Nomadic family ger
The place
Nomadic family ger in Övörkhangai aimag, Kharkhorin/Erdene-Uul area (central Khangai steppe, Mongolia), at 1,817 m elevation, high steppe plateau. Continuous Mongolia cluster (batches 260-346, ~11 entries). Authentic ger of a nomadic herding family (3,000-year tradition from the Xiongnu to Genghis Khan in 1206; 30% of Mongolia's population still nomadic herders with 400,000 horses + 30 million yak-cattle + 16 million horses + cashmere goats producing 50% of world cashmere, ~15,000 t/year), in a zone spanning the Khangai steppe (2,000-2,500 m, stipa/festuca grasses and edelweiss) and Kharkhorin (former Mongol capital, Karakorum 1235-1263 under Ögödei Khan, UNESCO 2004 archaeological site, roughly half excavated, plus Erdene Zuu monastery from 1585, the third reintroduction of Tibetan Buddhism after the Yuan dynasty's fall in 1368).
The setting
Övörkhangai, Kharkhorin/Erdene-Uul, central Khangai steppe, Mongolia, 1,817 m high plateau, continuous cluster batches 260-346 ~11 entries, nomadic family ger, 3,000-year tradition from the Xiongnu to Genghis Khan 1206, 30% of Mongolians still nomadic herders with 400,000 horses + 30 million yak-cattle + 16 million horses, cashmere 50% of world output ~15,000 t/year, Khangai steppe stipa/festuca + edelweiss, Kharkhorin/Karakorum 1235-1263 UNESCO 2004 archaeological site + Erdene Zuu 1585 third reintroduction of Buddhism after the Yuan fall.
