When I was child I used to imagine becoming one of the member of the team and travelling along to do research, seeing different culture and societies and meeting new people.
I was in my early 30's and was amazed at the revelations and music. This series brought Kitaro, and Cosmos brought Vangelis into my musical tastes - they are still with me. PBS altered my perception of life, the universe, and forced me to take a hard look at religion and politics. Of course, this is 2024, and there is furor in the US and here in Ukraine.
I have fond memories of watching the Silk Road when I was a child. I was fasinated and inspired to visit the Silk Road one day. Many years later, I spent 3 months to travel thru Xi'an and the outskirts of China and into the far west of Central Asia. You all should try it if you can.
This documentary program that I never missed and watched every episode of it when I was about 12 with my dad, it was our favorite program and the greatest documentary I watched and enjoyed every minute of it , imagining to go to those places someday, I even hade key board and I could play Kitaro's silk road Music, altho that time I didn't know who Kitaro is as a child.. Now I am 54, I have been some part of Asia already but to complete this route is almost impossible and just a dream for me.. Anyways, I am so greatful that you shared this video so that I can watch it again and again, just to remember those places, My childhood and Dad.
This series is some of the absolute best television ever made. Period. I am a documentary junkie (watched several thousand at this point) and I have come back to re watch this series multiple times over the last ~15 years, and it always manages to transport me to a forgotten place and a mystical time far far away, yet beautifully familiar. If its your first viewing of the series you are in for an absolutely unforgettable journey! Make sure and watch all 3 seasons...they eventually make it all the way to the Mediterranean!
I started to watch the serie again on March 25, 2020 almost 40 years after the first airing. The story was already ancient but now the footage is history as well. So much has changed in those 40 years and yet so much stayed the same. I'm ready for the journey of this serie.
@arturopolizzi1734 I've watched this series a few times and several of the episodes more times. There is something engaging about it which helps raise the spirit.
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A really beautifully made documentary, which I remember watching when first aired, here in the UK. The Silk Road has always been a source of wonder, imagination and inspiration to me. So when this documentary was aired, it was the first time we westerners had really seen images of this far of and amazing landscape, with its varied peoples and culture. So lovely to watch it all again. Well posted and thank you MrGregiur.
This. When I'm in mid school. I'm watching a Chinese movie about silky road. Talking about a man, he was trade thing in China to Mongolia and Indian,etc..if he chose to trade by sea road it's take a lot money so his bussines will fail. No one dare to go though that far in that time. He and his team asking local ppl guide him, but many time get fail, many of them was dead but he never give up. The last time, he go by himselves and almost get lose in desert but final they was find a way go though in mountain to get to Central Asia kingdom. It was very touching movie. I'm still remember I wait each day to watching that movie. Me & my older brother. I can't find that movie anywhere but it was very impress me. I don't know how to explain but that was so good movie in many of way.
I watched this documentary when I was a kid back in 1980s. The documentary and Kitaro’s misic touched me so that Last year, I visited Nara, Japan for its great preservation of Silk Road artifacts and Yakushi-ji, an ancient temple also contributed to this documentary. Really amazed how Silk Road history well kept by scholars and Museums in Nara. This is best documentary about Silk Road history. Thank you for sharing with us.
Outstanding documentary. They simply could not make something this beautiful today. Its humble, it has a feeling and mood to it. The ambiance... There is to much glitter now
I know what you mean, Drew Cody. I've watched this documentary perhaps twice so far, but I'd love to see it the third time now as I can't remember much of it anymore. Some of today's documentary films are okay, but very seldom they're as humble as this one, as you put it. This documentary film shows the everyday life of the people living along the silk road as well as teaches about the history of the nations along the silk road. It doesn't preach or take sides. That's what I like.
It was aired here in the UK on Ch4 in the early 80's on Sunday nights, I used to watch this as an escape before going to bed and work on a Monday morning. I hope one day they remaster this, it deserves it.
