This is the second part story of the day, you can read more about my first destination on the same day here! The second destination was Genghis Khan Statue Complex, a popular tourist spot that hosted the famous Genghis Khan Equestrian Square, a museum and some souvenir shops. Before we proceed to the story, I would first like to introduce one of the big hero in Mongolian history, which still holds influential position in many of Mongolian's heart, in every way that you can possibly imagine: Genghis Khan is a famous historical hero in Mongolia and is still very influential in today's Mongolian society, where the whole community still hold great respect and gratitude towards him. He was the Great Khan and founder of Mongol Empire. His greatest contributions include practicing meritocracy in the country, encouraged religious tolerance in the Mongol Empire and unified the nomadic tribes in Northeast Asia. You can find his monument, museum or books everywhere in Mongolia. Many restaurants, hotels or shops even use his name for their business. The reason I wanna introduce this great Mongolian hero is because my second destination: Genghis Khan Statue Complex, and the famous Genghis Khan Equestrian Square are all about him too! 3 interesting facts about this statue: 1. It's a 40 metres tall statue of Genghis Khan on horseback. Visitors can climb to the third floor and walk to the head of the horse through its chest and neck to have a panoramic view of the city. 2. Designed by sculptor D. Erdenebileg and architect J. Enkhjargal and erected in 2008. 3. The statue is symbolically pointed east towards his birthplace. The cost of the complex is reported to be US$4.1 million, spent by The Genco Tour Bureau, a Mongolian company. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And well, there's a shop that rents out Mongolian King's and Queen's costumes, where tourists can get to wear and rent for 5-10 minutes. It costs around 3000tögrög which is equivalent to £1. And so, there goes my "Mongolian Queen for a day" story! :P Many of my Mongolian friends said that I really do look like a Mongolian Queen, well, I'm not sure how the queen should look like, but I will take this as a compliment! :P And I'm not kidding, after I've put on the costume, many tourists started taking pictures of me, and I even found my King in the complex, what an interesting day! >< This was really super fun! And I would like to use this opportunity to thank my kind new friend, Gandolgor Tserendagva, who was kind enough to help me to take nice pictures and brought me touring around the building. Well, I would like to introduce my "Mongolian King of the day" to you too! His name is Tejan Chinnakonda. He's from Canada and came to Mongolia with his father for a short trip! So nice to have him as my modelling partner, thanks for adding colours to this wonderful day! :) Above are some of the pictures I've taken inside the museum!
It was definitely an interesting place to visit, although I was slightly disappointed by the museum where I expected more things to see. But it was still a nice experience nevertheless! This ends the second destination of the day, and I'm gonna introduce you my third destination of the day in the next post , stay tuned! I'll give you a hint, here's one of the stories about the third destination that you will not want to miss!
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