KARAKORUM - Ancient Capital of Mongolia
Karakorum (Khalkha Mongolian: Каракорум Kharkhorin, Classical Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠬᠣᠷᠣᠮ Qara Qorum) was the capital of the Mongol Empire in the 13th century, and of the Northern Yuan in the 14-15th century. Its ruins lie in the northwestern corner of the Övörkhangai Province of Mongolia, near today's town of Kharkhorin, and adjacent to the Erdene Zuu monastery. They are part of the upper part of the World Heritage Site Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape.
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Kharkhorin, Mongolia
Day 2 began with a beautiful sunrise and the milking of the goats with the nomadic family. It was then followed by a scrumptious breakfast of goat mil and an assortment of milk products. We continued our journey to the Ovgon Monastery located in the valley of the Koghno Khan National Park and then on to the Erdene Zuu Monastery of Kharkhorin. After a brief visit into town we ended the day with a beautiful sunset from the Imperial Map Monument located on hill overlooking the town and the Orkhon Valley. See you Tomorrow !!!
KaraKorum (the ancient capital of Mongolia)
Kharakhorum (Karakorum) was founded by Genghis Khan in 1220 to serve as the capital of the Mongol Empire, its construction being completed in 1235 during the reign of his successor Ögedei Xaan. In its prime Karakorum served not only as the administrative centre of the Mongolian Empire, but also as a major trade and cultural link between East and West. The city declined in importance following the establishment of a new Mongolian capital in Beijing by Kublai Khan in 1271, coinciding with the founding of the Yuan dynasty; yet during Xubilai's reign Temür (who bore the title Ölziit Xaan) occupied Karakorum as a military commander and minister. A century later Karakorum was substantially destroyed by Min dynasty soldiers, who invaded sometime in 1379 or 1380. Excavations of the city ruins have indicated that the royal palace was likely burned down at the time of the Min invasion, but it is not clear how completely the city was demolished. Although there is no mention of Karakorum in known historical records of the following 87 years, it is quite possible that the city was never fully abandoned; in any event, Batmönx Xaan returned the Mongolian seat of government to Karakorum in 1467.[1] Evidently retaining its political significance, the city was taken by the Oirads and subsequently retaken by Altan Xan of the Tümed in 1552. Forty years later Abtai Sain Xan erected his palace-yurt on the site of Karakorum, next to which, in 1586, he had Erdene Zuu Monastery constructed, using as construction materials stones recovered from the ruined buildings of the former imperial capital. Thereafter the importance of the site was primarily as a religious centre, although a military base was also established nearby in the early 18th century. Today very little remains of the former grand city, other than heaps of gravel indicating the outlines of former buildings and streets, and four granite turtles marking the corners of the ruin.
Karakorum in the 13th century was home to more than ten thousand people, including royalty, noblemen, ministers, military leaders, craftsmen, traders, clergy, and foreign guests, in addition to nomads inhabiting compounds of gers. The remarkable size and diversity of the citys population is reflected by the fact that there were, according to the count of William de Rubruck, twelve idol temples of different nations, two mahummeries [mosques] in which is cried the law of Machomet, and one church of Christians in the extreme end of the city. In addition to possessing significant resident populations of Chinese, Alans, Ruthenians, Georgians, Hermenians and other non-Mongol peoples, Karakorum was also host to a stream of foreign emissaries and traders, receiving official delegations from as far away as India, Arabia, Armenia and Rome, as well as merchants from China, Persia, and other countries along the Silk Route.
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In Kharkhorin, former residence of those who once ruled Mongolia, today there is little left to see. However, a few mysterious sites remain which, along with the Erdene Zuu Monastery, are highly evocative of this ancient city in Central Mongolia.For thirty two years Kharkhorin was the centre of one of the most powerful empires in the world. After the break-up of the Soviet Union, the Erdene Zuu Monastery became active once again. Up until 1938, over sixty individual buildings that housed fifteen hundred devout lamas, stood on the monastery grounds and it is believed that as many as ten thousand lamas once lived there. Kharkhorin can be traced back to 1222 which was when Ghengis Khan expanded the former main base of the Kereit Clan into a supply base for his army. Its strategic location was excellent, set on the banks of the Orchon River within a wide and fertile valley, it was perfectly suited for huge hordes of men and their horses. A gentle breath of mystique and melancholy blows over the surviving ruins of this former cosmopolitan city in which, as decreed by Law, multicultural tolerance predominated.
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The Ancient Capital of Mongolia - Karakorum
Erdene Zuu, Kharkhorin, Mongolia
Erdene Zuu founded by Abtai sain khan in 1585, on a site of the Kharakhorum capital of Great Mongol empire.
