31.05.2024 Ancient and eternal Bukhara

 Today our trip was to the monument Ancient and eternal Bukhara 

Bukhara cultural center occupies a special place in the framework of creative works.  The 107-hectare cultural center built on the initiative and idea of ​​the President consists of large buildings - a 700-seat regional musical drama theater, an amphitheater for 2,000 spectators, and between them the "Old and Eternal Bukhara" monument.

 Corridors starting from different corners of the cultural center lead to the 18-meter-high "Old and Eternal Bukhara" monument.  The monument was worked by the famous sculptor, artist of Uzbekistan Ilhom Jabbarov.

When you go up through the steps of Obida, your attention will be drawn to the golden tiles around the monument.  It means that the soil of Bukhara is equal to gold.  Because Bukhara has always been a place of gold.  Original and pure gold deposits, yombs are found here.  At the same time, the monument expresses the idea that it is necessary to bow not only to the golden land of Bukhara, but also to its selfless and hardworking people who made Bukhara a noble city.  The people of this earth are famous for their good deeds.  The great scientist Abu Ali ibn Sina, the historian scientist Narshahi, Imam Bukhari, who made an incomparable contribution to the development and culture of the Islamic religion, scholars of the order Abdul Khaliq G`iduvani, Bahauddin Naqshband, Khwaja Arif Regari, Khwaja Mahmud Anjir Fag`navi, as well as the literature of our nation.  Ahmed Donish, Sadriddin Ainiy, Abdurauf Fitrat, Fayzulla Khojayev, who left a worthy mark in the development of culture, and other original children of our people have grown up.  Their names are engraved in golden letters on the monument.  Above these writings, the hadith "Learning knowledge is obligatory for every Muslim man and woman" is written in Uzbek, Arabic and English languages.  Our ancestors and their successors today made this call the meaning of life.  It is not for nothing that Bukhara has become famous in the world as a center of knowledge.

In the same place, the image of the architectural monuments of Bukhara's antiquity - Mag`oki Attar, Ismail Somoni, Chorbakr, Minarai Kalon, Ark Castle, Labihovuz, Chorminor, Bahouddin Naqshband Mausoleum and other monuments are engraved on the stone.  "Dil va yoru, dast ba kor" - this wisdom of the great Bahauddin Naqshband written on the monument calls the present generation to follow this call as it stands out as a unique example of the great spiritual heritage left by our wise ancestors.

 The bas-relief statues of three generations - a happy young family - father, mother and child, grandfather and grandson planting seedlings, and father and son building a house - are displayed in the center of the monument, whose sketches were prepared directly based on the ideas of the President.  There is a deep philosophy in this: life is literary, life is fleeting, good deeds of a person remain forever, in this world, a person should do good deeds, think about the future of his children, the future of his country.

 A huge 5-meter-high, 32-ton spinning globe installed on top of the building can be seen from afar.  It shows the map of Uzbekistan.  The deep meaning is expressed that after our country gained independence, it faced the world and took its place in the world community.  This monument is a monumental expression of our national spirituality.