China/Türkistan /Kasghar´s (sunday market Beautiful) 2002 Part 8
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Kashgar is an oasis city in Xinjiang and is the westernmost Chinese city, located near the border with Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. With a population of over 500,000, Kashgar has a rich history of over 2,000 years and served as a trading post and strategically important city on the Silk Road between China, the Middle East, and Europe.
Located historically at the convergence point of widely varying cultures and empires, Kashgar has been under the rule of the Chinese, Turkic, Mongol, and Tibetan empires. The city has also been the site of an extraordinary number of battles between various groups of people on the steppes.
Kashgar is predominately peopled by Muslim Uyghurs. Compared to Ürümqi, Xinjiang's capital and largest city, Kashgar is less industrial and has significantly fewer Han Chinese residents. In 1998, the urban population of Kashgar was recorded as 311,141, with 81% Uyghurs, and 18% Han Chinese.
In the 2000 census, the population of the city of Kashgar was given as 340,640. In the 2010 census, this number increased to 506,640. Some of the increase is due to boundary changes, and the number may include some rural population.
The city has a very important Sunday market. Thousands of farmers from the surrounding fertile lands come into the city to sell a wide variety of fruit and vegetables. Kashgar’s livestock market is also very lively. Silk and carpets made in Hotan are sold at bazaars, as well as local crafts, such as copper teapots and wooden jewellery boxes.
In order to boost the economy in Kashgar region, the government classified the area as the sixth Special Economic Zone of China in May 2010.
Mahmud al-Kashgari (Turkish: Kâşgarlı Mahmud) (Mahmut from Kashgar) wrote the first Turkic–Arabic Exemplary Dictionary called Divan-ı Lugat-it Türk
The movie The Kite Runner was filmed in Kashgar. Kashgar and the surrounding countryside stood in for Kabul and Afghanistan, since filming in Afghanistan was not possible due to safety and security reasons.wikipedia
China/Kashgar-Kasgar-Uyghur (Sunday Cattle Market /2002) Part 10
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No visit to Kashgar is complete without a trip to the Livestock Market, which takes place once a week on Sunday. The day begins with Uighur farmers and herders trekking into the city from nearby villages. By lunchtime just about every sellable sheep, camel, horse, cow and donkey within 50km has been squeezed through the bazaar gates. It’s dusty, smelly and crowded, and most people find it wonderful, though some visitors may find the treatment of the animals upsetting.Trading at the market is swift and boisterous between the old traders; animals are carefully inspected and haggling is done with finger motions. Keep an ear out for the phrase ‘Bosh-bosh! ’ (‘Coming through!’) or you risk being ploughed over by a cartload of fat-tailed sheep.
A taxi here costs ¥25 to ¥30; it’s a good idea to pay it to wait for your return. Alternatively take bus number 13 or 23 from the Sunday Bazaar. Tour buses usually arrive in the morning, so consider an early afternoon visit, or come first thing for good light and fewer crowds. A few simple stalls offer delicious hot samsa (lamb meat buns) if you get peckish.
Kashgar is an oasis city in Xinjiang and is the westernmost Chinese city, located near the border with Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. With a population of over 500,000, Kashgar has a rich history of over 2,000 years and served as a trading post and strategically important city on the Silk Road between China, the Middle East, and Europe.
Located historically at the convergence point of widely varying cultures and empires, Kashgar has been under the rule of the Chinese, Turkic, Mongol, and Tibetan empires. The city has also been the site of an extraordinary number of battles between various groups of people on the steppes.
Kashgar is predominately peopled by Muslim Uyghurs. Compared to Ürümqi, Xinjiang's capital and largest city, Kashgar is less industrial and has significantly fewer Han Chinese residents. In 1998, the urban population of Kashgar was recorded as 311,141, with 81% Uyghurs, and 18% Han Chinese.
In the 2000 census, the population of the city of Kashgar was given as 340,640. In the 2010 census, this number increased to 506,640. Some of the increase is due to boundary changes, and the number may include some rural population.
