What is "tengger"

Tengger may refer to:

• the Kingdom of Tengger, a 15th-century Majapahit successor state, which gave its name to:
  • Tengger mountain range, East Java
  • the Tenggerese people of Java, Indonesia
  • the Tengger massif, a geographic feature in East Java
  • the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park located on the massif
  • the Tengger Caldera located in the park, which includes Mount Bromo
• Tengri (Mongolian: Тэнгэр, Tenger; Chinese: 腾格里, Mandarin:Ténggélǐ), a Turkic and Mongolian sky god, who gave his name to:
  • the Otgontenger, a mountain in Mongolia
  • the Tengger Desert, a desert in China
  • Tengger (singer), a pop singer from Inner Mongolia
• Tengger (band), an electronic/psychedelic band from South Korea.
• Tengger Cavalry, a Mongolian folk-metal band

Tengger (; ; born January 15, 1960), also known as Tenger, is a Chinese singer, a songwriter and a composer of Mongol heritage. He was born in Otog Banner, Inner Mongolia, China in Sainbayar family.

He composed and sang the song "The Mongol" (蒙古人, měng gǔ rén) in 1986 which made him become famous. Since then, he has written the theme songs for all sorts of TV series and movies. Tengger held a concert in the United States on September 14, 2001, shortly after the September 11 attacks, during which he dedicated his song "Heaven" to the audience to pay tribute to the victims. He performed the ending theme of the CCTV television series Kangxi Dynasty.