Maitusong Tudi
Lineage & School of Heritage
From 1979 he learned carpet weaving from his father; in 1990 he opened a shop, and he subsequently founded the Shidai Carpet Factory in Luopu County, which specializes in hand-woven carpet production.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Uyghur, born in November 1959, a native of Luopu County in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. A national representative bearer of Carpet Weaving Craftsmanship (Uyghur Carpet Weaving Craftsmanship), a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, and a Uyghur carpet weaving technician. He has mastered the weaving techniques of sixteen traditional styles of Hotan carpet; he recruits local farmers as apprentices, transmitting his skills while helping them find work and leading the community toward higher incomes. He has taken part in numerous handicraft exhibitions and competitions, and his representative works include Shi'er Mukamu (The Twelve Muqam), Kanasi Fengjing (Kanas Landscape) and Sichou Zhilu (The Silk Road).
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