Ulaanbaatar
Tribute Paid to the National Flag of the Bogd Khanate of Mongolia
Society
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.
