Shonayeva mukhayo

Travelling to the ancient cities

Uzbekistan is land of ancient culture. At the present time more than 200, 000 tourists almost from 80 countries visit Uzbekistan every year. They want to see the remarkable monuments of the past in Bukhara, Samarkand, Khiva and Tashkent.

Bukhara is one of the ancient towns of Uzbekistan. It is more than 2000 years old. The outstanding poets Firdausi and Rudaki, the famous scholar Abu Ali ibn Sina (Avicenna) and many others lived and worked there. Numerous mosques, madrasahs and mausoleums survived in Bukhara to the present time. Its masterpieces of architecture are the mausoleum of Ismail Samani, the madrasah of Ulugbek and others. They are famous not only in our country but abroad too.

One more ancient town of Uzbekistan – Khiva –lies thirty –two kilometers from Urgench. Khiva was in existence somewhere between the 6^th –8^th centuries. It was the major centre of the Moslem religion. There are many unique mosques, mausoleums and madrasahs in Khiva. They make Khiva a museum and attract many tourists.

Books in our life

People all over the world enjoy books. Books are our friends and teachers. We can learn a lot of interesting and useful things from the books.

We can learn a lot about new lands and the world around us reading books about travellings and adventures. When we read books on history we learn a lot about the history and traditions of our country and many foreign countries.

Stories about birds and animals to love and to care of nature, to help animals and birds and to understand the beauty of nature. Fables teach us to understand what is right and what is wrong, not to be lazy and naughty.

Some children like to read fairy tales and stories about magic and imaginary lands.

We learn from the books how to be hard-working and take care of people, we read about true friends, noble, brave and honest people.