The secret of Ningxia antique carpet
●As
the one of the best carpet in the world, ningxia antique carpets are called
“the king of China antique carpets”
● 作为世界上最出色的地毯之一，宁夏古毯被誉为“中国古毯之王”。
●nobility---Ningxia antique carpet could be divided into two parts. one was
the carpets for temple and the other was for tribute for the royal family.
This is unique in China antique carpet. The pattern of temple carpets were
Buddhism veins, such as propitious cloud veins, warrior attendant’s stick
vein, wan vein, eight treasures veins, Buddhism pearl veins，Fu-dog veins etc..
The temple carpets included Banner rugs, Hanging rug, Buddhist carpet/Prayer
carpet, Curtain carpet and pillar carpet etc. Ningxia antique carpet as tribute
for the royal family was used for celebration, congratulations on birthday
and happy occasion, so the patterns contents focused on lucky flowers, lucky
grass and “Anbaxian” celestial beings veins, etc., Such as colorful butterflies
symbolizing longevity, Anbaxian celestial beings symbolizing outstanding talent
and group flower symbolizing happiness and reunion.
The early Ningxia carpe was often decorated with brocade patterns background,
which the various regular patterns covered the whole surface of the carpet
and these brocade patterns included words brocade, Hui veins brocade, flowers
leaves brocade, tortoise back brocade, etc.
The reason why the large quantity of yellow was used on Ningxia antique carpet
was that the carpets were used by imperial court and temples. In Ming and
Qing Dynasties, the color was limited to used strictly Yellow was used for
imperial court specially and red was only used for nobleman. In Tibet Buddhism,
the strongest “Huang Buddhism” used yellow, the hat on Lama’s head was yellow,
the top of the temple was yellow and decoration inside temple was also yellow,
wherein including carpets used in temple.
●宁夏古毯可分为两部分。一部分是寺庙用毯，另一部分是进贡皇室的贡毯。这在中国古毯中是独一无二的。寺庙用毯的图案多为佛教纹样，如祥云纹、武士侍从纹、万字纹、八宝纹、佛珠纹、瑞兽纹等。寺庙用毯包括经幡毯、挂毯、佛毯/祈祷毯、帷幔毯和柱毯等。作为贡品进献皇室的宁夏古毯多用于庆典、祝寿和喜庆场合，其图案内容多为吉祥花卉、吉祥草木和“安八仙”纹样等，比如象征长寿的彩蝶纹、象征杰出人才的安八仙纹、象征幸福团圆的团花等。
早期的宁夏地毯常以织锦图案为底，各种规整的图案布满地毯表面，这些织锦图案包括文字锦、回纹锦、花叶锦、龟背锦等。宁夏古毯大量使用黄色的原因在于这些地毯是供宫廷和寺庙使用的。在明清时期，黄色是严格限于宫廷专用的颜色，红色则仅供贵族使用。在藏传佛教中，最强大的“黄教”使用黄色，喇嘛的帽子是黄色的，寺庙的顶部是黄色的，寺庙内部的装饰也是黄色的，这其中就包括寺庙里使用的地毯。
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best wool---in Ming and Qing Dynasties period of China, the aboriginal sheep
lived Alxa plateau located in northwest of Henlan mountain produced best wool
for carpet knotting with highly lustrous, large diameter, wavy wools. Ningxia
city Yin Chuan is isolated by one mountain with Alxa plateau was the strategic
passage form northwest to Zhongyuan area and it was also the center of carpet
trading. The wool of Alxa was called Ningxia wool and the carpet knotted with
this kind of wool was called Ningxia carpet. The Ningxia antique carpets were
made with high quality Ningxia wool containing rich downy contents. This kind
of carpet was soft with comfortable feel to be honored “downy carpet”.
●中国明清时期，阿拉善高原位于贺兰山以西，是原生的绵羊生活的地方，出产了用于地毯编织的最佳羊，这些羊毛具有很高的光泽度、大直径和波浪状。宁夏的银川市被一座山与阿拉善高原隔开，是西北到中原地区的战略，也是地毯贸易的中心。阿拉善的羊毛被称为宁夏羊毛，用这种羊毛编织的地毯被称为宁夏地毯。宁夏古董地毯是用高质量的宁夏羊制成的，这种羊毛含有丰富的绒毛。这种地毯柔软舒适，被称为“绒毯”。
●unique
technics---the color of Ningxia antique carpets were special including mainly
turmeric yellow, indigo blue and saffron red, etc. and these colors were dyed
with plant dyestuff.
Ningxia antique carpet were wool carpets with knots. The tufted fabric knot
was “∞” shape. This is unique technics of Ningxia carpet. Only the craftsman
with high level accomplishment and creative power could be allowed to weaved
Ningxia antique carpets.
●独特的工艺——宁夏古地毯的颜色特别，主要包括姜黄、靛蓝和藏红花红等，这些颜色都是用植物染料染成的。宁夏古地毯是打结的地毯，打结的织物结是“∞”形状。这是宁夏地毯独特的工艺。只有技艺高超、富有创造力的工匠编织宁夏古地毯。
●“Ningxia” antique carpet
There are a few ningxia antiques carpet now, in good condition’s carpet is
very rare. Some “Ningxia” antique carpets were made in zuoqi area (Inner-Mongolia).
●“宁夏”古董地毯
现在有一些宁夏古董地毯，保存完好的地毯非常罕见。一些“宁夏”古董地毯是在内蒙古的左旗制造的。
●China
only genuine Ningxia antique carpets, only available in one place: China Antique
Carpet Collectoin.
The ningxia antique carpet with the good authority of us have been recognized
by authority of China.
●中国仅有的真正的宁夏古地毯，只有在唯一的地方可以买到：请联系我们。
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