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SHILIINBOGDMOUNTAIN
BidraavJambainformedthat:
AlthoughShiliinBogdwasnotaworshippedmountain,touristsstartedto
travelthereduringthesocialistera.Thattimesomeonesaidthatifpeople
climbitinthespring,theywillregaintheirenergy.Inthespringgrassis
growingandearthenergyisincreasing.17
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Accordingtomanyscientificandnon-scientificworkstherustlerswere“goodmen”
andtheywereconsideredpatriots.Forinstance,academicianSh.Natsagdorjconsidered
activityof“goodmen”amongtheDarigangasasa“popularpeoplemovement”.18Since
the“goodmen”inhabitedinthevicinityoftheShiliinBogdmountain,theywerecalled
“goodmenofShilarea”(Shiliinsainer).Asaresultofit,ShiliinBogdbecamewell-
known.
AnotherreasonforitwasthatmanyDarigangassuchasformerclerks,intellectuals,
monks,workersandherdersbecamevictimsoftherepressionsin1928-1939.As
aconsequenceofthepurgestheDarigangascouldnotspeakoutabouttheirheros.After
therepressionstheywantedtore-establishtheirpride-revivetheiridentityandbring
backtheheroesofpopularcultureaspartoftheirtradition.Eventually,theyfound“good
men”toplayaroleofsuchheroes.Additionally,somerustlershelpedtheintelligence
agencyoftheMongolianarmyworkingamongtheDarigangasinthe1930s.The“good
men”becameheroesoftheDariganga’scommunityandeventodaytheDarigangasare
proudofthem.
ThefinalreasonoftherenewedcultoftheShiliinBogdmountainisthatthecommunists
destroyedthetraditionofcelebrationsrelatedtothesacredmountains.Theunitofthe
MongolianPeople’sRevolutionaryPartyintheDarigangasumcontrolledcommoners’
pilgrimagestothemountains.Therefore,peoplecouldnotpraytopreviouslyworshipped
mountains.Inthemeantime,theShiliinBogdmountain’snamebecamepopular.Local
peoplestartedtotravelthere,becauseitswildnaturewasattractivetothem.Theparty
didnotprohibittravellingtoShiliinBogd,too.AtthattimeShiliinBogdwasbecoming
moreandmorepopularamongtheMongolsasaresultofthecommunistpropaganda
on“goodmen”.Astateprizewinner,poetB.YavuukhulanwroteaboutShiliinBogd
mountainin1980,praisingitsqualitiesinthefollowingpassage:
ShiliinBogdisamountainofDarigangaland,
ShiliinBogdisamountainofthewholeMongolia…”19
ThereisanumberofotherworksmentioningShiliinBogd,suchasstories,tales,
poems,filmclips,songsandnovels.
17
BidraavJamba,male,76yearsold,aherder,Ongonsum.
18
Sh.Natsagdorj.TheHistoryofKhalkha.Ulaanbaatar2008(2
nd
ed.),pp.319-320.
19
CollectionofpoemsaboutDariganga.Ed.byO.Dashbalbar.Baruun-Urt1986,p.7.
