Xinjiang Uygurs have a long history of weaving and dyeing techniques, among which flower felts and printed and dyed floral fabrics are the most famous. According to the traditional customs of the Uygurs, everything in the house must be carefully decorated, and wool felt is one of the traditional handicrafts for room decoration. It is mainly used for paving kangs, floors, prayer mats and wall hangings, and was still widely used until more than ten years ago. Although it is rare now, a few families who sleep on earthen kangs still use it. There are many types of flower felts, including pressed flower felts, printed and dyed flower felts, painted flower felts and embroidered flower felts. There are about a hundred patterns of flower felts and printed cloth patterns, including "longevity" patterns, palindromes, and Bogu patterns influenced by Han culture, as well as Arabic-style geometric and floral patterns and Uygur unique daily necessities and tool patterns, as well as Islamic-style patterns such as purification pots and shrines, and even some patterns circulated in the ancient Western Regions. The flower felt patterns are rich in patterns and bright in color, reflecting the living conditions of the Uygur people and the long history of exchanges between foreign cultures and Han culture, and have high humanistic and artistic value. The Uygur printing and dyeing techniques are mainly based on color printing of floral fabrics, including block printing, tie-dyeing and wood-mold stamping. Among them, the most popular, most used and longest-standing is the wood-mold stamping technique. People have long used colored printed fabrics as cotton robe linings, waist scarves, covers, curtains, door curtains, dust mat covers, wall hangings, prayer sheets, wall cloths and kang cloths. The wood-mold stamping technique is to dip a wooden mold with carved patterns into various natural plant and mineral dyes, and stamp them on hand-woven earthen white cloth, so that a variety of different wooden mold patterns are combined together to form colored printed fabrics. The colored printed fabrics designed and made by the majority of folk artists are gorgeous and colorful, and some are finely made and can be called art treasures. There are more than 100 patterns of wood-mold stamped printed fabrics, which are eclectic and colorful. However, there are no human and animal images in these patterns, which is due to the Islamic religious prohibition of not showing objects with souls. The production of floral felts and colored printed fabrics are traditional handicrafts passed down from generation to generation by the Uygur people. Since the 1980s, people's living conditions have gradually improved, and their lifestyles have also changed accordingly, resulting in the gradual disappearance of flower carpets. Most urban and rural residents in Xinjiang have moved into new homes and no longer need wall cloths or kang cloths. The use of colored printed cloth in Uygur life is decreasing, and it is no longer popular in the market. Under this situation, flower carpet and colored printed cloth artists have changed their careers, and their descendants no longer inherit this ancient craft. Most of the old artists who are still alive are in their twilight years, and the ancient handicraft is facing the situation of extinction, and urgently needs to be rescued and protected. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)