article_snippet.sent: A Chinese team took a kite measuring an astonishing 6,000 metres (3.7 miles) to a kite flying festival - aiming to break the world record by a massive 1,000 metres.
article_snippet.sent: But A Chinese team had overlooked the fact that a kite measuring an astonishing 6,000 metres (3.7 miles) to a kite flying festival - aiming to break the world record by a massive 1,000 metres was so big, a kite measuring an astonishing 6,000 metres (3.7 miles) to a kite flying festival - aiming to break the world record by a massive 1,000 metres posed a danger to passing aircraft.
article_snippet.sent: The kite, dubbed 'centipede with a dragon's head', was set to fly at the Wulong International Kite Festival last Saturday in Chongqing in south-western China, according to People's Daily Online.
article_snippet.sent: Flying high: Half of the 6,000-metre-long dragon-themed kite took to the sky in Chongqing last Saturday .
article_snippet.sent: Skilful: The kite weighs 200 kilograms and requires three experienced kite flyers to manoeuvre .
article_snippet.sent: However, Chinese aviation authorities ruled that the dragon-themed kite - which is made from 2,000 separate pieces and weighs a whopping 200 kilograms - could not be flown, and A Chinese team were forced to fly only half of it.
article_snippet.sent: Each of the 2,000 pieces bears the Chinese characters 'China Dream' and it takes eight hours to get the full-length kite airborne.
article_snippet.sent: Wang Dongming, one of the three kite flyers, said special sturdier rope made from kevlar - which is also used to make bulletproof vests - had to be used to thread the full-length kite airborne.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Wang said: 'Big kites and kites that are used for trick flying are usually built from this kevlar rope to prevent the line from snapping in the wind.'
article_snippet.sent: In order to secure the pieces on The kite, craftsmen only used bamboo that was more than three years old which can resist severe wind.
article_snippet.sent: Kites of all shapes and shades take to the sky in Chongqing during the four-day-long festival .
article_snippet.sent: Although The kite did not fly full-length, organisers of the four-day-long festival still claimed that organisers of the festival had broken the Guinness World Record for the longest kite in the world.
article_snippet.sent: The previous record is reported to set by a 5,000m-long kite made by craftsmen in Weifang in eastern China last spring.
article_snippet.sent: Professional kite flying teams from over 13 countries participated in the four-day-long Wulong International Kite Festival, including representatives from China, New Zealand, the UK and Italy.
article_snippet.sent: A popular pastime in China, kite flying dates back some 2,000 years .
article_snippet.sent: Professional kite flying teams from over 13 countries participated in the four-day-long festival .
highlights_snippet.sent: Kite's total length is 6km (3.7 miles) and is made of 2,000 sections .
  