As we all know, the Yuanmingyuan is a famous imperial garden in the Qing Dynasty of the mainland. But whenever its name is mentioned, the Chinese people can't help but feel sad. The reason is simple, because this garden, which is regarded as a treasure by the Chinese people, has been invaded and plundered by foreign invaders twice, and has become unrecognizable, and there is no longer the slightest grandeur and appearance that a royal garden should have.
Fortunately, those foreign powers were later expelled from the country by the people of the mainland, and our country gradually became stronger. So soon, the task of repairing the Yuanmingyuan was smoothly distributed to the hands of all relevant people. In the process of restoring the Yuanmingyuan, experts accidentally discovered many cultural relics. This not only makes this work meaningful, but also makes the experts involved in the implementation of this task feel very enthusiastic.
I. The "Past and Present Lives" of the Old Summer Palace.
The Yuanmingyuan was built in the last year of the Kangxi Dynasty and is mainly composed of three parts: the Yuanmingyuan, the Changchun Garden and the Qichun Garden. It is said that even"
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This name was also taken by the Kangxi Emperor. Later, when Yongzheng was the emperor, he also expanded the Yuanmingyuan. And Yongzheng also gave about it"
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The emperor who succeeded to the throne after Yongzheng focused most of the changes to the garden in terms of interior decoration, rather than making major changes in the area of the garden. However, even so, if the Old Summer Palace can be preserved intact to modern times, its overall value will still exceed the imagination of people around the world.
It is a pity that after two foreign invaders' looting and destruction, the Yuanmingyuan has become unrecognizable. Among them, the First Time the Yuanmingyuan was looted and destroyed by foreign invaders was in 1860, mainly by the British and French forces. The second time it was looted and destroyed by foreign invaders took place in 1900 during the Gengzi Revolution. Moreover, in the process of invading the Yuanmingyuan, these invaders not only looted all the treasures in the garden, but also burned the entire garden. The act is extremely heinous, not at all."
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2. Discoveries in the process of restoration of the Old Summer Palace.
In 1996, the mainland announced that it would carry out archaeological excavations on the ruins of the Yuanmingyuan. And the main purpose of this work is to be able to find and restore the artifacts dug out of the garden as much as possible. The staff had been fully prepared before this work was carried out. After all, the damage to the Yuanmingyuan was enough to be described by the word serious, so they didn't think at first how many cultural relics could be found from the scope of the site.
But in fact, after their archaeological excavations on the ground, more than 50,000 artifacts were accidentally discovered. Although most of these cultural relics are seriously damaged, at least some more complete rare treasures can be found.
For example, the bronze gilded elephant head excavated by the staff from the ruins of the Grand Palace Gate in the Yuanmingyuan is a relatively well-preserved rare treasure. It is golden throughout and has a clear surface texture, which is of great significance to our study of the level of Qing Dynasty casting technology and gilding technology. In addition, according to the staff's speculation, this bronze-gilt elephant head should have been a decorative part of a large object.
The reason why it appeared in the silt of Mikawa was probably because someone accidentally dropped the elephant's head while carrying the large item. Of course, it was precisely because the person in charge of carrying the large item at that time made such a big mistake that the copper-gilded elephant head was preserved intact.
In addition to the bronze gilded elephant head, the staff also found it at the excavation site of the Yuanmingyuan site."
Mother of Heaven and Earth
"Rare treasures such as Buddhas, green glazed ridge beasts and colored glazed floor tiles." Among them, the so-called colored glazed floor tiles actually refer to those colored floor tiles that were once laid on the floor of the warm cabinet for heating. It is said that its shape is very unique, and its practicality is also very large.
Even if it is put into modern times, it also has a lot of reference value for the design of floor tiles in later generations. That is to say, the archaeological excavation and cultural relics restoration work carried out on the site of the Yuanmingyuan Garden can be regarded as a fruitful harvest. I just don't know if I will continue to study, Whether I will achieve greater gains.
The destruction of the Old Summer Palace is a humiliating existence for each and every one of our citizens. Each of us should always bear in mind the lessons of history and strive to increase our personal skills so that we can contribute our own strength when the motherland needs us. Don't easily choose to forget history because the living conditions are good. In that case, sooner or later we will be at a disadvantage of being backward and beaten again. Instead of regretting it at that time, it is better to work for the prosperity and strength of the country from now on.