The city has a very important Sunday market. Thousands of farmers from the surrounding fertile lands come into the city to sell a wide variety of fruit and vegetables. Kashgar’s livestock market is also very lively. Silk and carpets made in Hotan are sold at bazaars, as well as local crafts, such as copper teapots and wooden jewellery boxes.
In order to boost the economy in Kashgar region, the government classified the area as the sixth Special Economic Zone of China in May 2010.
Mahmud al-Kashgari (Turkish: Kâşgarlı Mahmud) (Mahmut from Kashgar) wrote the first Turkic–Arabic Exemplary Dictionary called Divan-ı Lugat-it Türk
The movie The Kite Runner was filmed in Kashgar. Kashgar and the surrounding countryside stood in for Kabul and Afghanistan, since filming in Afghanistan was not possible due to safety and security reasons.Wikipedia
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Kashgar's NEW Old City? Charms & Controversy in Xinjiang, China
What the heck happened to Kashgar's ancient Old City? Was it torn down? Rebuilt? Left to ruin? Join me as I revisit this fascinating part of Silk Road history.
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0:00 - Introduction to Kashgar, China
0:40 - Entering Kashgar's New Old City
2:17 - Map of Kashgar's Old City
2:34 - Entering Kashgar's Old Old City
3:05 - Visiting a Uyghur Resident of the Old City
6:36 - Exploring Kashgar's Night Market
7:47 - My Overall Thoughts on Kashgar's Old City
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When I first visited Kashgar's Old City in 2008, the mud brick homes that had stood on that spot for centuries formed a labyrinth of alleyways that was fun to wander around.
Then, in 2009, the Chinese government deemed these homes unsafe and decided to tear them down and rebuild them completely, much to the horror of the international community.
They tore down everything except a small portion on the east side of the city.
Now, eight years later, I have decided to revisit this ancient Silk Road oasis and find out what has happened to this new Old City. Did they rebuild it well? How does it compare to the old Old City? What do the locals think?
Join me as I explore the back alleys of Kashgar's Old City, try a bit of Uyghur street food and even get a personal tour of an old Uighur home!
Discovering the Lost Tower of Sirkip | Ancient Ruins in Turpan, China
Early explorers wrote about the Tower of Sirkip, a Buddhist stupa that dates back to the 5th century...and it mysteriously disappeared. In this modern-day Indiana Jones tale, explore the back country of Xinjiang's oasis town of Turpan in search of towers even some of the local Uyghur don't know exist!
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0:00 - Is Discovery Dead?
0:55 - Traveling to Turpan, China
2:57 - Searching the Village of Sirkip
3:50 - Finding the Tower of Sirkip!
4:48 - The story of the Uyghur Man
6:23 - Finding the Taizang Buddhist Stupa
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For centuries, the area now known as Xinjiang in China's westernmost region, was home to many paths of the Silk Road. Merchants and travelers would pass through oasis towns such as Turpan (吐鲁番) and bring with them silks, medicines and even religion.
Ancient cities, Buddhist caves and many more relics of the past have survived the centuries since the Silk Road was an active trade route. Most of these places are documented in various history books and travel guides for tourists to visit.
But have they discovered everything?
Most of us have come to believe that everything in the world has already been discovered - long lost treasure or ancient ruins are stuff made for the movies.
In this tale of two towers, Josh from FarWestChina challenges this belief by going in search of two Buddhist towers which have vanished from recent memory - by by the world and even the local population.
Leaving from his home in the capital of Urumqi, Josh travels by train to the small town of Turpan, drives hours into the small surrounding villages and meets some amazing Uyghur locals. Armed with a few photos taken by explorer Aurel Stein in the 1930's, he comes to find that time has a way of causing some historical relics to vanish while others stay standing.
It's a discovery that no other foreigner has made...until now!
This is what makes Xinjiang such an exciting place to explore. You never know what you'll find!