Watching this in 2023 with a bit of COVID. We saw this as kids in Brunei. There was little other entertainment. It gave us a sense of being part of a much wider world. And I guess helped me learn focus and concentration.
Probably one of the most outstanding "Geographical" Series ever put together! And by a joint Chinese/Japanese team back in the 1960's. In retrospect (this is now almost 2020), even that part of the world has changed so much it is unrecognizable. I watch this series through once again every few years.
I used to watch this on VHS when I was a kid. Now this soundtrack gives me chills every time I hear it. It makes me feel happy and safe, and like everything is gonna be alright. It's so good 🙏🏻
This was THE documentary to watch when it was first screened on TV in the late-1970s or early-1980s, not least for Kitaro's haunting theme music. I didn't have the patience to watch it as a child but it's nostalgic today. Realise it's not easy to pronounce the local names of places and people, but most of it came out all wrong in the narration.
+Arya Nabavi Um.... NO!... Kitaro's music was very appropriately scored to a very well made and thoughtful documentary... The Silk Road passes through some of the most inhospitable topography on the planet. It takes guts to travel in places like this. So to all the armchair critics here who moan and slight this beautiful program... Go and watch something more appropriate to your contemporary and boring tastes... The Sino-Japanese expeditionary film crew MADE THIS DOCUMENTARY.
I really enjoyed this one as well, I also recommend this one as it deals with the Silk Road and the ancient history of Silk and its evolution in trade, transportation on the silk road and its impact on ancient, medieval and modern industry. The history of silk is really an amazing testament to humankind's ingenuity and the randomness of life since Neolithic times. I hope you enjoy this episode. It turned out to be a much greater story than I was ever aware of. From the mythological origins of the discovery of silk, to the science behind the actual process of silk making this lecture dives into it, giving you an important economic, archaeological and social history of this silk. From Persia, Ancient Rome and to the modern nations of Europe silk was craved, sought, purchased and trade secrets were stolen as various peoples and enterprises sought to explore the silk industry and trade! An awesome presentation. Terms that Laszlo Montgomery uses throughout this episode are listed below for a better understanding! If you have not listened to The China History Podcast definitely check them out, I am just delving into the history of Asia and the content he provides on China is more than I could ever hope for. th-cam.com/video/CySz4xoOQRA/w-d-xo.html
Well isn't that precious. A documentary about how people did the incredible to connect the peoples of the world and the low resolution is just to much to bear. "Oh, dear... how can I stand this, I might just faint away right now whilst holding the back of my wrist to forehead in wiltering affliction that resolution is so low." Of course if that is too melodramatic and undercuts the enormity of the effrontery to the visual senses we could go with "The Horror! The Horror!"
Terimakasih telah menghadirkan kembali tayangan paling berkesan dimasa kecil saya. Sepertinya sekitar tahun 1988-90 an saya menonton serial ini. Music khas Kitaro nya sungguh karya yang luar biasa melengkapi Video Dokumenter terbaik di dunia yang pernah ada menurut saya.
OH, I have been looking for this series, for years. I watched it at the time and we loved it so much and it remained engraved in my memory. The moment the music started I knew this was it! Thank so very much!
This was an excellent documentary. If you want to understand China today watch the whole documentary series. Since China today is one of the most influential and powerful nation on Earth. This documentary should be essential viewing all over the world especially in the west that seems to be antagonistic towards China.
When I need my spirits uplifting I watch this remarkable series in honour of the people who inhabit, and the traders who ploughed, the Silk Road over the millennia. A peaceful future, where there are no political solutions, depends on cooperation and trade.
I don't know in which world I lived. I've never whatched it before, even knowing and lovin the Kitaro's albun The Silk Road. . I'm fascinated. It is never late and I think It came in the right time for my comprehension.
I have loved this documentary for decades. So beautiful, so informative. Pity that China has morphed into something quite different that that depicted in this lovely documentary, in particular, the depiction of the "happy" Uighars. First time I ever even heard of Uighars was through this documentary. Grim reality seems somewhat at variance with the idyllic images conjured so exquisitely by the makers of this epic show. Pity.
