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Dadal is located about 120 kilometers northeast of Binder. Of the approximately 2500 inhabitants, most belong to the ethnic minority of the Buryats, which originally came from Siberia. That’s why you can see many wooden houses in Norowlin, better. If you drive from the southeast, a large, glowing white gate greets you, next to which are steles with figures of Mongolian warriors. If you deal with the history of Genghis Khan, you simply cannot avoid this place. Nearby is the Gurvan Lake. On the bank of a river, there used to be a big concrete structure that was built in 1962 to celebrate the 800th birthday of Genghis Khan. However, the person who built it was punished, and the government didn’t know what to do with it. They couldn’t destroy it, so they moved it to a retirement home, where it has been forgotten ever since.

There is a spring not far from the lake from which the residents fetch their water in buckets. She is also told that Genghis Khan is said to have been washed here three days after his birth. Another memorial is located on a hill not far from Gurvan Nuur, about 3.5 kilometers north of Dadal. Here, between the two rivers Balj and Onon, is supposedly the birthplace of Genghis Khan.