China/Kasghar/Turpan/(Silkroad 2002) Part 7
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Turpan also known as Turfan or Tulufan, is a prefecture-level city located in the east of Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It has an area of 69,324 square kilometres (26,766 sq mi) and a population of 570,000 (2003)
In 803, the Uyghurs of the Uyghur Khaganate seized Turfan from the Tibetans. The Uyghur Khaganate however was destroyed by the Kirghiz and its capital Ordu-Baliq in Mongolia sacked in 840. The defeat resulted in the mass movement of the Uyghurs out of Mongolia and their dispersal into Gansu and Central Asia, and many joined other Uyghurs already present in Turfan. In the early twentieth century, a collection of some 900 Christian manuscripts dating to the ninth to the twelfth centuries was found at a monastery site at Turfan.[20]
The Uyghurs established a Kingdom in the Turpan region with its capital in Gaochang or Kara-Khoja. The kingdom was known as the Uyghuria Idikut state or Kara-Khoja Kingdom that lasted from 856 to 1389 AD. The Uyghurs were Manichaean but later converted to Buddhism and funded the construction the cave temples in the Bezeklik Caves. The Uyghurs formed an alliance with the rulers of Dunhuang. The Uyghur state later became a vassal state of the Kara-Khitans, and then as a vassal of the Mongol Empire. This Kingdom was led by the Idikuts, or Saint Spiritual Rulers. The last Idikut left Turpan area in 1284 for Kumul, then Gansu to seek protection of Yuan Dynasty, but local Uyghur Buddhist rulers still held power until the invasion by the Moghul Hizir Khoja in 1389. The conversion of the local Buddhist population to Islam was completed nevertheless only in the second half of the 15th century.
Artifacts of Manichaean and Buddhist provenance are found in Turfan. Uyghur, New Persian, Sogdian and Syriac documents have been found in Turfan.Turfan also has documents with Middle Persian.After being converted to Islam, the descendants of the previously Buddhist Uyghurs in Turfan failed to retain memory of their ancestral legacy and falsely believed that the infidel Kalmuks (Dzungars) were the ones who built Buddhist monuments in their area.
Turpan Uyghurs has more Han Chinese features and looks than Uyghurs elsewhere, and this is suggested to be due to intermarriage between Han Chinese and Uyghur in the past according to the locals. Due to physical features found in Uyghurs in Turpan it was claimed that Uyghurs married slaves sent to Turpan's Lukchun area by the Qing accordging to the Manchu Ji Dachun.
Turpan is an agricultural economy growing vegetables, cotton, and especially grapes being China's largest raisin producing area. There is a steady increase in farming acreage devoted to grapes backed by strong local government support for increased production.The local government has coordinated improvements in raisin distribution, offered preferential loans for grape cultivation, and free management training to growers.Wikipedia
(2002 Old Memories) Silk Road (Ipek Yolu) Kashgar Bazaar Part 7
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Kashgar Sunday Market:
Kashgar Sunday Market is the international trade market of central and Western Asia. It is located on the East Bank of the Tuman River in the northeast corner of Kashgar City, also known as Dongmen dabazar. Covering an area of 250 mu, with 21 professional markets, it is the largest international trade market in Northwest China.
