Ulaanbaatar
Sum Khukh Burd, stone castle ruin to become tourism complex
Art & Culture
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Museum of Dundgobi aimag has a new building to display its exhibits on the shore of the Khukh Burd Lake, which lies on the territory of Adaatsag soum.
Construction works to establish a tourism complex based on the ancient historical and cultural site of the Sum Khukh Burd, a stone castle ruin, started two years ago with the funding of MNT2 billion from the local development fund. First of all, recover work of the Khukh Burd Lake has been done, putting water supply pipeline from a deep well to feed the lake with water constantly. Moreover, a canal was made to enable sailing through the lake, as well as several facilities were constructed to provide comfort to travelers and visitors on the shore of the lake, including service centers, sports playgrounds, car parks and walking trail.
The new museum building with Buddhist temple design was constructed, beside the castle ruin, on the northern shore of the lake and opened on 11 July. During the recent Naadam Holiday, the complex had many Mongolian and foreign visitors. “- We have displayed over 100 exhibits relating to nature, animals and ethnicity, from the aimag museum. Two national Mongolian Gers with full furniture inside, showing ancient and modern designs of the Mongolian traditional dwelling attracted people, particularly children a lot” said director of the museum M.Byambajav.
The new museum is open from June to October each year.
Construction works to establish a tourism complex based on the ancient historical and cultural site of the Sum Khukh Burd, a stone castle ruin, started two years ago with the funding of MNT2 billion from the local development fund. First of all, recover work of the Khukh Burd Lake has been done, putting water supply pipeline from a deep well to feed the lake with water constantly. Moreover, a canal was made to enable sailing through the lake, as well as several facilities were constructed to provide comfort to travelers and visitors on the shore of the lake, including service centers, sports playgrounds, car parks and walking trail.
The new museum building with Buddhist temple design was constructed, beside the castle ruin, on the northern shore of the lake and opened on 11 July. During the recent Naadam Holiday, the complex had many Mongolian and foreign visitors. “- We have displayed over 100 exhibits relating to nature, animals and ethnicity, from the aimag museum. Two national Mongolian Gers with full furniture inside, showing ancient and modern designs of the Mongolian traditional dwelling attracted people, particularly children a lot” said director of the museum M.Byambajav.
The new museum is open from June to October each year.
B.Ooluun
