Tribute Paid to the National Flag of the Bogd Khanate of Mongolia

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2023-12-31 17:08:56

Ulaanbaatar, December 30, 2023 /MONTSAME/. December 29, 2023, marked the 112th anniversary of the restoration of national freedom and independence of Mongolia.


On December 29, 1911, by ending the Manchu rule the Mongolian state was restored, the 8th Bogd Jabzandamba was crowned as the sovereign king of an independent country, and Mongolia officially declared its independence to the world.


On the occasion of the 112th anniversary of the restoration of national freedom and independence, a ceremony to honor the national flag of the Bogd Khanate of Mongolia took place in the Western Shankh Monastery in Kharkhorin soum, Uvurkhangai aimag.

 

The ceremony was attended by G. Zandanshatar, Chairman of the Great Khural of Mongolia, Ts. Tserenpuntsag, a member of the State Great Khural, N. Baasandorj, the Head Monk of Western Shankh Monastery and authorities of aimag and soums and citizen representatives to perform a mandala offering, a symbolic offering for the prosperity of the whole universe. Also, monks of the Monastery worshiped the deity Ochirvaani (Vajrapani), greatly revered by the Mongolians, chanted the “Janlavtsogzol” sutra in Mongolian, and performed the national anthems in three generations- “Ertnii Saikhan”, “Zuun Langiin Joroo Luus” and National Anthem of Mongolia.

 

The original Yellow Flag or the national flag of the Bogd Khanate of Mongolia is kept in the Western Shankh Monastery and on the initiative of the local administration and the Monastery, a flag-raising ceremony has been organized since 2014. Following the tradition of worshiping the Great Black Banner of Chinggis Khaan at the Baruun Khuree Monastery, the new national flag of the Bogd Khanate of Mongolia was left in the Western Shankh Monastery after Mongolia gained independence in 1911.  

 

After the National Liberation Revolution in 1911, the Bogd Khanate of Mongolia was established, and the Yellow Flag was designed following a decree issued to reestablish state rituals and ceremonies and use state symbols that reflect the national traditional culture. 





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