International trade market. Bazar, a Uighur language, means market. Kashi is a famous historical and cultural city on the ancient Silk Road, and also a commodity distribution center. In those days, the business trip from Xi'an, whether on the South Tianshan Road or the North Tianshan Road, converged here. Bazaar here has a history of more than 2000 years. In ancient times, it was called the largest market in Asia. There are more than 5000 stalls in the market, nearly 10000 kinds of commodities, and more than 100000 people flow every day. Since the borders like Kunjirap pass and Torugart pass one after another, a large number of foreign tourists, merchants and business groups have opened up the channel of international commodities, bringing a large number of foreign commodities to participate in trade, and also purchasing many Chinese commodities from dabaza. Before 1992, this bazaar was only open on Sunday. So far, foreign tourists and foreign tourism materials still call this bazaar Sunday bazaar. In fact, this bazaar is open every day now, but only on Sunday can people feel the most exciting and unprecedented scale of bazaar. Located in the east gate of Kashgar City, Kashgar dabazar is the largest international trade market in Northwest China. Bazaar here has a history of more than 2000 years and is known as the largest market in Asia. There are more than 5000 stalls in bazaar, with nearly 10000 kinds of commodities and a daily flow of more than 100000 people. You can buy some souvenirs and local specialties in Xinjiang here. Here you can either shop or enjoy delicious food. Even if you don't want to do it, it's a beautiful thing to walk here and feel the strong western region
China/Peking to Türkistan (Urumqi-Turpan-Kashgar) 2002 Part 6
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Beijing (formerly romanized as Peking) is the capital of the People's Republic of China and the world's third most populous city proper. It is also one of the world's most populous capital city. The city, located in northern China, is governed as a direct-controlled municipality under the national government with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts.[9] Beijing Municipality is surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighboring Tianjin Municipality to the southeast; together the three divisions form the Jingjinji metropolitan region and the national capital region of China.Beijing is the second largest Chinese city by urban population after Shanghai and is the nation's political, cultural, and educational center. It is home to the headquarters of most of China's largest state-owned companies, and is a major hub for the national highway, expressway, railway, and high-speed rail networks. The Beijing Capital International Airport is the second busiest in the world by passenger traffic. The city's subway network is among the longest and busiest in the world.The city's history dates back three millennia. As the last of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China, Beijing has been the political center of the country for much of the past eight centuries. The city is renowned for its opulent palaces, temples, parks, gardens, tombs, walls and gates,[14] and its art treasures and universities have made it a center of culture and art in China.[14] Encyclopædia Britannica notes that few cities in the world have served for so long as the political headquarters and cultural centre of an area as immense as China. Beijing has seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites – the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Ming Tombs, Zhoukoudian, as well as parts of the Great Wall and the Grand Canal.Beijing hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics and was chosen to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, which will make it the first city to ever host both events.Wikipedia
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China/Kashgar (Uyghur Capital City-2002) Part 9
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Kashgar is an oasis city in Xinjiang and is the westernmost Chinese city, located near the border with Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. With a population of over 500,000, Kashgar has a rich history of over 2,000 years and served as a trading post and strategically important city on the Silk Road between China, the Middle East, and Europe.
Located historically at the convergence point of widely varying cultures and empires, Kashgar has been under the rule of the Chinese, Turkic, Mongol, and Tibetan empires. The city has also been the site of an extraordinary number of battles between various groups of people on the steppes.
Kashgar is predominately peopled by Muslim Uyghurs. Compared to Ürümqi, Xinjiang's capital and largest city, Kashgar is less industrial and has significantly fewer Han Chinese residents. In 1998, the urban population of Kashgar was recorded as 311,141, with 81% Uyghurs, and 18% Han Chinese.
In the 2000 census, the population of the city of Kashgar was given as 340,640. In the 2010 census, this number increased to 506,640. Some of the increase is due to boundary changes, and the number may include some rural population.
The city has a very important Sunday market. Thousands of farmers from the surrounding fertile lands come into the city to sell a wide variety of fruit and vegetables. Kashgar’s livestock market is also very lively. Silk and carpets made in Hotan are sold at bazaars, as well as local crafts, such as copper teapots and wooden jewellery boxes.
In order to boost the economy in Kashgar region, the government classified the area as the sixth Special Economic Zone of China in May 2010.
Mahmud al-Kashgari (Turkish: Kâşgarlı Mahmud) (Mahmut from Kashgar) wrote the first Turkic–Arabic Exemplary Dictionary called Divan-ı Lugat-it Türk
The movie The Kite Runner was filmed in Kashgar. Kashgar and the surrounding countryside stood in for Kabul and Afghanistan, since filming in Afghanistan was not possible due to safety and security reasons.wikipedia
(2002 Old Memories) Silk Road (Ipek Yolu) Uyghur's Turpan Bazaar Part 4
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Fire Land of Turfan - the hottest city in Uyghur
A green oasis in the middle of the desert, blown by winds from all directions – this was the way how Turpan city appeared before his eyes of weary travelers over a period of two thousand years. It was not only an important commercial and cultural center on the Great Silk Road, but also a strategic post on the ancient caravan route northern branch.
