Before the destruction of the Old Summer Palace, the old **: The precious historical moments taken by foreigners are too shocking and beautiful
When I was a child, I first heard about the Old Summer Palace in a textbook, when I read an article written by Victor Hugo. He fiercely criticized the foreigners who invaded the Old Summer Palace, calling them shameless thieves. The Old Summer Palace is a shining pearl in Chinese history, an ancient and precious building. However, due to the weakness and incompetence of the Qing Dynasty and the flight of those in power, the Eight-Nation Coalition was able to invade Beijing and destroy it completely. This incident has taught people a heavy lesson, and it is also very regrettable.
The Old Summer Palace is known as the treasure of the Qing Dynasty, and when you mention it, people will always marvel at its beauty, magnificence and luxury! Anyone who has visited the Old Summer Palace will be amazed, saying that the Old Summer Palace has a unique wild interest. It's a pity that now we can only find sporadic traces in the old **.
According to the disclosed information, before the destruction of the Old Summer Palace, the old ** actually sold up to 200,000 pounds ** at an auction, which is really sad. In 1860, the British and French forces ransacked the Old Summer Palace and plundered a large number of precious cultural relics.
Of course, the restoration of the Old Summer Palace still shows the excellence of the Old Summer Palace, especially its integration of Chinese and Western architectural styles, which can be called a masterpiece in the history of architecture, which is breathtaking. What some people may not know is that when the British and French troops sacked the Old Summer Palace, they found some of the most advanced military industrial products in the West that the Macartney mission presented to Emperor Qianlong a hundred years ago. These items are well preserved, showing the military strength of the West at that time. However, it is a pity that Qianlong did not pay enough attention to these Western **, which led to the defeat of the Qing Dynasty in the Opium War, and the Western powers took this opportunity to forcibly open the door of ancient China.
However, for these people, all they have is wealth. When they commit crimes, they do not take into account how much of an impact their actions have on the damage to the splendid civilization of mankind. As the world's second-largest economy, China has long been able to restore the splendor of the Old Summer Palace, but it has not yet fully materialized, although more people have been allowed to visit in order to remember the history.