Tibetan carpet

　　In the style of the ancients. The Ti-betan carpet is a fresh flower of China's carpet flower garden, with a history of 600 years. In 1973, it entered the international market under the brand name of Tibetan Carpet, China, and won a good reputation.

　　With a unique weaving style, Tibetan carpet has bright and harmonious colors, which is not faded while being washed. Its face is soft and fine. It is also durable. Its strong national feature of design add more value of appreciation. Therefore, it is praised for its exquisite technique and beauty. Among all the Tibet carpets, Gyangze carpet enjoys the highest reputation. In August 1979, it was named a fine quality product at the na-tional conference of art and craft designers. In addition, the carpets produced by Lhasa, Konggar, Nanggarze, Nangxian, Dengqen and Chagyab are all highly praised.

　　According to different sizes, those larger than 18 square feet are called carpet, while smaller ones are called kardian. Loved by Tibetan people, kardian is a necessity of every fam-ily for both decoration and practical use. As demand increases, the production scale is getting larger. In addition to the carpet factories in Lhasa, Gyangze, Qamdo, Xigaze, Zetang and Nagqu, many counties and towns have also estab-lished carpet plants and processing teams. The Gyangze Carpet Factory has increased its variety from the original eight to 50 kinds, and its annual output has increased at an average rate of 56 percent. With the increase of quantity and the improvement of technique, new designs are continuously created. Now there are not only de-signs of two dragons playing with a pearl, pictures of mountains and water, dragons and clouds, dragons and phoenix, and other traditional designs, but also landscape designs such as Mount Qomolangma, the Great Wall, the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, the Potala Palace and Gyangze's Anti-British Castle, as well as the new face of grassland. Carpets are well sold both at home and abroad, and Tibet boasts natural advantages in developing carpet production, so Tibet's carpet has a promis-ing future.