In part thanks to this documentary and uploaded video here, I visited ancient Chang'an! Now I know about Wu Zertian's tomb through this documentary and feel like visiting it too just to live, breathe and see such great history! We asked the China tour guide, and it is a 2 hour vehicle ride from city of Xi'an to the tomb!
"Sauma and Markos travelled across northern China with its mixed Chinese, Mongol and Turkic influences. they travelled west out of Kublai Khan’s immediate domain and into lands controlled by federate khans and opposing warlords. In today’s terms this is the Central Asian states of Kyrgyzstan,Kazakhstan,Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. The long first of their journey ended in the city of Maraghah. Maraghah, a city in the northwest of modern Iran, was the capital of the Ilkhanate, Mongol-ruled Persia, which stretched over modern-day Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq, and took in bits of Turkey and Syria, ruled on behalf of the Great Khan, Kublai, by his brother Hülegü Khan, and his descendants." - The Monks of Kublai Khan: From Beijing to Baghdad and Beyond. By: Gareth Hughes. Oxford, 2009. The Great-Khan of the Mongol-Empire, Chinese-Emperor, and founder of the Chinese YUAN-DYNASTY: "(KUBLAI-KHAN)," (1215-1294), one of the grandsons of Genghis-Khan. Kublai himself was a devout Tibetan-Buddhist. But he employed advisors and administrators all over his government of different ethnic-groups all across his empire. In fact in China the foreigners had more rights under Mongol rule than the native Han-Chinese. First of all; no one was descrimanted for their religion, the only exception to this under Kublai's reign were the Taoists. But every other group, "(Shi'ite-Persian Muslims, Christian-Armenians, Buddhist-Tanguts, Christian-Georgians, Sunni-Muslim Uyghurs, Manichest Uyghurs, Nestorian-Christian Uyghurs, Nepali and Indian-Hindus, Zoroastrians)," and countless other ethnic and religious groups were given authority in China and given authority over the native Han-Chinese population. At the top were the Mongols, then on the second rung not far from the Mongols were the foreigners, "(Persians, Arabs, Zoroastrians, Uyghurs, Georgians, Armenians, Koreans)," etc., who were often rich and wealthy either through being merchants over government administrators. And at the bottom were the Han-Chinese who were considered inferior to the Mongols and their foreign-allies. Kublai-Khan was significantly lienent to the Chinese-population and their situation under his reign was largely tolerable. However; many of his sucessors were much tougher on the Chinese. And gave more rights to Mongols and Foreigners and the growing tension of alienating the Chinese-majority boiled over until they over threw the Mongols in 1368 C.E., and established the Han-Chinese Ming-Dynasty. The two Öngüt Nestorian-Christians traveled to Europe to establish closer diplomatic-relations with the Christian-Kingdoms of Europe and the MONGOL-EMPIRE OF THE GREAT-KHAN!!!! And in addition to form an alliance between the Europeans and the Mongols against the Islamic-Mamluke Sultanate of Egypt centered in Cairo. These two men belong to a Central-Asian ethnic-group and smaller-tribe called, "the-Öngüt," were devout Nestorian-Christians who first for atleast the second time in both their lives stopped at Jerusalem in Mamluke-territory. And then traveled through Ilkhanate-territories and the realms of the Turkish-Beyliks through to the Byzantine-Empire first going to Constantinople meeting with the Byzantine Orthodox-Christian Emperor on behalf of the Khan. Then meeting the kings and nobleman in "(Hungary, Bohemia, the Holy Roman-Empire, the Teutonic-Order, some of the Christian-Kingdoms of Northern-Spain, the Kingdom of the Franks/French and eventually as far as England. Meeting with several English-nobleman in the city of Wessex in England. They eventually returned to Beijing "(Khanbaliq)," informing the Khan that many of the European nations including the Franks and the Hungarians were willing to ally with the Mongols against the Mamlukes in Egypt. At this same time "Marco-Polo," had traveled to China from Venice and became an advisor and close-friend of the Khan. One journey of a man going West to East, and two other men going from East to West. Situations: www.britannica.com/biography/Rabban-bar-Sauma historicallyirrelevant.com/post/6728649422/the-untold-story-of-bar-sauma-the-marco-polo-of www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/rabban-bar-sauma-reverse-marco-polo-travels-beijing-bourdeaux en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabban_Bar_Sauma
1hourOfLove says: "You'd think Mr. Yang, the discoverer of the Terra Cotta soldiers, would be a rich celebrity." == In my opinion, he should be. In the current situation in China, wrong people get rich and famous. The question he asked was "Have you become a national hero?" I think you are right, "celebrity " was the word he meant asking.