Turpan is a unique city. It is located in the Turpan Basin at the depth of 154 m below sea level. From all sides the city is surrounded by deserts and mountains, destroyed medieval towns and ruins of ancient settlements. The area, the city is situated on, is called the Valley of Winds: the pressure inside the cavity differs much from the pressure outside it, while a rapid movement of air flow generates a strong vortex. This makes a trip through the valley somewhat uncomfortable, though, the local community learned how to adapt to it long ago.
The locals named Turpan as Fire Land”, because it is the hottest city in China and one of the driest places in the world. In summer the temperature reaches 50°C in the shade, so many excursions to the city’s landmarks and the surrounding area should begin at dawn.
Karez Irrigation System, Turpan
The famous system of underground and surface channels of Turfan
Turpan is known as one of the hottest places in the world. The rainfalls there are less than 16 mm per year, while permanent dry wind blowing from the Taklamakan and Gobi Deserts, makes the existence of any life impossible there. But for the last two millennia, Turpan is one of the most advanced and well-developed agricultural oases of Eastern Turkestan.
The secret of the success lies in a karez ancient irrigation system, once invented by the Persians, and successfully brought to life by the Turpan people. The Chinese people are proud of these feats of engineering as they are proud of the Great Wall of China.
The karez irrigation system is a system of underground and surface channels connected by wells. It is fed with water flowing during the deglaciation. Initially, the water is accumulated in so-called collecting wells, and from there by special channels it comes to agricultural valleys for irrigation and directly to Turpan.
The length of the canal system reaches 5000 km – its scope and grandeur of idea are comparable only to those of the Great Wall of China. The system delivered water not only to the oasis of Turpan, but also to other cities on the Silk Road, and was the only saving grace for caravans and lonely travelers for a great while.
(2002 Old Memories) Silk Road (Ipek Yolu) Kashgar Bazaar Part 6
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Kashgar Sunday Market:
Kashgar Sunday Market is the international trade market of central and Western Asia. It is located on the East Bank of the Tuman River in the northeast corner of Kashgar City, also known as Dongmen dabazar. Covering an area of 250 mu, with 21 professional markets, it is the largest international trade market in Northwest China.
International trade market. Bazar, a Uighur language, means market. Kashi is a famous historical and cultural city on the ancient Silk Road, and also a commodity distribution center. In those days, the business trip from Xi'an, whether on the South Tianshan Road or the North Tianshan Road, converged here. Bazaar here has a history of more than 2000 years. In ancient times, it was called the largest market in Asia. There are more than 5000 stalls in the market, nearly 10000 kinds of commodities, and more than 100000 people flow every day. Since the borders like Kunjirap pass and Torugart pass one after another, a large number of foreign tourists, merchants and business groups have opened up the channel of international commodities, bringing a large number of foreign commodities to participate in trade, and also purchasing many Chinese commodities from dabaza. Before 1992, this bazaar was only open on Sunday. So far, foreign tourists and foreign tourism materials still call this bazaar Sunday bazaar. In fact, this bazaar is open every day now, but only on Sunday can people feel the most exciting and unprecedented scale of bazaar. Located in the east gate of Kashgar City, Kashgar dabazar is the largest international trade market in Northwest China. Bazaar here has a history of more than 2000 years and is known as the largest market in Asia. There are more than 5000 stalls in bazaar, with nearly 10000 kinds of commodities and a daily flow of more than 100000 people. You can buy some souvenirs and local specialties in Xinjiang here. Here you can either shop or enjoy delicious food. Even if you don't want to do it, it's a beautiful thing to walk here and feel the strong western region
(2002 Old Memories) Silk Road (Ipek Yolu) To “Grape Capital” Uyghur's Turpan Part 3
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Turpan city, “Grape Capital”
Fire Land of Turfan - the hottest city in China
A green oasis in the middle of the desert, blown by winds from all directions – this was the way how Turpan city appeared before his eyes of weary travelers over a period of two thousand years. It was not only an important commercial and cultural center on the Great Silk Road, but also a strategic post on the ancient caravan route northern branch.
