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Traditional use of herbes of the Mongols

khuushuur — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:54:00 +0000

Mongolian Medicine: “the warriors of Chengis Khan (died 1227) took medicines like Acorus calamus (Tib. shu dag) to stop bleeding. The herb relieves pain and detoxifies the organism after consumption of contaminated food. During times of war, senior generals made their troops collect Acorus calamus when the army camped near rivers. They used the herb to purify water by placing it in the river, upstream of the camp.

Musk was also used to treat water. The Mongolians soaked musk in their wooden water carriers to provide flavour and purify the water. Aconitum richardsonianum lavener (Tib. sman chen) was used in the distillation of liquor. The herb was placed below the barrel of liquor as a precautionary measure. Garuda-5 or Khyunga (Tib. Khyung lnga), which prevents infectious diseases and relieves pain, is also very popular in oriental medical traditions. In this way, Mongolians have used different kinds of medicinal herbs to cure and prevent human and animal ailments.”

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Genghis Khan On Sukhbaatar Square

khuushuur — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:57:00 +0000

Chinggis Khaan (Genghis Khan) has finally fully claimed his thrown again on Sukhbaatar square where this weekend the impressive gallery was revealed. Already during Nadaam time many dignitaries came to pay respect to Chinggis Khaan, including international princes and prime-ministers, but only recently the construction was entirely completed. At last the sizable Chinggis can confidently oversee his people, including a lone horse rider on the middle of the square.

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Genghis Khan Craze 132800 – Punky Chinggis on the new 20.000 banknote

khuushuur — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:47:00 +0000

The new Mongolian Tugrug note of 20,000 features a purple and green Chinggis, adding a new coulour scheme to the series of notes. The bank notes were recently launched and started circulating in the regular currency traffic. The 20,000 note now is the one with the highest value in circulation in Mongolia, with a value of around USD 17. The cover image is the same as the five hundred to ten thousand notes, but on the rear side an image of the national white banners is featured.

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Rare portrait of Genghis Khan discovered in north China temple

khuushuur — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 03:24:00 +0000

Zee News – Rare portrait of Genghis Khan discovered in north China temple: “Rare portrait of Genghis Khan discovered in north China temple
Beijing, Aug 24: A rare Thangka portrait of legendary Mongol leader Genghis Khan has been discovered in a Tibetan Buddhist temple in north China`s inner Mongolia autonomous region, a local cultural heritage official announced.

The painting was drawn by a Late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) Mongolian artist, probably in the nineteenth century, Wang Dafang, an official with the Cultural Heritage Bureau of Inner Mongolia said.

The portrait is painted on a piece of cloth 28.5 cm long and 21 cm wide. The painting shows Genghis Khan in martial attire, riding a white horse and holding a banner in his right hand, with a bow and a quiver of arrows on his back, according to Wang.

Thangka is a Tibetan art form that dates back 1,000 years and which mainly depicts images from Tibetan Buddhism, Wang was quoted as saying by a news agency. “

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Genghis and the airport

khuushuur — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:18:00 +0000

While most of the world is looking with a slight bewilderment at the images and other display of Chinggis Khaan during the recent celebrations it is somehow the airport that still can bring people from miles and miles away to emotional outbursts, as in The Guardian:

“Sombre news from Ulan Bator. In honour of Mongolia’s 800th anniversary, its airport has been renamed after Genghis Khan. This reflects the newly assertive stature of the former communist state. …

[Genghis] is credited with a belief in meritocracy, decimalisation, female emancipation, freedom of religion and flat taxes (after a fashion). He also specialised in mass slaughter, razing cities to the ground (saving only the engineers and artists), and pouring molten silver into the ears of insurgent leaders or, if they preferred, suffocating them under his table while he ate dinner. Neoconservatives still often declare themselves ‘well to the right’ of him.

How all this will play with tourists landing at Ulan Bator airport is not clear. Genghis Khan told his generals to treat foreign foes by ‘robbing them of their wealth, bathing their loved ones in tears,”

Apperently, while here it seems an innocent rename to a local hero, for some the link between the brutal Genghis Khan and an airport seems to be a hounting one.

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Mongolia’s Genghis Khan Craze #1156: A Cunning Can

khuushuur — Tue, 30 May 2006 15:07:00 +0000

We know in beers there is Chinggis, Khan Brau and since recently Mongol. There is Khaan coffee, Chinggis Khaan Hotel, Chinggis Khuree, Chinggis Khaan International Airport. But the very last innovation is the one and only Genghis Khaan Energy drink.
Drinking this certainly makes you feel you can conquor the world…

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Japan’s Genghis Khan Craze #1154: Shall we do a movie?

khuushuur — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 14:27:00 +0000

Japan is preparing another movie on Chinggis Khaan. Arrangements have been made with the Mongolian side, who will contribute as well. To make it a little more easy to look authentic they will film during the high season in the most touristy places.

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Mongolia’s Genghis Khan Craze #1153: Shall we build a Statue?

khuushuur — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:11:00 +0000

Plans were announced to build a 40-metre high statue on Tsonjin Boldog hill, 53km outside
Ulaanbaatar. The steel statue of Chinggis Khaan, holding a golden whip, is to be financed by the Genco Tour Bureau.

(to put things in perspective, the dots on the white part are actually people)

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Mongolia’s Genghis Khan Craze #1152: Airport renamed

khuushuur — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 10:21:00 +0000

Now that even the airport is being renamed Chinggis Khaan, I suppose it is only a matter of time before Ulaanbaatar will turn into Chinggis Khot.

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What does Genghis Khan have to do with a hamburger?

khuushuur — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 09:04:00 +0000

Mongolianartist.com and Mongolia Web quote Ask Yahoo! on the hamburger:

The fast food favorite took a long, slow trip from Genghis Khan through Russia and Germany before arriving at McDonald’s.
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In the 1200s, Genghis Khan’s Mongol armies ate patties of raw lamb scraps, which were tenderized under the soldiers’ saddles.

Doubtful if this is historically correct, but a good story nevertheless.
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