History has its own life, it is like a person, both easy-going and self-respecting. ——Yu Qiuyu
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, China faced a serious social crisis, and before the outbreak of the Opium War, the Qing Empire, which prides itself on being a heavenly kingdom, implemented a closed-door system for foreign countries, and completely rejected the introduction of advanced Ideas and technologies from the West, making the originally powerful China gradually lag behind the Western powers. Since the outbreak of the Opium War in 1840, the corrupt and incompetent Qing government has been aggrieved and asked for peace, allowing the great powers to cut off land and pay reparations, although some patriotic groups have resisted, but under the joint suppression of the Qing government and the great powers, it has not helped. The great powers that tasted the sweetness began to invade China on a large scale in an attempt to divide up the territory of the entire country, and the war of aggression against China by the Eight-Power Alliance further accelerated the disintegration of the Qing government, and with the signing of the "Xinugu Treaty", China was completely reduced to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country.
During the war of aggression against China, the great powers caused immeasurable harm to the Chinese and cultural relics. Most people know about the Nanjing Massacre of 37 years, which was the heaviest disaster and catastrophe in Chinese history, and such humiliation has become the eternal pain of every Chinese people, but the one I want to talk about here, the heinous crime committed by the Eight-Power Alliance after the invasion of Beiping City in 1900 is no less than the Nanjing Massacre, and what the coalition forces did in Beiping City is also a huge catastrophe in Chinese history. Next, a set of photos is used to expose the ugly face of the Eight-Power Alliance. Next, a set of photos is used to expose the ugly face of the Eight-Power Alliance.
Figure 1:
The picture shows the officers of the Eight-Nation Alliance who are taking a group photo on the dragon chair. After the Eight-Nation Alliance entered the palace, it robbed all kinds of precious treasures, many valuable cultural relics were robbed, and some large and difficult to carry were smashed on the spot by the coalition forces.
Figure 2:
The picture shows that during the eight-nation alliance to occupy Tianjin, the barricades of Tianjin Station and nearby houses were destroyed, and a large number of innocent people were displaced and their families were destroyed.
Figure 3:
The picture shows the Eight-Power Coalition forces executing a man while raiding a nearby village on the outskirts of Beijing. Their methods were extremely cruel, men were executed, women were humiliated and then killed, and many elderly people and children committed suicide by throwing themselves into wells out of excessive fear.
Figure 4:
The picture shows the boxers who were openly executed by the Eight-Power Alliance. The rise of the Boxer Rebellion was a typical case of modern civil society fighting against foreign invasions, and they grew stronger and stronger under the slogan of supporting the Qing Dynasty and destroying the west, which seriously violated the interests of the coalition forces. In the end, they failed to fight under the joint oppression of the incompetent Qing government and the coalition forces, and the results of the members were also unbearable.
Figure 5:
The picture shows the Chinese who helped them carry their weapons before the Eight-Power Alliance's invasion of China, these ignorant people do not know how much harm their actions will cause to their own country, and they are willing to work hard for foreigners for a little money.
Figure 6:
The picture shows Qing officials sending pennants to the coalition forces. In order to curry favor with the coalition forces, the corrupt Qing government agreed to any demands they made, and from time to time had to offer them courtesy, and in the end it did not end up with a good result.
Figure 7:
The picture shows that after the Eight-Power Alliance occupied the city of Beijing in 1900, the Qing government had a premonition that something was not good, so it appointed minister Li Hongzhang to negotiate peace with various countries, Li Hongzhang spent his life running around for the Qing Dynasty, and he had to worry about state affairs in his old age, worthy of being the first minister of the Qing Dynasty.
Figure 8:
[Forced little girl] The Eight-Nation Alliance has been shameful enough to bully women, but the girl in the photo looks young, and they are not even a little girl, and the girl's heart should be very afraid!
The Eight-Power Alliance's war of aggression against China is undoubtedly a great disaster and catastrophe in Chinese history, and in this tragic disaster, a large number of innocent people died tragically under the knife of foreign Kou, and countless historical treasures have been lost to other countries. The hatred of the country that cannot be forgotten can never calm the anger in the hearts of every countryman. But at the same time, we have to face history, and in the face of these cruel truths, the only thing we can do at present is to face reality, remember history, learn lessons, and remember the truth that "backwardness will be beaten." Young students should strive to be strong and serve the country, and must not let such national shame happen again!
The road of history is full of twists and turns, and there is a lesson: "Conscientious and strong, the wind is the death"; "the prosperity is not sluggish, and strive to be strong". Only by keeping history in mind, taking history as a mirror, and being brave after knowing shame can we make our motherland prosperous and forever stand tall in the east of the world!