When I was child I used to imagine becoming one of the member of the team and travelling along to do research, seeing different culture and societies and meeting new people.
watch this with my brother when we were small it is a amazing documentary
Me too. My parents have a collection of national geographics that go back to the 30s and I would pour over them imagining that i was there.
same, I went to see the terracotta warriors when i was 15, it was soo cool
Same was my feeling as yours.
Me too. Cool
Oh my god the music in this is unbelievably good. they don't makem like they used to. I love this thank you for posting.
I love this series. Probably one of the finest documentaries ever made in the history of TV.
yes it is. I watch it every few years because it is so brilliant and that time is here again
No doubt
I watched this series of documentaries when I was a child. Really very beautiful, with Kitaro's enchanting music!
same here, other than cartoons, this and carl sagans cosmos are the main tv productions I remember from my chidhood.
I was in my early 30's and was amazed at the revelations and music. This series brought Kitaro, and Cosmos brought Vangelis into my musical tastes - they are still with me. PBS altered my perception of life, the universe, and forced me to take a hard look at religion and politics. Of course, this is 2024, and there is furor in the US and here in Ukraine.
Thank you so much for making this available!
I have fond memories of watching the Silk Road when I was a child. I was fasinated and inspired to visit the Silk Road one day. Many years later, I spent 3 months to travel thru Xi'an and the outskirts of China and into the far west of Central Asia. You all should try it if you can.
When China (CCTV) and Japan (NHK) collaborated, they could make something divine like this. The world was way so much better then.
I am glad the 30 part NHK series of the Silk Road is on youtube and I hope it stays there
Brings back fond memories of me, watching this TV series, as a young man 👍
Thank you for bring this to U tube 🤝
This documentary program that I never missed and watched every episode of it when I was about 12 with my dad, it was our favorite program and the greatest documentary I watched and enjoyed every minute of it , imagining to go to those places someday, I even hade key board and I could play Kitaro's silk road Music, altho that time I didn't know who Kitaro is as a child.. Now I am 54, I have been some part of Asia already but to complete this route is almost impossible and just a dream for me.. Anyways, I am so greatful that you shared this video so that I can watch it again and again, just to remember those places, My childhood and Dad.
Best documentary of all time. I've watched it four times in the last four years.
You said it. It is. The Best.
Ancient Asia - the motherland of ALL. The greatest documentary ever made!
Not older than middle east
This series is some of the absolute best television ever made. Period. I am a documentary junkie (watched several thousand at this point) and I have come back to re watch this series multiple times over the last ~15 years, and it always manages to transport me to a forgotten place and a mystical time far far away, yet beautifully familiar. If its your first viewing of the series you are in for an absolutely unforgettable journey! Make sure and watch all 3 seasons...they eventually make it all the way to the Mediterranean!
This is the one I clicked, and it should NEVER be forgotten.
This documentary is a LEGEND! Find the ancient history of the space between China and Rome ....
Love this documentary and the theme song by Kitaro since I was a kid. Still thinking abt silk road even till now ...
