Source: chinaculture.org)

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