Mongolia
Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain
Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain by Jonas Kremer
The Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape represent the formalised mountain worship by Chinggis Khan which helped to unify the Mongolian Empire.
The permanently snow-capped Burkhan Khaldun is one of four sacred mountains of that period when official status was given to the long-standing shamanic traditions of mountain worship by the nomadic peoples. It also is the reputed burial site of Chinggis Khan. The landscape further holds a pilgrimage path and three major stone ovoo-s. The mountain and its history is described in the epic 'The Secret History of the Mongols'.
Community Perspective: Michael is the first and only reviewer so far: he was able to reach the site in wintery circumstances and enjoyed the remote, wide-open, mountain scenery. He has described his visit in detail, with both practical information (there is an entrance fee!) and an interpretation of the site’s meaning.
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Official Information
- Full Name
- Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape (ID: 1440)
- Country
- Mongolia
- Status
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Inscribed 2015
Site history
History of Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain
- 2015: Advisory Body overruled
- ICOMOS advised referral
- 2015: Revision
- In final stage of nomination, locations were limited from 3 to 1 by State Party. Sacred Binder Mountain and Baldan Bereeven Monastery were omitted.
- 2015: Inscribed
- Inscribed
- WHS Type
- Cultural
- Criteria
- iv
- vi
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- UNESCO
- whc.unesco.org
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- whc.unesco.org — whc.unesco.org/
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- discovermongolia.mn — Stories of Burkhan Khaldun
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- Religious structure: Indigenous
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Visit in March 2022.
When I began my second period of long-term travel in 2019, there were a small number of countries that I wanted to visit more than any others. One of those was Mongolia, a place that has fascinated me for decades. Accordingly, I planned a lengthy visit, to begin in July 2020, that would fit my usual travel goals, namely, to see a large portion of the country traveling by bicycle, to experience as much of its natural endowment as possible, and, of course, to visit at least two of its World Heritage Sites. I don’t need to explain why the 2020 visit never happened, and, with Mongolia closing more tightly than most other countries, it seemed certain to me that I never would be able to see that part of the World. However, after I had finally decided that I could end my wandering, I found myself still needing to cross the entire Eurasian land mass, from east to west, in a fairly expeditious manner. Just as I was about to start that process, I happily noticed that Mongolia had recently fully reopened its borders, and so I could not pass up the opportunity to finally make a stop there.
The major caveat was that, while my original plans would have involved seeing the steppes in the green flush of summer, with the concomitant increase in observable wildlife, in this case I would only be in the country for the last two weeks of …
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