Rising from the vast white plain of Tsonjin Boldog, the monument appeared, shimmering, immense, and undeniably powerful. The 40-meter stainless steel statue of Genghis Khan on horseback, considered the world’s tallest equestrian statue, dominates everything around it. Its polished surface reflected the pale winter sun, giving the impression of a giant cast from ice and steel. The statue stands near the Tuul River, where legend says Genghis Khan discovered a golden whip. Fittingly, it points eastward toward his birthplace, as if eternally returning to the origins of the Mongol story.