Architecture
The Mausoleum is in a rectangular cemetery. Within the mausoleum, which appears like three Mongolian yurts externally, there are four chambers and two halls:
- Main Palace (正殿): 26-metre high; octagonal
- contains a 5-metre white-jade statue of Genghis Khan
- two murals depicting his life
- Resting Palace (寢宮) or Inner Palace (後殿): 20-m high
- 7 coffins:
- Genghis Khan
- 3 khan-consorts
- Tolui (托雷), Genghis Khan's fourth son.
- Tolui's wife
- 7 coffins:
- East Palace (東殿): 20-m high
- West Palace (西殿): 23-m high
- 9 banners of the 9 generals
- East Hall (東廊): 20-m high
- West Hall: 20-m high
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