I started to watch the serie again on March 25, 2020 almost 40 years after the first airing. The story was already ancient but now the footage is history as well. So much has changed in those 40 years and yet so much stayed the same. I'm ready for the journey of this serie.
this series has genuinely taken me through some of the darkest times of my life
@arturopolizzi1734 I've watched this series a few times and several of the episodes more times. There is something engaging about it which helps raise the spirit.
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This is the most amazing international documentary ever created in the history of our world. Absolutely incredible. Relax and enjoy.
A really beautifully made documentary, which I remember watching when first aired, here in the UK. The Silk Road has always been a source of wonder, imagination and inspiration to me. So when this documentary was aired, it was the first time we westerners had really seen images of this far of and amazing landscape, with its varied peoples and culture. So lovely to watch it all again. Well posted and thank you MrGregiur.
This. When I'm in mid school. I'm watching a Chinese movie about silky road. Talking about a man, he was trade thing in China to Mongolia and Indian,etc..if he chose to trade by sea road it's take a lot money so his bussines will fail. No one dare to go though that far in that time. He and his team asking local ppl guide him, but many time get fail, many of them was dead but he never give up. The last time, he go by himselves and almost get lose in desert but final they was find a way go though in mountain to get to Central Asia kingdom.
It was very touching movie. I'm still remember I wait each day to watching that movie. Me & my older brother. I can't find that movie anywhere but it was very impress me.
I don't know how to explain but that was so good movie in many of way.
This is an old documentary but by far the very best one on the Silk Road. Thank you for posting.
This was made in 1980ish, I remember. BUT all the episodes were filmed superbly!
I watched this documentary when I was a kid back in 1980s. The documentary and Kitaro’s misic touched me so that Last year, I visited Nara, Japan for its great preservation of Silk Road artifacts and Yakushi-ji, an ancient temple also contributed to this documentary. Really amazed how Silk Road history well kept by scholars and Museums in Nara.
This is best documentary about Silk Road history. Thank you for sharing with us.
I used to love watching this back in the 80's. Thanks for putting it on TH-cam
I used to watch this when I was a teen in Iran and was fascinated by the history of the whole region....good memories
Outstanding documentary. They simply could not make something this beautiful today. Its humble, it has a feeling and mood to it. The ambiance... There is to much glitter now
+Holdadolla
Nothing beats the 80's LOL.
it ok
it not that cool
I know what you mean, Drew Cody. I've watched this documentary perhaps twice so far, but I'd love to see it the third time now as I can't remember much of it anymore.
Some of today's documentary films are okay, but very seldom they're as humble as this one, as you put it. This documentary film shows the everyday life of the people living along the silk road as well as teaches about the history of the nations along the silk road. It doesn't preach or take sides. That's what I like.
This documentary was taken at the end of 1970s. Almost 40 years ago between CCTV and NHK. Wish another documentary for the new silk road soon.
I used to watch this as a child from an old VHS tape. The theme music is so nostalgic! I simply love it.
same here :)
One of the best tv show from my childhood. 😢
Love this series. The music is outstanding
SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL! CHEERS MY FELLOW HISTORY LOVERS! this puts tears in my eyes just by hearing Kitaro's music.
I'm Baaack!!.....watched all before....some of the best videos in TH-cam.....
It takes a hero to upload such content. Well done sir.
Outstanding production and music....timeless and romantic...no words to describe it!
I remember this from my childhood. Loved this series! Thanks for sharing!
Wonderful and thorough. Real Japanese effort!!!!
It was aired here in the UK on Ch4 in the early 80's on Sunday nights, I used to watch this as an escape before going to bed and work on a Monday morning. I hope one day they remaster this, it deserves it.
i was watching this when I was 5-6-7 years old. Good old times.
Legendary!!! I go back to my childhood. Childhood is the motherland of a human being…
it take me to my childhood. whit beautiful kitaro music
Watching this in 2023 with a bit of COVID. We saw this as kids in Brunei. There was little other entertainment. It gave us a sense of being part of a much wider world. And I guess helped me learn focus and concentration.
Love Kitaro and love the documentary!
This is a time machine transporting me back to the 80s and my childhood. Goosebumps.
