Carpets and tapestries, the hand-making products dated back to Chinese minority areas, have been positioned as a national process. While Chinese see them their own, Western think them other national items when entering the markets. Both Chinese and Western focus on the national character of the carpets. How the carpets reflect the national character? Take the example of the technology development of Inner Mongolia carpets to find out. As a result, the national character has changed much. Actually the known national craft has get away from its national character during development.

The hand-woven technical originated in the Chinese national character. They first appeared in Inner Mongolia. It is the minorities demand that urge the prosperity of the carpets. The raw material came from Inner Mongolia. The wool of the pure sheep here, which is famous for its elasticity and length .Later, due to the low quality of the wool, the raw materials transported from other places. So the materials get away from its original national character. This region had adequate male labor force. After 1950s, most of the labor force changed into female. The carpet production is directly depended on local labor advantage. At this point, it will be more appropriate to call local character than national character.

The national character of craftsmanship .The production systems of craftsmanship are changed from simple to complex. It is the manual operation that stands out among other types of carpet knotting. Inner Mongolia unique way of weaving had begun with a traditional Turkish invert eight word horseshoe buckle to knot. Later carpets were sold aboard by orders other than by sales. The design and production changed much. Many facts have shown that the national character matters much, if so, according to our survey, designers and producers’ ideas matter more. These help protect and develop the crafts. Recently the newly built workshops have helped rebuilt the disappearing enterprises with the help of the local government technology policy.
The designs of the national character. The consumer is the premise. Foreign countries have different preferences. In order to cater to their demand, the way of design is getting away from national character, too.