Burgasny Khiid
Read in Mongolian
Name(s) of Temple :
Burgasny Khiid ,Bor Burgasny Khiid,
Rinchen Number :
33
Rinchen Name :
Tsagaan burgasny khiid
Type of Monastery/Temple:
Monastic School
Aimag where the temple is located:
Khovd
Sum where the temple is located:
Zereg sum
Old Aimag Name :
Zasagt Khan
Old Khoshuu Name :
Zakhchin khoshuu
Historical Summary (In Mongolian only):
Ховд аймгийн Зэрэг сум. Цагаан бургасны хийд Уг хийдийг Төгрөгийн хүрээнээс тасарч 1864 онд Буур гол хэмээх газар байгуулсан байна. Лхам бурхныг гол шүтээн болгож тахих болжээ. Энэ дацанг Улиастайн дацан гэж өөрөөр ч нэрлэдэг байв. Энэ хүрээнд Чойр хурна. Мөн цам гардаг. Бас Рашаатын хурал гэж Хайлан хурдаг хурал байсан. Уг хийд нь 1930-аад оны үед 60 шахам ламтай, 3 дацантай бага шиг хийд байж байгаад хаагдсан байна.
Description of location :
The soil at the end of Khar Us lake and on the western bank of the Zereg river is sandy. During the summer and autumn grass grows in abundance. Herders settle in the area from autumn to spring. The monastery site is located in 5Km from the Zereg river. Currently it is in the centre of the Burgas bag of Zereg sum. The bag was established on the old monastery site in the 1960s. No other sacred sites were evident in the vicinity.
GPS coordinates :
North 47° 10’ East 092° 44’
Total site area:
Side1: 500 Side2: 500 Side3: Side4: Side5: Side6:
Revived temple on site :
No
Site status at the time of survey :
Given that the Burgas bag centre was sited on the site of the Burgas monastery site, the remains of the old site have been damaged. In addition the site has also been damaged by desertification. However some sections of the monastery walls remain. The locals demolished the original buildings and used the materials for housing. The remaining sections of the walls have been used for animal shelters, mainly for horses so locals call it horse fence. During the Socialist era the remains of the walls were 50 cm thick and over 4 m high. But since then the walls have perished slightly. Locals have added to the walls, so the difference in the construction technique, bricks and cement is noticeable. We have taken photos to show this. The locals confirm that the remains of the walls are indeed from Burgas khuree. There was a small construction next to the, which was taken down and moved away last year by the owner. There are no other visible remains of the monastery. 20Km to the south of the site there is a spring that was used by the monks. It is called Noyon bulag (the Noble Spring). During the time the monastery was destroyed and the monks arrested, a great number of Buddha statues, bells and snuff bottles were hidden in the spring. The locals believe some of these objects are still in the spring. However, as the locals also believe that the spring curses, they do not try to dig up the spring. It is said some have tried and had troubles. This was the biggest Zakhchin monastery with over 500 monks.
Date of establishment of the monastery/temple :
1838
Date of closing and destroying the monastery :
Revival of the old monastery/temple:
No
Founder's name and title (if known):
Date of Revival:
Monks in Old Temple :
360 monks
360 monks
Form Number :
ХОЗР 108
Survey Team :
Team B