A panda-shaped Chinese kite is featured at the 2020 Otaki Kite Festival, held from Feb 8-9, 2020 in Wellington, New Zealand. [Photo provided to Chinaculture.org]

Now in its eighth edition, the Otaki Kite Festival is an annual international event, attracting about 22,ooo contestants and visitors from around the world over this year’s two-day event.

Though it’s only the second year that Chinese kites have been featured in the festival, they attracted the attention and affection of viewers. Chinese kites in the shapes of giant pandas and Peking Opera masks soaring high in the sky fit harmoniously with those in the shapes of different ocean fish.