Carpets are ground coverings made of cotton, wool, silk, hemp, coconut palm or chemical fibers. Including hand-planted carpet, machine-made carpet and hand felt blanket. Broadly speaking, it also includes cushion, cushion, wall hanging, tent, saddle mattress, door curtain, table blanket, etc. Neolithic people twisted animal hair into threads and woven thick wool fabrics to pave the ground. Carpet fragments unearthed from tombs of the Eastern Han Dynasty in China are typical hand-planted carpets. After the Han Dynasty, the Silk Road promoted carpet production in Central Plains. In Yuan Dynasty, because the Mongolian people mainly lived nomadic life, carpet production was relatively developed, and carpet workshops were set up in the court. Carpet production in Xinjiang, Tibet, Gansu, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia developed during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. On the basis of inheriting traditional carpet technology and combining the characteristics of brocade and embroidery art, unique and auspicious carpet patterns have been created and circulated. In the 20th century, Beijing and Tianjin established enterprises to produce and export carpets, which became the key production areas of Chinese carpets. The traditional production areas of handmade velveteen carpets in the world are concentrated in East Asia, Central Asia and countries bordering Europe and Asia. Brussels carpet loom was first invented in Britain in 1720. Machine carpet came into being. Up to now, machine carpet has accounted for 99% of the world's total consumption, and hand-made carpet only accounts for 1%. There are many methods to classify carpets, such as hand-planted carpets, hand-woven plain carpets, hand-tufted carpets, hand-felt carpets, machine-made carpets, carpets by use, wool carpets, silk carpets, jute carpets, chemical fiber carpets and so on.
Carpets are made of high quality pure wool and processed through wool selection, wool washing, combing, dyeing, blanket weaving, cutting and washing. It has the characteristics of fine wool quality, unique skills and elegant patterns. It is unique in the world and is the main export handicraft of China.