The Research On Visual Elements Of Weifang Kite

Weifang, also known as Weidu, Yuandu, has a long history kite-making with exquisite craft. As one of the most important element of Chinese folk art, kite made in Weifang owns unique value of beauty, from both design characteristic to the image of the pattern, attracting popular attention from the academia. However, some people has done researches on Weifang Kite, most of which are purely about the perspective of art, rather than overall.The article aims to organize the relevant literature and to analyze Weifang Kite from four aspects, based on actual research. First of all, the article tells the origin, differences and craft about Weifang Kite, letting people has a big picture about kites. Secondly, the kite with the image of centipede, has been chosen to be the aim to analyze the combination of the beauty of silence and movement, which is what makes the article different. Furthermore, the article does a research from different areas, comparing from overall pattern, the use of color, image design and the choice of resources, which is the key part of the article. Last but not least, based on the emotional factors, illustrates the function of its emotional sustenance and folk role.The article stresses the significance of the Weifang Kite once more from the value of beauty, hidden meaning and modern design, through the researches of relevant visual element. The final purpose is to promote Weifang kite with a higher value of a industry product and realize the promotion of the development of the economics.