page_title: Sükhbaatar Square
section_title: Yellow Palace
hierarchical_section_title: Sükhbaatar Square / History / Yellow Palace
caption_attribution_description: 中文（中国大陆）‎: 外蒙古撤销自治仪式 Монгол: Монголын өөртөө эзэрхэх засгийн устгасан тухай ёслол. Нийслэл Хүрээ
context_page_description: Sükhbaatar Square is the central square of Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar. The square was named for Mongolian's revolutionary hero Damdin Sükhbaatar shortly after his death in 1923. The square's name was changed to Chinggis Square in 2013 in honor of Genghis Khan, considered the founding father of Mongolia, but the original name was restored in 2016. The center of the plaza features an equestrian statue of Damdin Sükhbaatar, while a large colonnade monument dedicated to Genghis Khan, as well as to Ögedei Khan and Kublai Khan, dominates the square's north face directly in front of the Saaral Ordon.
context_section_description: Throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the grounds of the present day government palace and public square were largely occupied by a temple-monastery-palace complex (the Yellow Palace or шар ордон), which acted as the official residence of Mongolia's spiritual leader, the Jebtsundamba Khutughtu.  The temple and its environs were called Zuun Khuree or Eastern Monastery to differentiate it from the Gandantegchinlen Monastery and its surrounding settlements to the west.  An open-air field was located just south of the temple complex and was surrounded on all sides by rough-hewn wooden fences and prayer wheels.  Beyond that stood temples, residences of the nobility and clergy as well as the Baruun Damnuurchin markets. At the south end of the square stood a red imperial arch with green tiled eaves built in erected in 1883.  Mongolian wrestling and Tsam dances were often staged there in the presence of nobles and clergy. Over time, it devolved into a dumping ground of the growing city's refuse. The Bogd Khan would sometimes be seen passing along its edge on his royal procession.
  The temple-complex was razed shortly after the Outer Mongolian Revolution of 1921.  In 1923 the central square was named in honor of the Mongolian revolutionary hero Damdin Sükhbaatar shortly after his death that same year. The newspaper "Izvestiya Ulanbator khoto" reported on July 15, 1925 that "in line with Mongolian tradition, the fourth anniversary of the People's Revolution was celebrated with rallies at the square dedicated to D.Sükhbaatar". The current statue of Sükhbaatar upon his horse was created in 1946 by the sculptor Sonomyn Choimbol (1907-1970) and is located on the spot where Sükhbaatar's horse allegedly urinated during a rally on July 8, 1921, shortly after the victory of the 1921 revolution. Sükhbaatar's horse urinating was seen as a good omen and a marker was buried on the spot by a man called "Bonehead" Gavaa. In 1946, Khorloogiin Choibalsan had the square paved and had the marker dug out and chose the spot as the place of Sukhbaatar's statue.
caption: The Yellow Palace as backdrop to the ceremony marking the abolition of Mongolian autonomy 1920
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