| Mongolian ethnic group mainly takes the production and way of life of nomad,making carpet their indispensable life necessity.After historical evolution and development,carpet is more than life necessities.Moreover,it is a handcraft of,representing the aesthetic delight and cultural connotation of people in Mongolia.Alxa in Mongolia enjoys the reutation of a mysterious foreign land.Located in the Tengger Desert,Badan Jaran Deesert and Ulan Buh Desert,it is dry all year round without much raining,the afforestation rate is low,and there are many hardships in the natural condition.It is just the special natural and geographic environment that shape the persistent character and cultural connotation as well as the aesthetic features of Alxa people.People here love,adore and cherish the nature.They merge everything of Mother Nature into their own life,including the expression of beauty.Pursuing beauty is the original power of human history development.Just out of the incessant pursuit of beauty that people create rich material culture.carpet after the ancients in Alxa are the crystal of the wisdom of local people.The diligent and wise craftsmen weaving carpets merge their life experience to the art of carpet.They depict beautiful pictures based on carpets,expressing their passion and longing for a beautiful life.Each piece of carpet has undergone over 100 procedures.The preparation work of the early stage such as sampling,painting,in the early preparing stage,knitting of the middle stage,and the beautifying work in the late stage.Generation after generation of skilled crafts inherit and develop the carpet culture until today by word of mouth and "Practice makes perfect".The traditional procedures and deep cultural connotations also give Alexa carpet after the ancient with high aesthetic value,expressing the unique artistic features of the northern nomad ethnic group.The paper takes the ancient Alxa carpets as individual cases,starts with art,pattern study.and ethnic study,integrates the natural and humanitarian background of the Alxa region.in addition to the development and history of the carpet after the ancients,and analyzes the pattern,the cultural connotation of the colors and aesthetic feature.For instance,plural culture exerts influence on its patterns and colors.In addition,the author summarizes the practical functions of the Alxa carpet after the ancient,integrates the local real condition while proposing opinion and suggestions on its inheritance and protection. |