Turpan is a unique city. It is located in the Turpan Basin at the depth of 154 m below sea level. From all sides the city is surrounded by deserts and mountains, destroyed medieval towns and ruins of ancient settlements. The area, the city is situated on, is called the Valley of Winds: the pressure inside the cavity differs much from the pressure outside it, while a rapid movement of air flow generates a strong vortex. This makes a trip through the valley somewhat uncomfortable, though, the local community learned how to adapt to it long ago.
The locals named Turpan as Fire Land”, because it is the hottest city in China and one of the driest places in the world. In summer the temperature reaches 50°C in the shade, so many excursions to the city’s landmarks and the surrounding area should begin at dawn.
On the way to Turpan, an amazing picture rises to view -thousands of hectares of woodland in the middle of a sandy desert. A freen belt around the city is a kind of buffer between the city and the wilderness. Despite the arid climate, Turpan grows different kinds of fruits: figs, pomegranates, peaches, melons, as well as long-staple cotton and wheat, but perhaps the most common fruit is grapes. In any house, tea houses, and the city’s markets, everywhere, you are sure to see different varieties of grapes, which is favorite sweetmeat for the locals. Not without reason, Turpan is called “Grape Capital” of China.
City owes its prosperity to the ancient kyariz (qanat) irrigation system that the Uyghurs adopted from the ancient Persians. Every year, the melt water from the slopes of the Tien Shan Mountains, flowing down the Turpan valley, is stored by means of a system of underground irrigation canals with a total length of about 5 kilometers, preventing it from evaporation at high temperatures. It should be noted that the Turpan oasis irrigation system ranges among such feats of Chinese engineering art as the Great Wall of China and the Grand Canal.
(2002 Old Memories) Silk Road (Ipek Yolu) Amazing Kashgar Food & Fruit Bazaar Part 9
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Kashgar Food & Fruit Bazaar :
Instead, it's heavily influenced by the local Uyghur people, a community of Turkic-speaking Muslims. Facing a gallery of sometimes difficult neighbors—Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tibet, India, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan—Kashgar has experienced a turbulent history of outside interference and internal conflict. The Chinese might be the most recent to govern, but Kashgar has been ruled by the Tibetan, Persian, Turkic, and Mongol empires in turn. Thanks to this revolving door of influences, the city's cuisine is a splendid mosaic of Middle Eastern, Central Asian, and Chinese flavors.
Kashgar's food resonates with tastes typically associated with the Middle East—cumin, chili, cinnamon, garlic, saffron, and sesame. The city's rich culinary life surprises on every corner of its winding streets, as spice-sprinkled lamb sizzles over charcoal pits, bakers haul rounds of bread from tall tonur (outdoor pit ovens), and women sell tiny bowls of tart yogurt sprinkled with sugar.
Lamb and mutton feature heavily, either slow-braised or smoke-grilled, and even camel meat is eaten on occasion. Hand-pulled noodles are topped with a rich stew of peppers, tomatoes, and eggplants, and rice pilafs sweetened with local yellow carrots and dried fruits are a popular meal. Bread is an essential, along with black tea fragrant with cardamom, cinnamon, saffron, and rose petals. Uyghurs love sweetness too: dried fruits, nougats, yogurt, milk, cream, and pastries.
