Tsetserleg (city)
Tsetserleg (Mongolian Цэцэрлэг ) is the capital of Archangai Aimag ( province ) in Mongolia. It is located in the northeastern foothills of the Khangai Mountains 1691 m asl near the Khorgo Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur National Park.
History
Tsetserleg is a historic center for culture and commerce in the region. Historically there was a monastery, which (1642-1715) was built (not to be confused with Zaya Pandita Namchaiiantsan ( 1599-1662 ) ) from the first Chalch Zaja Pandita, Luwsanperenlei. The monastery consisted of the right temple, or summer Semchin Temple Guden Süm, and the left temple, or Winter Semchin Temple, both of which were built in the early 1680s. The sixth Zaja Pandita, Jambatseren was killed by the Communists in 1932 and converted the main temple in a museum. Today's seventh Zaja Pandita lives in Ulaanbaatar, and visited the place only occasionally.
Economy
The most important industry in the area is the food processing.
Infrastructure
Tsetserleg has a theater, hotels, a hospital, numerous shops and an agricultural college.
Traffic
The airport of Tsetserleg ( ZMTG / TSG ) was formerly served by regular flights to and from Ulaanbaatar. With the capital Ulaanbaatar and Kharkhorin Tsetserleg is connected by a paved road, travel on the buses.
Attractions
- The monastery and temple complex Zayain Gegeeni Süm was formerly one of the largest monasteries in Mongolia. It was founded in 1586 and expanded in 1689, temporarily lived here up to 1000 monks. Of the anti-Buddhist and vandalism under Chorloogiin Choibalsan, the monastery was spared in 1937, on the whole, the premises were and are, however, used only as a museum. After 1990, the system was gradually renovated, the renovation is currently (2011 ) is not yet complete. Here, the Aimag Museum is housed, which is one of the most remarkable of its kind in Mongolia. Among other weapons, saddle, sacred objects and old musical instruments are exhibited. In the courtyard of the monastery a placed on a stone tortoise stele from the 6th century is remarkable, is on their inscriptions in Sogdian, an extinct language. It is the oldest Buddhist inscriptions found in Mongolia.
- Next to the monastery Zayain Gegeeni Süm is the smaller monastery Bujandelgerüülech Chiid with a temple, which is visited by the inhabitants Tsetsterlegs most often. It is regularly used in Lamaism the usual religious ceremonies. Between these two monasteries are the ruins of another monastery building can be seen, which was destroyed in 1937.
- Above the monastery is on a slope of the rocky hill Bulgan Uul the temple Galdan Dsuu worth seeing, which was built after 1990 again. Front of the temple, from which offers an impressive view of the city and its surroundings Tsetserleg, a seven -meter-high, finished in 2006, Buddha statue rises. In the cliffs above the temple Buddhist inscriptions are found, escaped the destruction in 1937. Also three large Buddha statues carved into the rock. Since 1985 there is a 18 km ² area around the summit of Bulgan Uul ( 1980 m ) under protection.
- In the north of the city a natural history museum on the river Gangin Gol, along lead to the trails, built, can be seen in the stuffed animals.
Environment
150 km west Tsetserlegs extends from 773 km ² national park Khorgo Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur. The park is named after the lake Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur, the 16 km long, 4 - 6 km wide and up to 20 m deep. Its name means " White Lake ", it is based on the fact that the lake is covered by ice until late May. Not far from the lake are the extinct volcano Khorgo rises, around which a vast, sparsely covered with larch trees and shrubs Lavafläche with numerous caves reminiscent of the last eruption 7700 years ago. By 1920, the Khorgo was regarded as a sacred mountain, the only chosen one allowed to enter.