Yuanmingyuan is a pain in many people's hearts. Before it was destroyed, I wonder how many people wanted to see it. Yuanmingyuan is a splendid treasure in the history of China. Such an ancient and precious building was finally occupied by Eight-Nation Alliance because of the helplessness of the Qing court and the evasion of the authorities. It was indeed a painful lesson for people at that time, and it was also regrettable.
Yuanmingyuan was built in 1709 (forty-eight years of Kangxi) and was given by Kangxi to Yongzheng, who had not yet acceded to the throne. After Yongzheng acceded to the throne, Daoguang was reorganized several times after several expansions. Yuanmingyuan is known as the "Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens" with a construction area of 6.5438+0.6 million square meters due to repeated expansion. Unfortunately, 1860 was burned by the British and French allied forces. Later, Eight-Nation Alliance occupied Beijing and was damaged to varying degrees.
Bandits from Britain and France burned the Yuanmingyuan and plundered nearly/kloc-0.5 million pieces of cultural relics, from bronze ritual vessels in the pre-Qin period to precious cultural relics in previous dynasties. Yuanmingyuan suffered more than that. 1900, when Eight-Nation Alliance occupied Peking, it was also destroyed. During War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Yuanmingyuan was destroyed by the Japanese army.
Yuanmingyuan is one of the famous royal gardens in China. When the late Qing Dynasty was destroyed, many cultural relics and treasures were also lost, which made Chinese people deeply sigh. Now, many talented people and patriots have restored the scenery of Yuanmingyuan, which is simply stunning.
Yuanmingyuan covers an area of more than 5,200 mu and has more than 150 scenic spots. The building area is 1.6 million square meters, which is known as "the garden of ten thousand gardens". The royal family of the Qing Dynasty came here every summer, so Yuanmingyuan is also called the Summer Palace. Hugo, a great French writer, once said, "Even if all the treasures of Notre Dame in China are added together, it can't compare with this magnificent Oriental Museum."
Some patriots have restored the scenery of Yuanmingyuan, and the picture you see is the restored Yuanmingyuan. The beauty of the scenery and the greatness of the architecture are really staggering and breathtaking.