The Robbed Infant

A very special fate is predicted to Hynndynn, the nomad boy. A mysterious stranger from a far away place leaves the boy and his adoptive parents in a glorious secret of the future and with enough donations in order to ensure the family a flawless living.

And indeed, his prophecy will be fulfilled: Hynndynn is abducted from his country at the age of seven and brought to China, where he receives a comprehensive education and formation, and falls in love with a Chinese girl. Hynndynn returns to Mongolia as a married man and as the newly appointed sovereign to the tribe of the Chinese which he is due to institute the occupation of Mongolia. But the Tuwa, the very same tribe he is born of, are determined to defend themselves.

Hynndynn is about to be geared onto the most intransigent dilemma of his life: torn apart between the legacy of China and the ancient traditions of the nomads, he finally acknowledges his origins and the commitment to his homeland and his tribe before taking up the battle against the powerful occupier.

It is an 18th-century oral history of Mongolia which inspired Galsan Tschinag to this impressive tale about the struggle of the Tuwa-nomads for their autonomy and independence from China, their struggle for life: the right to live a life not alienated by foreign power, the right to choose a life in self-determination and the right to live in the way such as they ever have.