These latter are also made in Taiwan, and a few local people are beginning to appreciate the value of what is still a predominantly export product. The most precious of these hand-knotted oriental rugs, as they are known, is the Tientsin version, formerly made in the mainland city of the same name, but now exported almost exclusively from Taiwan.
在舉世工業飛躍發展的現代，大家在日常生活中所接觸到的，差不多都是以同一模型大量複製生產的工業品，這些產品價格廉宜，取得方便，也的確增進了人們生活的舒適與便捷，但是，這些充斥於世的工業產品卻往往不能觸動人們的情感，更無法滿足人們心靈上更進一層的需求。