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Ninghsia
Ninghsia
is a town on the northern borders of China in the province
of Ningxia, and rug making in the area has been traced back
to the Ming dynasty 1368-1644. The carpets produced in this
area are the classic Chinese carpets. They usually have yellow
or pink grounds with blue designs. Carpets were woven for
Tibetan and Chinese Buddhist temples and monasteries throughout
China, and unlike their Islamic counterparts woven in Turkey
and Persia, were designed with Buddhist, Taoist, and general
mystical and mythological motifs and symbols. Like Samarkand
in Central Asia, Ninghsia is positioned on an important trade
route. As a result all the rugs sold in the town became known
as Ninghsia, and the name became the generic term for a good
quality Chinese rug.
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