Mongolia - Erdene Zuu - Kharkhorin - Хархорин
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В новом «видеоблоге» покажем город Цэцэрлэг, расположенный на Севере Монголии в предгорье Архангая и заглянем в архитектурный комплекс музея аймака Архангай. Также посетим древний город Каракорум на окраине современного Хархорина и промчимся над буддийским монастырем Эрдэни-Дзу. Каждая точка этого виртуального тура наполнена религиозными символами. В действующем Цэцэрлэгском монастыре можно увидеть древнейший памятник Тюркского каганата стелу «Бугутская стела» (VI в.), Эрдэни-Дзу удивит тибетской архитектурой храма Лавран.
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Visiting Erdene Zuu Monastery, Harahorin, Mongolia
In August 2011, on the way back from the Deer Stone Valley, Jargalantyn Am, we stopped at Harhorin after an interval of 14 years.
Harhorin is located on the east side of Orhon River, one of the greatest river in Mongolia and was a capital of Mongolian Empire Karakorum that was established by Ogedei, the Second Great Kahn in 1235.
However, the Fifth Great Khan Fubirai founded Yuan Dynasty in China and relocated the capital to today's Beijing in 1267, Karakorum rapidly declined thereafter.
And 300 years later started the new construction of Erdene Zuu, a Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, but the waste materials of Karakorum were re-used for the construction, the international city view was completely vanished therefore.
For Erdene Zuu as well, however, most temples and monuments were destroyed during the governance of the USSR, only a few buildings such as the outer walls that contain 108 stupas, Gorban Zuu Temples, Golden Stupa and Laviran Temple can be seen today.
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Kharkhorin Animals
This short movie is about all the animals we saw when driving offroad through the mountains and steppes around Kharkhorin, 400 km west of Ulaanbaatar. Lots of newborn animals.
93 Хархорин, Монголия. Kharkhorin, Mongolia. Серия 93. World for Love.
Направляясь вглубь Монголии мы не смогли пропустить Хархорин. Это сейчас он выглядит как небольшой одноэтажный поселок. А когда-то на его месте был древний город Каракорум, который небольшой отрезок времени был столицей Монгольской империи.
Going deep into Mongolia we couldn't pass Harkhorin. Now he looks as the small one-storey settlement. And once on his place there was an ancient city of Karakorum which the small interval of time was the capital of the Mongol empire.
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Karakorum and Erdene Zuu - Mongolia
Karakorum is a small city with a glorious past. Genghis Khan founded Karakorum in 1220. After his exploits on the Eurasian steppes, the city became the center of a substantial and growing empire. The city has been razed several times since Genghis Khan's day. But in Mongolia, Karakorum remains a powerful symbol of past glory.
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Karakorum
Karakorum was the capital of the Mongol Empire between 1235 and 1260, and of the Northern Yuan in the 14–15th centuries. Its ruins lie in the northwestern corner of the Övörkhangai Province of Mongolia, near today's town of Kharkhorin, and adjacent to the Erdene Zuu monastery. They are part of the upper part of the World Heritage Site Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape.
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The Orkhon valley is the cradle of nomadic civilization, the seat of the imperial power of the steppes. Before the Mongol Empire, various Turkic empires had their capital at various locations in the valley. The Göktürks is the first Turkic empire here in the 6th century and its second installation in the 8th century produces a stone stelle that commemorates a pair of brothers: Bilge Khan and Kul Tegin. The stele has inscriptions in the old Turkic runic script and Chinese. It was clear that empire had many relationships with the Tang dynasty of China; the stelle praises Chinese technology as well as lamenting on its negative influences on cultural assimilation. The Uyghur revolted the Göktürks, forming the Uyghur Empire at Khar Bagas. The fall of the Uyghur empire led to the migration of Uyghur west and south west to their current location in the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang, China. The Khitan was a Mongolic tribe who had dominated the valley before their formation of the Liao Dynasty in northern China. When defeated by the Jurchen, they retreated west to establish the Kara-Khitai khanate, which was eventually absorbed into the Mongol empire in the 13th century. It is very interesting to know that the term Cathay was phonetically derived from Khitai, and the Russian word for Chinese is Khitai.
The Mongols was the last to dominate the valley. Genghis Khan built his supply base at Kharakhorum while Ogedei turned it into the capital of the Mongol Empire. People from all over the world came to pay tribute to the empire at Kharakhorum. Kublai eventually shifted the capital to Xanudu in inner Mongolia, then to Khanbaliq, current site of the Forbidden Palace in Beijing, China. When the Mongols were banished from China, subsequent rulers administer from Central Mongolia with proximity to the Orkhon Valley.
Our journey started from the northern end of the Orkhon Valley close to Ogii Nuur; visiting Kul-Tengi moment, then Khar Balgas, before arriving at Kharakhorum. Karakorum is located in the modern town of Kharkhorin, and Erdene Zuu (Hundred Treasures) monastry was built using the ruins of Karakorum in the 16th century. At its peak, Erdene Zuu houses thousands of monks, but much were destroyed in the 1937 communist purge. Today, the restored monastery was converted into a museum, and beside it is a small but functional monastery. It has no living quarters and the small pool of Buddhist monks lives in Kharkhorin.