A brief introduction to Tibetan carpets

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 family 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 established 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 designs 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 promising future.