西夏立国后，民族及区域特色非常鲜明的手工业取得了显著的成就，冶铁尤其是兵器与农具的制造，直接推动着西夏政权的发展壮大；采盐业支撑着国家的财政收入；毡毯毛褐代表着当时中国的最高水平；活字印刷本不仅为宋夏时期泥活字印刷找到了实物依据，更为重要的是把我国的木活字印刷整整提前了一个朝代。 After the establishment of the Western Xia Dynasty, ethnic and regional handicrafts with distinctive characteristics made remarkable achievements. The manufacture of iron smelters, especially weapons and farm implements, directly promoted the development of the Xixia Regime. Salt mining supported the state’s revenue. Brown represents the highest level of China at that time; the movable type printed book not only found a physical basis for the clay type printing in the Song and Xia Dynasties, but more importantly put our wooden movable type printing in advance for a whole dynasty.