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As we all know, in 1860, the British and French allied forces plundered the Old Summer Palace and finally paid for the torch.
The destruction of the Old Summer Palace is a scar that will never heal in the hearts of the Chinese people.
Now, tourists are black and blue when visiting the ruins of the Old Summer Palace.
It must be understood that when the Old Summer Palace was set on fire, the main wooden buildings were burned down, and those stone buildings were not damaged in large quantities.
[quadrangular appearance] now we can see the stones and bricks scattered on the ground of the ruins of the Old Summer Palace, which is the result of a large number of stone excavation later.
The author checked the data.
After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the Northern Warlords transported the stones in the Yuanmingyuan.
For example, many officials’ private houses and tombs also use a lot of stones from the Yuanmingyuan, which has become a quarry.
[various parts] “I went to the summer palace of the Chinese emperor last night.
Although it was abandoned, it still left countless treasures.
I told general grant to ask him to come with eljinjue.
We separated these possessions.
However, we only took a small part of them.” No, Because of the limited means of transportation, I couldn’t buy all the good things in the palace.
[garden gate of the western building] although the Old Summer Palace was burned by the British and French coalition forces, it was still a restricted area for civilians.
At that time, only foreigners could sneak into the Old Summer Palace.
From this photo, we can imagine that the Old Summer Palace is indeed a spectacular royal garden.
The gate of the garden is so luxurious, and the complete Old Summer Palace is so impact.
[door components] the author investigated the data and found that the Yuanmingyuan suffered three major disasters, including the “tree disaster” in the year of gengzi, the “stone disaster” in the era of the Republic of China, and the “earth disaster” after liberation.
Among the three hijackings, “stone hijacking” has the greatest impact, and the Yuanmingyuan has almost become a remnant of the partition wall.
In the words of that time, “the situation of demolition and sale is much more serious than that of documents.
From square bricks, roof tiles, wall tiles and stone strips on the ground to nails, piles and copper pipes underground, they have been towed by countless carts for more than 20 years.”.
[beautiful stone carvings] before the demise of the Qing Dynasty, there were a large number of stone materials and preserved stone buildings in the Yuanmingyuan site, which can vaguely feel the scenery of the Yuanmingyuan at that time.
As described by the foreigner who took this old photo, “the rich and moving colors of decorations in your eyes are immersed in the faint blue sky in Beijing.
With the changes of footsteps and sunshine…
I doubt whether I have reached the world of ‘thousands of nights’.”.
[remaining stone pillars] Kang Youwei visited the site of the Old Summer Palace in 1895.
In his records, we saw the situation of the Old Summer Palace at that time: “the curtain of weeds is cut off, desolate, Shoushan Fuhai, and countless pavilions…
Unexpectedly, the sky can only visit one corner.
There is a white stone building on the third floor, describing exquisite portals, flowers and European style.” [interesting South] the author investigated the data of the Old Summer Palace.
At that time, the situation of the Old Summer Palace was like this.
[devastation] according to Cao’s newspaper at that time, “Cao [stones with poor quality were thrown away] during the whole period of the Republic of China, the theft of European style building stones in western architectural sightseeing places was the most serious, and a large number of workers transported stones every day.
According to data, the Yuanmingyuan Management Office was officially established in 1976.
In August 1980, the Yuanmingyuan was listed as a national key historic site, which has become a patriotic education base.”…