Probably one of the most outstanding "Geographical" Series ever put together! And by a joint Chinese/Japanese team back in the 1960's. In retrospect (this is now almost 2020), even that part of the world has changed so much it is unrecognizable. I watch this series through once again every few years.
I used to watch this on VHS when I was a kid. Now this soundtrack gives me chills every time I hear it. It makes me feel happy and safe, and like everything is gonna be alright. It's so good 🙏🏻
Such a fantastic series.
This was THE documentary to watch when it was first screened on TV in the late-1970s or early-1980s, not least for Kitaro's haunting theme music. I didn't have the patience to watch it as a child but it's nostalgic today. Realise it's not easy to pronounce the local names of places and people, but most of it came out all wrong in the narration.
As long as I remembered, I was always dreaming about traveling the Silk Road China all the way to Iran.
This video series makes my dream come true.
Kitaro's music made this documentary
+Arya Nabavi Um.... NO!... Kitaro's music was very appropriately scored to a very well made and thoughtful documentary... The Silk Road passes through some of the most inhospitable topography on the planet. It takes guts to travel in places like this. So to all the armchair critics here who moan and slight this beautiful program... Go and watch something more appropriate to your contemporary and boring tastes... The Sino-Japanese expeditionary film crew MADE THIS DOCUMENTARY.
The screechy so-called music made it almost impossible to watch much less listen listen to the narrator.
Yes, Larry Tieschler.
I really enjoyed this one as well, I also recommend this one as it deals with the Silk Road and the ancient history of Silk and its evolution in trade, transportation on the silk road and its impact on ancient, medieval and modern industry.
The history of silk is really an amazing testament to humankind's ingenuity and the randomness of life since Neolithic times. I hope you enjoy this episode. It turned out to be a much greater story than I was ever aware of.
From the mythological origins of the discovery of silk, to the science behind the actual process of silk making this lecture dives into it, giving you an important economic, archaeological and social history of this silk.
From Persia, Ancient Rome and to the modern nations of Europe silk was craved, sought, purchased and trade secrets were stolen as various peoples and enterprises sought to explore the silk industry and trade!
An awesome presentation. Terms that Laszlo Montgomery uses throughout this episode are listed below for a better understanding!
If you have not listened to The China History Podcast definitely check them out, I am just delving into the history of Asia and the content he provides on China is more than I could ever hope for.
th-cam.com/video/CySz4xoOQRA/w-d-xo.html
Just hearing the opening theme unlocked childhood memories. No wonder I've always found Central Asia fascinating.
The low resolution is just more than I can deal with now - but I saw enough to appreciate the values that contributed to this great doc.
Ya obviously grew up post 4:3 era 😁
Well isn't that precious. A documentary about how people did the incredible to connect the peoples of the world and the low resolution is just to much to bear. "Oh, dear... how can I stand this, I might just faint away right now whilst holding the back of my wrist to forehead in wiltering affliction that resolution is so low." Of course if that is too melodramatic and undercuts the enormity of the effrontery to the visual senses we could go with "The Horror! The Horror!"
The song, the culture and people a perfect match.
Terimakasih telah menghadirkan kembali tayangan paling berkesan dimasa kecil saya. Sepertinya sekitar tahun 1988-90 an saya menonton serial ini. Music khas Kitaro nya sungguh karya yang luar biasa melengkapi Video Dokumenter terbaik di dunia yang pernah ada menurut saya.
Wow!!! It is amazing that something to take so much effort and time, and help from so many people, i am sure this will be considered a masterpiece🎉
Çocukken TRT kanalında yayinlanirdi ipek yolu belgeseli fon müziğine bayılırdım ve hala severek dinliyorum ❤️❤️
kitoronun silk road parçası hanımefendi.
Harika bir belgesel ve müziği muhteşem ❤
NHK is a great TV station.
Overwhelming theme music, reminds of my childhood when this documentary was telecast on BTV ( Bangladesh Television)
The Silk Trade brought so many philosophies and ideas
the legendary documentary!
