Archive for November, 2011

Visiting Ulaanbaatar: Sykhbaatar’s Home

John Mark on November 23rd, 2011 under Mongolia, Student Projects •  Comments Off

TweetGeneral information D.Sykhbaatar  was born in a poor family from the town named Amgalan of capital city Ulaanbaatar on February 2nd , 1893 . He was brought up in poverty and there wasn’t any school when he’s childhood. Due to his father wanted him to be educated; he was brought to zaisan S. Jamyan to [...]

Visiting Ulaanbaatar: Mongolian Castle

John Mark on November 22nd, 2011 under Mongolia, Student Projects •  Comments Off

TweetGeneral information Mongolian Castle, resort hotel is located 20 km away from Ulaanbaatar. It is surrounded by natural beauty and fresh river Tuul. Its design is like Mongolian ancient capital city Kharakhorum. There you can see Mongolian nomadic people’s home gers, stone gers with like ancient wooden furnitures, restaurant, beach and a big map where [...]

Visiting Ulaanbaatar: Zaisan Hill

John Mark on November 22nd, 2011 under Mongolia, Student Projects •  Comments Off

TweetThe history Ulaanbaatar city has one very nice tophill and wonderful sightseeing place. It is Zaisan Hill near Bogd Khan mountain which is specially protected area ; it is located around 3 km far from the downtown of Ulaanbaatar city. By the way, it is one of the historical places Mongolians protect since Bogdkhant Mongolia [...]

Visiting Ulaanbaatar: The National Museum

John Mark on November 22nd, 2011 under Mongolia, Student Projects •  Comments Off

Tweet General Information National Museum of Mongolian History is the government organization under the operation of Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and it is first museum of Mongolia and one of the most places where tourists visit. The aim of the museum is to improve cooperation of overseas and domestic, developing it. The museum [...]

Visiting Ulaanbaatar: Choijin Lama Temple Museum

John Mark on November 22nd, 2011 under Mongolia, Student Projects •  Comments Off

TweetGeneral imformation The temple museum was built between 1904 and 1908  renowned architiest more than three hundred of Mongolian crafisten. During this time the complex comprise five temples fifty monks and has so many treasuries. The monastery was permanently closed in 1937 becuose during the communist religious peoples. Today, the choijin lama temple museum is [...]

Visiting Ulaanbaatar: Mongolian’s Restaurant and Pub

John Mark on November 22nd, 2011 under Mongolia, Student Projects •  Comments Off

TweetGeneral information “Mongolian’s” restaurant was established in 2009. It is one of the lesser known places in UB where people love to visit and taste traditional Mongolian meals. This restaurant is like a museum. It consists of 620 types of collections with over 1000 items. These collections show the history of Mongolia and nomadic Mongolian [...]

Visiting Ulaanbaatar: Tsagaan Sar (The White Moon holiday)

John Mark on November 20th, 2011 under Mongolia, Student Projects •  Comments Off

TweetGeneral information Tsagaan sar is the Mongolian Lunar New Year holiday and it is celebrated in end of winter for new year. Mongolians celebrate this holiday by lunar calendar and it continued for 3days from first day called ‘Shiniin negen’.The day before Tsagaan sar is called Bituun, the lunar phase of dark moon and the [...]

Visiting Ulaanbaatar: Bogd Khaan’s Palace Museum

John Mark on November 20th, 2011 under Mongolia, Student Projects •  Comments Off

TweetGeneral information The Bogd Khaan’s Palace Museum consists of summer prayer temples and winter palace, and there are more than 8000 exhibits. Bogd Khaan’s Palace Museum is the first museum, which has a large collection. Bogd Khaan, officially the Eighth Bogd Juvzundamba was spiritual leader of Mongolia from 1911-1921. He lived from 1869-1921 years, and [...]

Visiting Ulaanbaatar: Gandan Monastery

John Mark on November 20th, 2011 under Mongolia, Student Projects •  Comments Off

TweetGeneral information Gandan is the Buddhist monastery where located in the Ulaanbaatar city in Mongolia. It was established in 1838 by fifth Javzandamba , the highest reincarnated lama in Mongolia. Inside of the Gandan monastery there is 25 meters tall golden statue of Megjid Janraisig. In the 1938, the Gandan monastery was closed and the [...]