10th Anniversary Limited Edition.  Music by Kitaro. 

This is a fascinating documentary series, covering a retracement of the Silk Road from east to west, as recorded by NHK over the course of several years, beginning in 1979. This set contains the first dozen episodes, part I of the series (Boxed Set 1 and Boxed Set 2, which is not to be confused with Silk Road II, the final 18 episodes). It begins in Chang-An and ends in the Pamirs. Part II doesn't seem to have made it to DVD; that covers the journey from Central Asia to Rome. Titles of the episodes in this set are: The Glories of Ancient Chang-An, A Thousand Kilometers Beyond the Yellow River, The Art Gallery in the Desert, The Dark Castle, In Search of the Kingdom of Lou-Lan, Across the Taklamakan Desert, Khotan -- Oasis of Silk and Jade, A Heat Wave Called Turfan, Through the Tian Shan Mountains by Rail, Journey into Music -- South Through the Tian Shan Mountains, Where Horses Fly Like the Wind, Two Roads to the Pamirs.