In Kashgar's dimlit dawn, the aroma of wood smoke fills the streets as lines of tonur pit ovens fire up and breadmaking begins for the day. The baker, wearing a green and white embroidered doppa, or Uyghur cap, makes nan bread. He flattens rounds of dough, curls the edges, and stamps a laced pattern of holes with a spiked tool, to help the bread cook evenly.
I watch as he sprinkles it with black onion seeds, sesame, or a flurry of chopped garlic, and stretches the bread onto a curved cushion. He reaches into the depths of the glowing tonur to roll the nan bread onto its walls. A few minutes later, he hands me the clock-sized bread, brown and crisp, and studded with tiny flecks of charcoal from the fire. The next is added to the towering stacks of baked nan outside the shop, waiting for early customers to come from morning prayers at the Id Kah mosque.
(2002 Old Memories) Silk Road (Ipek Yolu) To Kashgar Part 5
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Kashgar:
The rich and unique history of the ancient KashgarThe history of Kashgar begins in the I millennium BC, when the tribes of Yuedzhi, Usuns and Saks were roaming around the vast expanses of the Taklamakan Desert and the piedmont slopes of the Pamir. Wandering from one encampment to another in the oases, they eventually began founding small settlements, which later were developed into cities on the Silk Road.In the II century BC Yuedzhi tribes forced out the Usuns from the territory of Kashgar as well as whole East Turkestan and founded one of the largest and most powerful states of the ancient East - the Kushan Empire. It was one of the world’s strongest nations, which established equal trade and political relations with the Roman Empire. It was the dawn of golden age of Kashgar, which developed into one of the biggest commercial cities in the East.In the I century BC the Kushan kingdom had a political crisis coming on, which enabled the Kashgar rulers to become independent from the power of the Kushans, but shortly after it, East Turkestan fell under the vassal power of the Chinese Empire. In 60 BC a Han Dynasty emperor ordered to build a military governor residence there.A new milestone in the city’s history begins with the IV century BC, when the territory of East Turkestan was peopled by Turkic tribes (including the Uyghurs), who subsequently founded the Turkic Khaganate there. After the collapse of the khaganate, Chinese troops recaptured Kashgar and other cities of East Turkestan, but in the VIII century, the city became independent again.The X-XI centuries in the city’s history of the can be called the “golden era” of Kashgar. At that period the city became the capital of the state of the Karakhanids who expanded their power not only in the west of Eastern Turkestan, but also in the territory of Central Asia. Under Arslan Khan from the Karakhanid dynasty, Kashgar became one of the most beautiful cities in Central Asia.The Mongol occupations left almost no marks for Kashgar and East Turkestan in general, since the local ruler Genghis Khan favored the Uyghur and concluded friendly agreements with them, but in the XIV century Kashgar was captured and completely destroyed by Tamerlane troops. By the XV century, the city was completely rebuilt, but from that time Kashgar lost its role as one of the main political and economic centers in Asia.
(2002 Old Memories) Silk Road (Tea House - People's Park) Kashgar Part 11
Welcome to my travelchannel. ☛☛☞☛ my channel you can find more than 1500 films of almost 100 countries. See the playlist on my youtube channel.Enjoy!Kashgar (Uighur: قەشقەر) is an oasis city in the Tarim Basin region of Southern Xinjiang. It is one of the westernmost cities of China, near the border with Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Pakistan. With a population of over 600,000, Kashgar has served as a trading post and strategically important city on the Silk Road between China, the Middle East and Europe for over 2,000 years, making it one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the World.At the convergence point of widely varying cultures and empires, Kashgar has been under the rule of the Chinese, Turkic, Mongol and Tibetan empires. The city has also been the site of a number of battles between various groups of people on the steppes.Now administered as a county-level unit, Kashgar is the administrative center of Kashgar Prefecture, which has an area of 162,000 km2 (63,000 sq mi) and a population of approximately 4 million as of 2010.The city itself has a population of 506,640, and its urban area covers 15 km2 (5.8 sq mi), though its administrative area extends over 555 km2 (214 sq mi). The city was made into a Special Economic Zone in 2010, the only city in western China with this distinction. Kashgar also forms a terminus of the Karakoram Highway, whose reconstruction is considered a major part of the multibillion-dollar China–Pakistan Economic Corridor.
