Tsetserleg is an ancient
cultural and commercial centre. It was once the seat of a monastery, built by
the First Khalkh Zaya Pandita, Luvsanperenlei (1642–1715) (who should not be
confused with Zaya Pandita Namkhaijantsan (1599–1662)). This consisted of the
main Guden Süm, the Right, or Summer Semchin Temple, and the Left, or Winter
Semchin Temple, all built in the early 1680s. The sixth Zaya Pandita,
Jambatseren, was killed by the Communists in 1932, and the main Guden temple
was turned into a museum. There is a seventh Zaya Pandita, but he mostly lives
in Ulan
