My name is Seyyare

　　我叫塞娅

　　I am from Xinjiang Tacheng

　　我来自塔城

　　It is northwest China – Xinjiang is biggest province in China

　　它在中国西北部——是中国最大的省份

　　My city Tacheng it borders with Kazakhstan

　　我的城市塔城与哈萨克斯坦接壤

　　Maybe only 8 kilometres – and I can walk to Kazakhstan

　　也许我走到哈萨克斯坦仅有八公里

　　Xinjiang is a really beautiful place

　　新疆是一个漂亮的地方

　　Tianshan – Mountains of Heaven

　　天山 — 天堂之山

　　Also in north of Xinjiang – Altay, Tacheng

　　也在新疆北部——阿尔泰，塔城

　　There are just so many beautiful, natural

　　那里有很多漂亮的，自然的......

　　You have been doing a lot of introduction to the culture of Xinjiang

　　你已经介绍了很多新疆的文化

　　My profession is dancer and choreographer

　　我的专业是舞蹈和编舞

　　When I was child I fell in love with Xinjiang art – with Uyghur dance, with Kazakh dance

　　但我还是孩子时我就喜欢上了新疆文化——维吾尔族舞蹈，哈萨克舞蹈

　　Everything just so amazing – in Uyghur dance we have different style of dance

　　一切都是那样地了不起——我们维吾尔族舞蹈有多种不同风格

　　In Uyghur we have music style called Muqam (a composite of songs, dances, folk and classical music)

　　在维吾尔族我们有一种叫木卡姆的音乐（是一种歌曲，舞蹈，民间和古典音乐的综合艺术）

　　A lot of Xinjiang is desert - Taklimakan – a lot of desert - like Turpan

　　新疆很多地方是沙漠，如塔克拉玛干，吐鲁番

　　A city it is called Pichan, in Chinese it is called Shanshan ('The Desert Tourism City'）

　　有一个叫Pichan 的城市，汉语叫做鄯善,一个沙漠旅游城

　　This place, half is desert, half is green – if you walk there the line is so clear – wow, it is amazing

　　这里一半是沙漠一半是绿色，如果你走过去看，边界分明，很惊奇。

　　When I was in the Mountains of Heaven the air was fresh, the water was clean

　　当我在天山时我惊奇的发现天空是如此清新，水流是如此的干净

　　In Xinjiang the natural is still like before – now some places many tourists – but still it is clean, it is beautiful

　　在新疆，自然景色仍像从前一样，尽管现在有的地方有很多游客，但仍然很干净很漂亮

　　Last year I went to Altay Kanas Lake (Kanas Nature Reserve) – it was amazing

　　去年我去了喀纳斯自然保护区，真是太令人惊讶了

　　When we have free time we will drive to that place – to relax and feel the nature

　　等我们有时间我们会开车去那里，去放松去感受自然

　　Questions

　　1.Where is Seyyare from? Tacheng, Xinjiang

　　塞亚来自哪里？塔城，新疆

　　2.What is Muqam? A Uyghur a composite of songs, dances, folk and classical music

　　什么是木卡姆？一个维吾尔歌舞，民俗与古典音乐的综合艺术

　　3.What is amazing about Shanshan? It is half desert, half green

　　鄯善的惊人之处在哪儿？ 一半是沙漠，一半是绿色

　　4.What is so beautiful about Tianshan (Mountains of Heaven)? The air is fresh, the water is clean

　　天山美丽在何处？ 空气清新，水流清澈

　　5.What was the lake area Seyyare visited? Altay Kanas Lake (Kanas Nature Reserve)

　　赛娅游览的是什么湖？阿尔泰喀纳斯湖（喀纳斯自然保护区）

　　Track Two

　　In the mountains live a lot of Kazakh people

　　山里住着很多哈萨克族人

　　They love the horse, the love riding the horse – the horse is a part of their life

　　他们喜欢马，也喜欢骑马，马是他们生活的一部分

　　If I go to the mountains the first thing is ride a horse

　　如果我去山里，第一件事就是去骑马

　　You can look around and feel the nature – that feeling is so true – the feeling of that moment

　　我们可以四处观光感受自然，那感觉如此真实，那时那刻的感觉

　　When I was at The Lake of Heaven the Kazakh people were living in the circular tents – Mongolian called 'ger', Russian 'yurt'

　　当我在天湖时哈萨克族人住在圆顶帐篷里——蒙古语叫做'ger',俄语叫做'yurt'

　　In Chinese called Zhanfang

　　汉语叫做毡房

　　Uyghur people do not live in that kind of place because Uyghur people like farming

　　维吾尔族人不住在那样的地方因为维吾尔族人喜欢耕种

　　Kazakh people live in this kind of place because they always move the things they live

　　哈萨克族人喜欢住在那样的地方因为他们总是把家搬来搬去

　　Also weather – in summer or winter they have to move

　　而且天气也是，在夏季或冬季他们不得不搬家

　　They move every year – so this house it is really helpful, really easy to move home

　　他们每年都搬家，因此这样的房子很有帮助，使他们搬家很容易

　　In Xinjiang I found some deserted cities – Jiaohe

　　在新疆我发现一些被遗弃的城市——交河

　　Jiaohe Gucheng is really oldest city

　　交河古城的确是最古老的城市

　　You cannot picture that how was look like – because of the weather is so dry – a lot of wind

　　你无法描绘他曾经的样子，因为气候干燥，风很多

　　The Silk Road time – there were so many people there

　　丝绸之路时期，那里有很多人口

　　It is the culture – Silk Road – it is a really long road – not only in Jiaohe Gucheng but also past our city Tacheng

　　是丝绸之路文化，那个很长的路，不仅穿过交河古城也穿过我们的城市塔城

　　This is why I think the history, culture in Xinjiang; it is mixed with other culture

　　这也是为什么我认为新疆的历史文化是一个混合了其他文明的文化

　　Questions

　　1.What do Kazakh people love? The horse – riding the horse

　　哈萨克族人喜欢什么？ 马，骑马

　　2.Around the Lake of Heaven how do Kazakh people live in summer? In circular tents -'zhanfang'

　　天池周边的哈萨克居民在夏天怎样生活？ 圆顶帐篷，帐房

　　3.Why do they live like this? The follow the seasons with their animals (nomadic)

　　他们为何这样居住？ 跟随季节和他们的牲畜

　　4.What deserted city is mentioned in this feature? Jiaohe Gucheng)

　　在这个专题节目中提到了哪个被遗弃的城市？ 交河故城

　　5.What has made the culture of Xinjiang so vibrant? Because of its position on the historic Silk Road

　　是什么使得新疆的文化如此充满生机？ 因为它在古代丝绸之路上的位置