Wood engraving has two main types: half engraving and whole engraving. There is a template of engraving that is called tsoi in Mongolia. Whole engraving is used for making a variety of items, such as the horse currycomb, chest, tiger-legged table, bed, and a cast of traditional cookie, as well as an arrow, pieces of a chess game, toys, and religious items and idols. Animals such as lion, tiger, dragon, and elephant, all of which symbolize strength and power, are engraved on the wooden doors of gers, while religious symbols and ornaments are engraved on the doors of temples and monasteries. Carving a pair of intertwined dragons on top of poles in gers and temples is common.

Wood engraving has two main types: half engraving and whole engraving. There is a template of engraving that is called tsoi in Mongolia. Whole engraving is used for making a variety of items, such as the horse currycomb, chest, tiger-legged table, bed, and a cast of traditional cookie, as well as an arrow, pieces of a chess game, toys, and religious items and idols. Animals such as lion, tiger, dragon, and elephant, all of which symbolize strength and power, are engraved on the wooden doors of gers, while religious symbols and ornaments are engraved on the doors of temples and monasteries. Carving a pair of intertwined dragons on top of poles in gers and temples is common.

Craft of making traditional cradle with wood. Wood masters decorated cradles with different symbolic ornaments.

Craft of making traditional cradle with wood. Wood masters decorated cradles with different symbolic ornaments.

Carpentry, craft of working with wood. Carpenters with wood make cradle, box, dish, musical instruments, table and chairs, furniture, door, windows and etc.

Craft of making kat – wood bed sized 2X2 m for sitting and sliping purposes. Many such beds are wood carved.

Traditional folk craft related to making big plates with wood. Except of plates masters make wooden spoon, skimmer and etc. For making wooden plates mas-ters take wood of willow or walnut tree and applying in a electrical tool cut and plane it.