Between The Yamen (Palace)
Of The King (Wang) Of Djungar And The Tomb Of Chinghiz-Khan, There Are
Five Or Six Marches Made Difficult By The Sands Of The Gobi, But Horses
And Camels May Be Used For The Journey.
The road, southward through the
desert, passes near the great lama-monastery called Barong-tsao or
Si-tsao (Monastery of the West), and in Chinese San-t'ang sse (Three
Temples).
This celebrated monastery was built by the King of Djungar to
hold the tablets of his ancestors - on the ruins of an old temple, said to
have been erected by Chinghiz himself. More than a thousand lamas are
registered there, forty of them live at the expense of the Emperor of
China. Crossing afterwards the two upper branches of the Ulan Muren (Red
River) on the banks of which Chinghiz was murdered, according to local
tradition, close to the lake of Chahan Nor (White Lake), near which are
the tents of the Prince of Wan, one arrives at last at the spot called
Yeke-Etjen-Koro, in Mongol: the abode of the Great Lord, where the tomb
is to be found. It is erected to the south-east of the village, comprising
some twenty tents or tent-like huts built of earth. Two large white felt
tents, placed side by side, similar to the tents of the modern Mongols,
but much larger, cover the tomb; a red curtain, when drawn, discloses the
large and low silver coffin, which contains the ashes of the Emperor,
placed on the ground of the second tent; it is shaped like a big trunk,
with great rosaces engraved upon it.
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