As we all know, in 1860, the Anglo-French army invaded Beijing, burned down the Yuanmingyuan, and plundered all its treasures. To this day, countless national treasures have been lost abroad. The Yuanmingyuan, which had become the garden of ten thousand gardens, was also destroyed. This is the pinnacle of ancient Chinese royal garden art, but now it can only be seen from photographs that it was once beautiful. It's a pity.
How beautiful was the "Old Summer Palace" before it was destroyed? Old photos exposed in the UK Editor felt that it was really a miracle that there was such a building at that time. But later, in order to cover up their crimes at that time, the invaders destroyed all the photos of the Yuanmingyuan, and people could only see the Yuanmingyuan through the photos or the pictures that were combined. Many netizens said after seeing the photos that this is really regrettable, which also makes countless Chinese people regret.
China has suffered too much in recent history. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, China was very backward, and those in power were corrupt and incompetent. They only know how to enjoy life. When they face foreign invaders, they simply endure humiliation and are helpless. At that time, when the Anglo-French coalition invaded the Forbidden City, many of the high-ranking officials of the time had fled. After that, the Eight-Power Alliance invaded China, resulting in the complete destruction of the Yuanmingyuan.
At first, the construction of the Yuanmingyuan cost a lot of silver and went through many dynasties. As a royal shrine, ordinary people simply cannot enter the garden, and they cannot see it after the garden is burned down. It has to be said that the destruction of the Yuanmingyuan is a great loss to the civilization of our country and even the world, and it is also a disgrace to our people.