Улаанбаатар
Researches on Undur Gegeen’s Legacy Published as a Magazine
Art & Culture
Uvurkhangai
/MONTSAME/. In dedication to
the 90th anniversary of the establishment of
Uvurkhangai aimag, “Undur Gegeen and His Legacy” International Academic
Conference was organized under the auspices of the governor of the aimag and the
“Nomadic Studies” magazine, a collection of the outstanding research papers
presented during this academic conference, was published.
During the academic
conference, 47 research papers by researchers and scientists from Mongolia,
China, Russia, and USA were discussed. In a total of 10 research papers on
various topics, such as Under Gegeen Zanabazar’s Legacy, Study on aesthetic
expressions in Zanabazar’s creations and his artistic creativity, Precious
Mother Tara and About the portrait of Zanabazar, depicted him as slicing
the uuts (the sacrum of а lamb) were featured on this
magazine.
It was said that, just
before he deceased, when his followers had asked him “How should we paint Your
portrait?”, he had answered “Depict me as slicing a uuts. Mongolians are born
with a silver spoon in their mouths, so we must not be hungry. Thus, I want my
portrait would symbolize it.”
Research doctorate Ts.
Gunchin-Ish specially studied this story and in his research paper, he
highlighted the traditions of placing and slicing the uuts, Mongolian
traditional cuisine.
D. Goomaral stated in
her paper titled “Study on Aesthetic Expressions in Zanabazar’s creations” that
“Zanabazar’s aesthetic view in art reflected on his sculpture and creations as
various types of ornaments, patterns, and shapes. For instance, through the
Five Wisdom Tathāgatas, he represented the inner wisdom that appears after
purifying the five disturbing emotions including jealousy, greed, desire,
ignorance, and stinginess, and the White and Green Tara embodied the 18
qualities of the feminine principle.”