I loved this video and the music
Orang orang itu lagi ngomong opo toh?
Thank you so much for posting this. So good!
Thank you for up loading these. I watched these in the eighties
OH, I have been looking for this series, for years. I watched it at the time and we loved it so much and it remained engraved in my memory. The moment the music started I knew this was it! Thank so very much!
Thanks for sharing this masterpiece
Never dying artpiece
camel footprint in the desert , Kitaro ... what a classic
This was an excellent documentary. If you want to understand China today watch the whole documentary series. Since China today is one of the most influential and powerful nation on Earth. This documentary should be essential viewing all over the world especially in the west that seems to be antagonistic towards China.
초딩시절 일요일 아침마다 기다려 보던 그 다큐멘터리
When I need my spirits uplifting I watch this remarkable series in honour of the people who inhabit, and the traders who ploughed, the Silk Road over the millennia. A peaceful future, where there are no political solutions, depends on cooperation and trade.
Love this series!
I don't know in which world I lived. I've never whatched it before, even knowing and lovin the Kitaro's albun The Silk Road. . I'm fascinated. It is never late and I think It came in the right time for my comprehension.
I't's been yrs since I last watch it....but once I heard the introductory music.....I knew I was in the right place....
I think this series together w/The Happy People (Russian) are the best ever to grace You tube.....my opinion.....
I have loved this documentary for decades. So beautiful, so informative. Pity that China has morphed into something quite different that that depicted in this lovely documentary, in particular, the depiction of the "happy" Uighars. First time I ever even heard of Uighars was through this documentary. Grim reality seems somewhat at variance with the idyllic images conjured so exquisitely by the makers of this epic show. Pity.
In part thanks to this documentary and uploaded video here, I visited ancient Chang'an! Now I know about Wu Zertian's tomb through this documentary and feel like visiting it too just to live, breathe and see such great history! We asked the China tour guide, and it is a 2 hour vehicle ride from city of Xi'an to the tomb!
bad, zgtcgbbmm
This documenary has left great impression on my memory maybe my hobby of travelling came frm this documentary
Thank you so much as i gone back to taklamakan sahara.grateful
best docu ever
I remember this beautiful beautiful programme it brings so many many wonderful memories who was the voice who did the Silk Road?
Graham Webster, a British historian of the Roman invasion of England.
Çocukluğumun belgeseli, ne güzel yıllardı...
I would have liked to have shown map when a new location is mentioned.
This documentary made me appreciate Humanity more
amazing documentary!
A WONDERFUL VIDEO AND I HOPE THIS CAN BE UPDATED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MODERN DVD QUALITY!!
Great sharing, my friend.
Create friendships
👍🔔
I watched all 12 videos. I admire MrGregjur narrative with Kitaro's theme music.
I'm amazed by how much parts of Chang'an/Xi'an has changed, especially the area around the drum and bell tower.
I remembered watching this when I was a child. I used imagine myself being in those places , reminiscing about childhood days .
Korean subs make English subs difficult to read
boodistGeek korean subs are great!!
chris 날도마뱀 says:
"korean subs are great!!"
==
If you can read it, for sure.
lol
"Sauma and Markos travelled across northern China with its mixed Chinese, Mongol and Turkic influences. they travelled west out of Kublai Khan’s immediate domain and into lands controlled by federate khans and opposing warlords. In today’s terms this is the Central Asian states of Kyrgyzstan,Kazakhstan,Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. The long first of their journey ended in the city of Maraghah. Maraghah, a city in the northwest of modern Iran, was the capital of the Ilkhanate, Mongol-ruled Persia, which stretched over modern-day Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq, and took in bits of Turkey and Syria, ruled on behalf of the Great Khan, Kublai, by his brother Hülegü Khan, and his descendants." - The Monks of Kublai Khan: From Beijing to Baghdad and Beyond. By: Gareth Hughes. Oxford, 2009.
