www.thegreatsilkroad.com Since July this year the team of TV-men from Japanese NHK TV company has been working in Uzbekistan implementing "New Silk Road-2007" TV project. Yuiti Yabe – TV director, Humicashi Yoshikun - cameraman and Masai Atsushi - sound technician have been shooting a serial about ancient historical and cultural monuments of Uzbekistan.
This interest of Japanese television companies to Uzbekistan is quite logical: for centuries the present territory of Uzbekistan was the central section and one of the main crossroads of the Great Silk Road. More than 4000 monuments of ancient architecture, including unique ones, remain intact to the present day. It is not without reason that UNESCO inscribed into its World Heritage List the historical centres of Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, and Shakhrisabz. The other cities of Uzbekistan are no less interesting. They had witnessed many historical events and boast of the monuments belonging to civilizations of different historical periods.
NHK TV-team plans to complete the shooting of the serial this year. The serial will be shown on national TV from April 2007 through December 2007. The audience of Japan will have the opportunity to watch the films about Samarkand, Bukhara, Shakrisabz, Andijan, as well as to make acquaintance with the unique culture of the country which keeps up the old traditions and at the same time builds a new secular state.
The monuments of ancient Samarkand, whose age exceeds 25 centuries, impress with their grandeur and beauty. The city was justly titled "The Golden heart of the Great Silk road". In the 14th-15th centuries it was the capital of Amir Temur empire. Many ancient architectural monuments remain intact in their everlasting beauty. Among them is Gur-Emir mausoleum – the burial vault of the famous ruler of Movarounnahr, Shakhi-Zinda necropolis, Bibi-khanum Friday mosque.
Until now the Registan square with its three magnificent madrassahs is considered to be one of architectural masterpieces of the whole Central Asia. Coeval with Samarkand is "Noble Bukhara", which for many centuries was the blessed oasis on the ancient caravan route. Tenth-century mausoleum of Ismoil Samani – the founder of the Samanid dynasty, Ark citadel where archeologist discovered articles dating back to the 3rd century B.C., Bolo-hauz mosque architectural complex with splendid multi-pillar aivan, 47-meter-high Kalyan minaret towering the city – these are just few of the numerous monuments of ancient Bukhara. In Shakhrisabz - the native city of Temur, the guests can be delighted with picturesque ruins of Ak-sarai palace, local nobility necropolis Dorus-Tilliavat and wonderful Dorus-Saodat architectural complex.
The capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent city, is a modern megapolis with high-rise buildings, crowded avenues, and heavy traffic. Yet in Tashkent there are also more than 240 architectural and archeological monuments. Kaffal Shashi mausoleum, Yunus-khan and Shaykhantaur mausoleums, Barak-khan holy complex attract thousands of tourists and pilgrims.
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