Hetian carpet has a long history and is a well-known carpet variety in China and abroad. It is highly regarded by its exquisite craftsmanship and unique artistic style. Hetian carpet has more than 2,000 years of history. Hotan carpet is not only famous in China, but also enjoys a high reputation overseas. It has been awarded the honor of “East Carpet” and is popular in the United States, Britain, Germany, France, Japan, Italy, More than 20 countries and regions such as Hong Kong.

The Hetian carpet is the predecessor of the Xinjiang carpet. Therefore, the Hetian carpet has a distinctive national character and a strong local color. It is called the unique “East Way” carpet. The characteristics of Hetian carpet are: multi-layered borders, filled with rich and varied patterns in geometric figures, with a strict structure and rhythm, various forms and rich in life. Its varieties include carpeting, tapestries, cushion blankets, carpets, rugs and carpets. There is a saying in Hotan that “how many clouds in the sky, how many carpets there are in Hetian”, this saying is enough to describe the popularity of Hetian carpets. Nearly everyone in Hotan will weave Hetian carpets, even children of seven or eight years old. People who weave the Hetian carpets will be left to their own use in addition to sales. Therefore, no one in Hotan is not using carpets. The materials used in Hotan rugs are very particular. They are woven with fine bovine wool, which is one of the reasons why Hotan rugs are famous both at home and abroad. Hetian carpet has large elasticity, strong pulling force, strong luster, good anti-denaturation, no lint, good hand feeling, woven into carpet texture soft, elastic, durable, moisture-proof and anti-corrosive, long-term paving, long-lasting gloss, Durable and usable for a hundred years. The pattern of Hetian carpet is particularly exquisite and unique, which is another reason why Hotan carpet is popular among consumers. The Hetian carpet fully reflects the artistic characteristics of the oriental people in the pattern structure, especially the artistic characteristics of the Uygur. Most of the plant's flowers, fruits, foliage and various interesting animals are the basic shape of the pattern, which is expanded and modified, and is composed of varying geometric textures. The carpet is made up of highly intensive repeated labor, and a certain number of warp threads are wound on the vertical loom according to the width of the carpet, and the yarns of different colors are horizontally tied to the horseshoe buckle according to the drawings. Later, it was introduced into Iran, called "Iranian knot". With this method, even if it is partially broken, it will not affect the service life of the whole carpet. In the afternoon, the factory echoed the sound of the slap of the scorpion, and the scissors smashed the squeaking sound of the thread, which was the sound of the tools passed down from generation to generation. A very important step in the finished carpet is cleaning. Cleaning the carpet is not an easy task. The wool is so heavy that it has to be washed repeatedly several times. The washed carpet must be hung up and drip dry. So dry Xinjiang should be dry for three or four days to fully dry out. In Xinjiang, the whole family’s washing of carpets is an indispensable collective activity on the weekend. In addition, each car wash shop also does carpet cleaning, and the carpets piled up in the store waiting to be cleaned are always high. Regarding the Hetian rug, there is such a beautiful legend: In ancient times, the king of Yu Yu ordered one of the most famous weavers to weave a large carpet in a month. In order to make the difference as scheduled, the weavers continued to woven around the clock. When the younger daughter Gulan saw her father so tired, she was very sensible to help her father, and finally finished the carpet as scheduled. The king was very happy to see the graceful and beautiful carpet, and decided to reward the two fathers. However, the father of Gulan did not accept the king's reward, but asked the king to exempt the villagers who were as poor as their three years of taxation. The king was touched by their love and agreed to their request. The villagers were grateful to the fathers and daughters of Gulan, and the skills of the father and the daughter to learn the carpet, and named the carpet they had woven. Since then, the carpets in the Hotan area have been called "Gulham." About the Hetian carpet, there are still moving stories in the local area. It is said that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a farmer named Akxifan on the Yulong Kashi River in Hotan. He was smart and diligent, and made full use of local cotton and wool specialties to study the use of cotton threads as warp threads and wool threads for weft woven buckles. Way to weave the carpet. At the same time, the skin, stems and leaves of plants such as walnut skin, pomegranate flower and jujube skin, which are rich in the local area, are mixed with rust and fermented, so that the woven carpet is colorful. His inventions and his creations quickly spread to places like Hotan and Kashgar. Later, people called Akxifan the "father of carpets." The Hetian carpet is made of cotton yarn for warp and weft, and wool is used for fluffing. The traditional patterns include “Pomegranate Flower”, “Flood” and “Five Flowers”. The surface of the carpet is smooth and smooth, the blanket is soft and soft, and the color is beautiful and elegant. There are carpeting, tapestries, cushion blankets, prayer mats, rugs and carpets, etc., mainly used for interior decoration. Hotan carpets are not only well-known in the country, but also enjoy a high reputation overseas, known as the "East-style carpet."

Quality Technical Requirements for Hetian Carpet I. Raw Material Requirements The wool produced by Hetian Sheep is used as the weaving material. Second, the process flow wool → wool yarn production → carpet weaving → finishing → finished product three, key process requirements 1. Weaving method: using vertical machine weaving, Senna buckle hand-knit method 2. Comb, spinning: yarn support It can reach 12捻/10cm to 15捻/10cm, the joint length is no longer than 2cm, the length of the steamed bread is no longer than 5cm, and the purlin is even. 4. Quality Features 1. Sensory features: The pattern conforms to the traditional pattern of Hotan, the level is clear, the sidewalk pattern is complicated, the carpet surface is smooth, the pattern is clear, the color is not cross-colored, the back of the carpet is flat, the warp and weft are evenly arranged, and the blanket is horizontal and vertical. The elastic and uniform edges are loose, the hair is loose, the hand feels soft and smooth. 2. Physical and chemical indicators: The number of tufting, the density of the head is ≤5.0%, the tolerance of the length of the pile is ±10%, the deviation of the blanket size is ≤2.0%, the deviation of the fiber content of the pile yarn is ≤4%, the color fastness to light ≥3 to 4, dry rubbing fastness ≥3 to 4, wet rubbing fastness ≥3. 3. Safety and other quality technical requirements: Product safety and other quality technical requirements must comply with relevant national regulations.

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Producers within the Hetian carpet production area may apply to the Hetian District Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau for the use of the “Special Mark for Geographical Indication Products”, which shall be reviewed by the Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and reported to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine for approval. The testing organization of Hetian Carpet is selected by the Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the testing institutions that meet the qualification requirements.