(2002 Old Memories) Silk Road (Ipek Yolu) From Beijing To East Turkestan Part 2
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Silk Road-Ipek Yolu:
The Silk Road was and is a network of trade routes connecting the East and West, and was central to the economic, cultural, political, and religious interactions between these regions from the 2nd century BCE to the 18th century.The Silk Road primarily refers to the land but also sea routes connecting East Asia and Southeast Asia with South Asia, Persia, the Arabian Peninsula, East Africa and Southern Europe.
The Silk Road derives its name from the lucrative trade in silk carried out along its length, beginning in the Han dynasty in China (207 BCE–220 CE). The Han dynasty expanded the Central Asian section of the trade routes around 114 BCE through the missions and explorations of the Chinese imperial envoy Zhang Qian, as well as several military conquests. The Chinese took great interest in the security of their trade products, and extended the Great Wall of China to ensure the protection of the trade route.
The Silk Road trade played a significant role in the development of the civilizations of China, Korea,Japan, the Indian subcontinent, Iran, Europe, the Horn of Africa and Arabia, opening long-distance political and economic relations between the civilizations.Though silk was the major trade item exported from China, many other goods and ideas were exchanged, including religions (especially Buddhism), syncretic philosophies, sciences, and technologies like paper and gunpowder. So in addition to economic trade, the Silk Road was a route for cultural trade among the civilizations along its network.Diseases, most notably plague, also spread along the Silk Road.
In the present day, trade takes place on the Silk Road on land and on the maritime branch. There are several projects under the name of “New Silk Road” to expand the transport infrastructure in the area of the historic trade routes. The best known is probably the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). In June 2014, UNESCO designated the Chang'an-Tianshan corridor of the Silk Road as a World Heritage Site. The Indian portion is on the tentative site list.
Global Gypsies Silk Road 2013 - Turpan Muso
Turpan Muso
Silk Road Part 6:Urumuqi&Turpan two major hubs on the ancient Silk Road.Full HD
China-XINJIANG Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Taklamakan Desert,Flaming Mountains,Turpan,Jiaohe Ancient City,
URUMUQI.
EPISODE 05: TURPAN PART 02 - JOURNEY TO THE WEST
Turpan Part 02
Brief Episode Description:
In the second part of this final episode, I’ll be visiting the oldest Uyghur village in Xinjiang: Tuyoq Valley. Watching Uyghurs perform the Muqam, which is a traditional Islamic folk music from Xinjiang and competing in a traditional Uyghur wrestling competition!
The road to Tuyoq Village (0:0)
Restaurant near Tuyoq Village (1:05)
Noodle dish: Banmian (1:51)
Tuyoq Valley (2:51)
The Flaming Mountains (9:07)
Restaurant with live Muqam music (10:19)
Live performances (13:02)
Uyghur wrestling (16:21)
The train bound for Beijing (19:09)
Soundtrack (in order):
1) Turku Nomads of the Silk Road- Drum Solo
2) TeknoAEs Royalty Free Music - Gypsy Stallion - BackgroundGuitarWorld - Royalty Free Music
3) Wheel Of Karma - Audionautix (No Copyright Music)
Part 1 Silk Road - (İpek Yolu 2002) Uyghur people - hutong in Beijing
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Silk Road- Ipek YOLU:
The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes, formally established during the Han Dynasty of China, which linked the regions of the ancient world in commerce between 130 BCE-1453 CE.
The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes, formally established during the Han Dynasty of China, which linked the regions of the ancient world in commerce between 130 BCE-1453 CE.
What city got rich from the Silk Road?
Constantinople
Constantinople, Turkey
The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire was Constantinople. The wealth of this magnificent capital was legendary, and luxury goods from China and India made their way across the length of Asia to be sold in its markets. Constantinople represents the end of the Silk Road.