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Mongolia Travel & Tourism News for visitors. Mongolia, a nation bordered by China and Russia, is known for vast, rugged expanses and nomadic culture. Its capital, Ulaanbaatar, centers around Chinggis Khaan (Genghis Khan) Square, named for the notorious founder of the 13th- and 14th-century Mongol Empire. Also in Ulaanbaatar are the National Museum of Mongolia, displaying historic and ethnographic artifacts, and the restored 1830 Gandantegchinlen Monastery.
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2021-02-04 17:04:20
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. In our series of highlight artifacts being kept at the National Museum of Mongolia, we are presenting the ceremonial hat of General D.Sukhbaatar who led the movement for freedom and the country’s independence.
With a dark red gem as an ornament, the velvet hat has a height of 14 cm. The ornament’s base is made of silver with gold coating, then decorated with green jades and floral patterns.
While red silk was used in making the hat’s folded crown, blue silk was used for lining its interior. The hat’s drape is made of reddish silk with patterns of ‘khaan buguivch’ and ‘khatan suikh’.
2021-01-15 17:41:00
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. Silver bowls are decorated with various traditional patterns and unique features of local craftsmen from different regions of the country. In other words, information about the owner - their hometown, ethnicity, wealth, and social rank can be known from their bowl alone.
There are many different silver bowls made by Mongolian craftsmen of various generations with their high degree of craftsmanship being kept at the National Museum of Mongolia. One of them is the medium-sized silver bowl with gold coated decorations that was used by Marshal Choibalsan.
The bowl was first made with wood, then coated entirely with silver. Its side and bottom parts are decorated with traditional patterns, with khaan buguivch and khatan suikh patterns (commonly found on traditional designs of wedding rings) depicted in yellow on top of the patterns. In the center of the patterns, the 12 zodiac animals are also illustrated in ye