In 1860, the Anglo-French army invaded Beijing, broke into the Forbidden City, and began to burn and loot without scruples. One of the most damaged places is the Yuanmingyuan, which has the reputation of "The Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens".
The Yuanmingyuan was founded in the 48th year of the Kangxi Dynasty, is a famous royal garden, which imitates many famous mountains and rivers, and its wonders cannot be described in simple words, no wonder the reputation can be as far away as Europe.
But unfortunately, such a precious building was destroyed by the British and French troops, who not only snatched away the valuable treasures in the garden, but also burned the garden clean with a torch, which was no different from that of the robbers. Since then, the once beautiful Yuanmingyuan has only a bunch of ruins and broken walls, and it has not regained its former glory, making Chinese regretful and hateful and helpless.
Can the Yuanmingyuan only become a national disgrace and remain in people's memories? Of course not, in 2006, an ancient and rare old man decided to spend 30 billion yuan to re-build the Yuanmingyuan according to the ratio of 1:1, so that the Yuanmingyuan can reappear in the world. As soon as the news was released, it immediately caused a wide response from all walks of life.
The old man who wanted to rebuild the Yuanmingyuan was named Xu Wenrong. Just listening to this name, I am afraid that not many people know, but if it comes to his industry, almost no one is small, that is, Hengdian Group, Xu Wenrong is the chairman of Hengdian Group.
How successful Xu Wenrong's career is, you can see by looking at the influence of Hengdian. However, behind the success, he also has a regret that he has been worried about for many years, that is, the destruction of the Yuanmingyuan, and he wants to make the glory of the Yuanmingyuan reappear.
Recreating the Yuanmingyuan sounds like a fantasy, but as long as the planning is proper and the capital and technology are in place, it is not impossible to do, Xu Wenrong obviously has this strength. But when he said the idea, he received far more opposition than support.
Many experts and scholars believe that the Yuanmingyuan is not replicable, even if another one is built as it is, it is not the real Yuanmingyuan, because it has no historical significance and can only be regarded as a fine high imitation. There are also many people who hold opposing views, who believe that Xu Wenrong is engaged in commercial speculation, that he wants to make money in disguise, and that he is laboring and hurting the people.
For these doubts and objections, Xu Wenrong is in a good state of mind, he feels that this is a worthwhile thing to do, even if thousands of people block, he must go forward and do his best to do a good job.
After intense and meticulous preparations, this large project worth 30 billion yuan was finally started as scheduled in 2012, and the progress was relatively smooth, without encountering too many problems. It took only 4 years to complete the entire landscape. Today, the Yuanming New Garden in Dongyang, Zhejiang Province, has been opened to the public.