When researching Mongolia, one comes across (rather frequently, actually) facts about the country that pretty accurately reflect how just plain Awesome it is. One of the first of these I found is the following:
When Karakorum was the thriving capital of the Mongol Empire and the Mongols had more riches than they knew what to do with, they captured a French sculptor and brought him to Karakorum specifically because they wanted a goldsmith to aestheticize their excess. Then they commissioned a fountain that was a giant tree with an angel at the top and 4 dragon heads coming out of the trunk. But here’s the best part… This fountain did not dispense water, because who needs water, really? Instead, when a trumpeter blew a bugle, servants began to pump, and from one dragon’s head flowed wine, from one flowed rice wine, from one flowed honey mead, and from the last flowed airag (the fermented mare’s milk drink that is a staple of the countryside).
Do you need any more proof that Mongolia is Awesome?
I commented on this weeks ago and then forgot to verify it. Gah! The point was: this is utterly fabulous.
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