Crazy Shagdar

Crazy Shagdar (Mongolian: Shaγdar soliyatu, 1869–1930s) was a wandering lama from the (in what is now Ulanhad city) in Inner Mongolia. He is the hero of a number of, usually quite critical, tales, in which he mocks corrupt nobles, other lamas etc. One tale deals with how he rebuked Chinese traders on a temple fair: The annual Baarin temple fair had always attracted many traders from Inner China. That is how he swore at them in both Mongolian and Chinese. A collection of tales about him appeared in Mukden in 1959, and some of those have been translated into German.

Crazy Shagdar

Crazy Shagdar (Mongolian: Shaγdar soliyatu, 1869–1930s) was a wandering lama from the (in what is now Ulanhad city) in Inner Mongolia. He is the hero of a number of, usually quite critical, tales, in which he mocks corrupt nobles, other lamas etc. One tale deals with how he rebuked Chinese traders on a temple fair: The annual Baarin temple fair had always attracted many traders from Inner China. That is how he swore at them in both Mongolian and Chinese. A collection of tales about him appeared in Mukden in 1959, and some of those have been translated into German.