He was a highly controversial and unavoidable historical figure.
"We will bring all the earth under the blue sky,
All turned into Mongolian pastures! ”
He almost did.
▲Portrait of Genghis Khan (National Palace Museum, Taipei)
Boerjin Temujin (1162–1227), courtesy name Genghis Khan, was a Mongol beggar born in the upper reaches of the Nan River (present-day Onnen River) in northern Mobei (present-day Kent, Mongolia). Khan of the Great Mongol Empire (1206-1227), an outstanding military figure and statesman in world history.
Temujin lost his father at an early age, defected to the leader of the Krebu tribe, Thali, accumulated strength, and was elected as the Khan of the Mongol Qiyanbu in 1189, and then after a series of wars, unified the various departments of the Mongolian plateau. In 1206, he took the throne at the source of the Nan River, that is, the emperor," and established the Great Mongol State. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, after many foreign wars, it occupied a large area of the Jin Dynasty in East Asia, and destroyed the Western Xia, Western Liao and Central Asia's Huarazm, and its conquest footprints reached as far as the Black Sea coast of Eastern Europe. In 1227, Temujin died of illness on the eve of the surrender of Western Xia at the age of sixty-six. Before his death, he made a strategy of "linking up with the Song Dynasty to destroy jin", and after his death, he was secretly buried in the Qiyuan Valley. After the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty, He was given the title of Emperor Shengwu of the Fa Tianqiyun and Taizu of the Temple.
Some people have counted that Genghis Khan fought more than 60 wars in his lifetime, and none of them were defeated except for the Battle of the Thirteen Wings, which took the initiative to retreat due to the disparity in strength. Therefore, the Chinese scholar Liu Letu said in his book "Genghis Khan": "Genghis Khan is a war wizard that is incomparable to future generations. His magic of fighting and winning battles in every enemy has exhausted mankind's military talents to the extreme." The iron horses under his command were so overwhelming that the smoke of war swept into Russia, Afghanistan, and northern India. In the vast eurasian continent, Genghis Khan has become an invincible god, and his opponents are all afraid to succumb to their feet." "Who can be called the God of War?" Only Genghis Khan!"
Ordos: Mausoleum of Genghis Khan
Yijin Holo (Han means "the courtyard of the Holy Lord") is located in the southeast of Ordos, across the river from the Kangbashi New Area, is the resting place of Genghis Khan, a generation of heavenly pride Genghis Khan, but also the concentration of Mongolian yuan cultural heritage, enjoying the reputation of "Heavenly Pride Holy Land". Every year on March 21, many Mongols come from all over the world to attend the grand festival in Ijin holo.
One of the famous city cards issued by China Construction Bank, the Ordos Famous City Dragon Card, put the tomb of Genghis Khan on the card surface. On the left side of the card, the Hatta dedicated by the children of Inner Mongolia adds national characteristics to this card.
▲Construction Bank Ordos Famous City Dragon Card Gold Card
▲Construction Bank Ordos famous city of Longkapuka
The bronze statue square inside Genghis Khan's mausoleum is decorated with a tall bronze statue of Genghis Khan on his expedition. The bronze statue is 6.6 meters high and the diameter of the square is 66 meters, which symbolizes the birthday of Genghis Khan. The pines around the square extend outward in the shape of an umbrella, symbolizing the spirit of Genghis Khan.
Yijin Holo Rural Commercial Bank, located in Yijin Holo Banner, was approved by the China Banking Regulatory Commission in 2012 and restructured from the former Yijin Holo Banner Rural Credit Cooperative Association. On March 2, 2020, Yijin Holo Rural Commercial Bank officially issued the "Tianjiao e-Loan Pass" debit card, which is a bronze statue of Genghis Khan on the Prancing Horse.
▲ Yijin Holo Rural Commercial Bank Tianjiao E loan card
Ulanhot: Genghis Khan Temple
Ulanhot City, affiliated to the Xing'an League of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is located in the northeast of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The only temple in the world to commemorate Genghis Khan, the Genghis Khan Temple, is located on the top of HanShan Mountain in Ulanhot, designed by the Mongolian Neller, started construction on May 5, 1940, and completed on October 10, 1944, and is now a national key cultural relics protection unit.
The temple of Genghis Khan sits facing north and south, with a "mountain" shape on the front, and integrates the architectural styles of the three ethnic groups of Han, Mongolian and Tibetan. A majestic and tall sculpture of Genghis Khan stands in the temple, the sculpture is cast in copper and gold, the scale is huge, dignified and majestic, 2.8 meters high, 2.6 tons. This statue was once a symbol of the Mongolian people's resistance to foreign invasion and a symbol of the regional culture of Xing'an.
The Ulanhot Credit Card issued by the Ulanhot Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China displays the image of the scenery of Genghis Khan's temple and the image of the god's heroic Tianjiao sculpture on the card surface.
▲Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ulanhot Credit Card
A generation of natural pride: the worship of national heroes
Hero worship embodies the aesthetic culture of a nation, as the founder of the Mongolian people, Genghis Khan, who once created a great cause that shocked the world, is the object of worship and cultural totem that the vast number of Mongolian people are proud of.
Below is a Genghis Khan-themed UnionPay card issued by KHAN Bank of Mongolia. Khan Bank is the largest commercial bank in Mongolia. On March 17, 2020, UnionPay International announced that it has cooperated with Khan Bank to issue nearly 500,000 new UnionPay cards within 2 years, and UnionPay cards have now become Mongolia's "national payment tool", which has achieved full acceptance coverage and ranks first in the scale of issuance of various card brands.
▲ Mongolia Khan Bank Genghis Khan UnionPay card
In 2006, on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of Genghis Khan's accession to the throne, Mongolia's XacBank issued a Genghis Khan-themed commemorative credit card. XacBank was established in December 2001 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and is the fourth largest bank in Mongolia.
▲ Mongolia Haas Bank Genghis Khan credit card
The bank card issued by Ordos City Commercial Bank in Inner Mongolia (now renamed Ordos Bank) was named "Tianjiao Card".
▲Ordos City Commercial Bank Tianjiao Card
The village and town bank in Ordos City was named "Ordos Tianjiao Mengyin Village bank".
▲Ordos Tianjiao Mengyin Village Bank Debit Card
Genghis Khan was a highly controversial figure, and many scholars regarded him as a barbaric and cruel aggressor. In modern times, many scholars believe that Temujin launched a war of conquest to promote the mutual influence between Eurasia and had a profound impact on the subsequent course of world history. The study of Genghis Khan has transcended the time and space of history, rushed out of the boundaries of countries and nations, and become a global hot topic figure of common concern in military, political, cultural and academic circles around the world.
On December 26, 2000, Time magazine in the United States selected "ten most influential figures in this millennium", and Temujin was listed among them, which was the most influential figure in the 13th century. Chairman Mao wrote in "Qinyuan Spring. "Snow" praises Genghis Khan as "a generation of heavenly pride, Genghis Khan".
However, history is always in the past. Count the merry figures, and look at this dynasty!
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