Some people think that "scissors" is a kind of herbal medicine. For example, in the book "Chinese Literature", it is considered that "scissors" is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine. Flying kites for a long time will inevitably make people sweat. This medicine can "clear away heat and detoxify" and so on.
The original text is from Seventy Stories of a Dream of Red Mansions: The little girls here can't wait to hear kites fly. Too many chefs are busy taking out a beautiful kite. Some are carrying high stools, and some are tied with scissors.
Dream of Red Mansions Kite
With regard to "kites", Mr. Cai Yijiang commented on the poems about kites in his monograph Appreciation of Poems in a Dream of Red Mansions. Mr. Zhang Qingshan discussed Tanchun's fate tragedy from the repeated appearance of kites in the article "The Prediction of Tanchun's Far Marriage".
Mr. Wang Ren 'en wrote a section on "Flying Kites" in his monograph A New Exploration of a Dream of Red Mansions. He talked about the origin of kites and the custom of flying kites in Qing Dynasty, and pointed out that Cao Xueqin implied the fate of Jia Tanchun by flying kites. Zhang's article "Brief Analysis on the Implication of Baochai's Flying the" Qilianyan "Kite" describes the three meanings of Baochai's flying the "Qilianyan" kite from the perspective of why Baochai flew the "Qilianyan" kite.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Dream of Red Mansions.