It is situated 22km from Tsetserleg town on a bank of Khoid Tamir
River in Ikhtamir Soum, Arkhangai province. Taikhar Chuluu is 18m-high cliff of
granite. This cliff was formed by separating from the river bank due to
millions of years’ continual flow of Khoid Tamir River through granite cape on
its northern bank. Over 150 inscriptions in various scripts including Turkic,
Uyghur, Mongolian, Tibetan, Manchu and Chinese were engraved on the cliff, but
most of them seem to have barely appeared as time passes. About 70 of them are
in Mongolian script and the 15th-17th century’s Mongolian state official’s
name such as Khuukhai Dayu of Oirad, Tsogt Huntaij of Kalkh can be read.
Another inscription is about the decree of Enkh-Amgalan, a king of Daichin
state, brought by Ravdan. Those who inscribed on the Taikhar Chuluu are
expected to engrave their names and provinces. This tradition is being
practiced even until today, but it makes old inscriptions disappeared in some
way.The myth: There was a wide valley on the way to Zag Baidrag River after
climbing over Khangai range. It is believed that a giant snake passed the
valley crossing over 3 open canyons of Eg Mountain pass moving along the
Khangai mountain range until it reached the site of current Taikhar Chuluu and
then fell into a hole under the cliff. After that, a well-known local wrestler
knowingly plugged the hole with a massive cliff, currently known as Taikhar
Chuluu.