The Great-Khan of the Mongol-Empire, Chinese-Emperor, and founder of the Chinese YUAN-DYNASTY: "(KUBLAI-KHAN)," (1215-1294), one of the grandsons of Genghis-Khan. Kublai himself was a devout Tibetan-Buddhist. But he employed advisors and administrators all over his government of different ethnic-groups all across his empire. In fact in China the foreigners had more rights under Mongol rule than the native Han-Chinese. First of all; no one was descrimanted for their religion, the only exception to this under Kublai's reign were the Taoists. But every other group, "(Shi'ite-Persian Muslims, Christian-Armenians, Buddhist-Tanguts, Christian-Georgians, Sunni-Muslim Uyghurs, Manichest Uyghurs, Nestorian-Christian Uyghurs, Nepali and Indian-Hindus, Zoroastrians)," and countless other ethnic and religious groups were given authority in China and given authority over the native Han-Chinese population. At the top were the Mongols, then on the second rung not far from the Mongols were the foreigners, "(Persians, Arabs, Zoroastrians, Uyghurs, Georgians, Armenians, Koreans)," etc., who were often rich and wealthy either through being merchants over government administrators. And at the bottom were the Han-Chinese who were considered inferior to the Mongols and their foreign-allies. Kublai-Khan was significantly lienent to the Chinese-population and their situation under his reign was largely tolerable. However; many of his sucessors were much tougher on the Chinese. And gave more rights to Mongols and Foreigners and the growing tension of alienating the Chinese-majority boiled over until they over threw the Mongols in 1368 C.E., and established the Han-Chinese Ming-Dynasty.
The two Öngüt Nestorian-Christians traveled to Europe to establish closer diplomatic-relations with the Christian-Kingdoms of Europe and the MONGOL-EMPIRE OF THE GREAT-KHAN!!!! And in addition to form an alliance between the Europeans and the Mongols against the Islamic-Mamluke Sultanate of Egypt centered in Cairo. These two men belong to a Central-Asian ethnic-group and smaller-tribe called, "the-Öngüt," were devout Nestorian-Christians who first for atleast the second time in both their lives stopped at Jerusalem in Mamluke-territory. And then traveled through Ilkhanate-territories and the realms of the Turkish-Beyliks through to the Byzantine-Empire first going to Constantinople meeting with the Byzantine Orthodox-Christian Emperor on behalf of the Khan. Then meeting the kings and nobleman in "(Hungary, Bohemia, the Holy Roman-Empire, the Teutonic-Order, some of the Christian-Kingdoms of Northern-Spain, the Kingdom of the Franks/French and eventually as far as England. Meeting with several English-nobleman in the city of Wessex in England. They eventually returned to Beijing "(Khanbaliq)," informing the Khan that many of the European nations including the Franks and the Hungarians were willing to ally with the Mongols against the Mamlukes in Egypt. At this same time "Marco-Polo," had traveled to China from Venice and became an advisor and close-friend of the Khan. One journey of a man going West to East, and two other men going from East to West.
Situations:
www.britannica.com/biography/Rabban-bar-Sauma
historicallyirrelevant.com/post/6728649422/the-untold-story-of-bar-sauma-the-marco-polo-of
www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/rabban-bar-sauma-reverse-marco-polo-travels-beijing-bourdeaux
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabban_Bar_Sauma
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Japanese documentary, with korean subtitle, English dubbed.
And a Korean watching this. Lol
And a Mexican.
And a German :-)
And a Brit.🇬🇧
And Thailand 🇹🇭
You'd think Mr. Yang, the discoverer of the Terra Cotta soldiers, would be a rich celebrity.
1hourOfLove says:
"You'd think Mr. Yang, the discoverer of the Terra Cotta soldiers, would be a rich celebrity."
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In my opinion, he should be.
In the current situation in China, wrong people get rich and famous.
The question he asked was "Have you become a national hero?"
I think you are right, "celebrity " was the word he meant asking.
I used to watch it on tv when i was a kid
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