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Carpets
Beijing's "Sheltered" Carpets
People use bomb shelters to escape things, and that is exactly what Beijing carpet dealer Yan Ping has done. Yan is using a bomb shelter in Chongwen District to escape high aboveground rents. She has found that a bomb shelter can serve as an excellent place from which to sell fine and antique carpets.
The Knowledge of Chinese Antique Carpets
Even we have the high lever science and technology now, it is impossibility to weave better carpet than antique carpet.
Chinese Wool Carpets
Large carpets, particularly large wool carpets, were not used in China until comparatively recent times. Rugs to cover the "Kang" or fire heated brick bed platform typical in North China were not uncommon at least as early Ming times. These rugs were typically divided to give a place to set a table on the Kang or designed to cover the entire Kang. Most of these rugs were made of felt and used camel hair, which was dyed black and red at the borders. The felt rugs, some silk and others wool, in the Shoso-in at Nara, Japan are probably the earliest examples of Chinese carpets and although dating is questioned may date back to Tang times.
Carpet Stores in Beijing
Beijing Carpet Trade Center 90 Weizikeng, Liangjiazhuang Tel: 010-64260650
Beijing Friendship Store 17 Jianguomenwai Dajie Tel: 010-65003311
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Huaxia Arts & Crafts Store 293 Wangfujing Dajie
Marco Polo Carpet Store 2/F China World Shopping Arcade Beijing-Lufthansa Shopping Center 52 Liangmaqiao Road Tel: 010-64651188 |
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