Ningxia carpets are about 300 of the Palace Museum's nearly 1,000 imperial carpets (corrected from "over half")
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- Date
- 2024 (Xinhua report)
- Collection
- Tuft the World research brief: The Non-English Record
- Publisher
- 新华网 Xinhua, 27 July 2024
- Themes
- Global diffusion of tufting, Woven carpet
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Research notes
CORRECTED. The brief said Ningxia carpets are more than 50% of the Palace Museum's 1,000+ carpets. Xinhua (2024) says 300+ of nearly 1,000 (about 30%), and that most of those Ningxia carpets came from Zhongwei. "Over half" looks like a misreading of 大半, which refers to Zhongwei's share. Ningxia handmade carpet weaving was listed as national intangible heritage in 2021. The brief's original wording: "Of the 1,000+ carpets in the Palace Museum collection, Ningxia carpets are more than 50%." Citation check (Oct 2026, from search results; pages not opened): contradicted. Xinhua says that of the nearly 1,000 Ming–Qing carpets in the Palace Museum, 300+ are Ningxia carpets (about 30–33%), and that most of THOSE come from Zhongwei. '>50%' looks like a misreading of 大半 (most), which refers to the Zhongwei share of the Ningxia carpets. Ningxia handmade carpet weaving was listed as national intangible heritage in 2021. The '1,000+' total should be 'nearly 1,000'. Source: 故宫收藏的宁夏手工毯，原来是这样…… (The Ningxia handmade carpets in the Palace Museum collection), 新华网 Xinhua, 2024-07-27. Found at: http://www.news.cn/politics/20240727/8e047280b8fa4fb8967301515e44d6b0/c.html Also: https://www.sohu.com/a/796389802_267106 · https://app.xinhuanet.com/news/article.html?articleId=6fbc138719284c92554301d73168cf2b