The bronze statue of the animal head of the zodiac in Yuanmingyuan was originally the blade of the fountain outside Haiyan Hall in Yuanmingyuan. It is a red bronze statue cast in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty. 1860, British and French troops invaded China and burned Yuanmingyuan.

By 20 12, the bronze statues of bull head, monkey head, tiger head, pig head and horse head returned to China and were collected in Poly Art Museum. 20 13 On April 26th, the French Pino family announced in Beijing that they would donate the bronze mouse heads and rabbit heads of the 12th Water Method in Yuanmingyuan to China. The donated mouse head and rabbit head are two of the 12 bronze statues of the Chinese zodiac lost in Beijing Yuanmingyuan.

2. Yuanmingyuan Seal

Xue Fucheng, the last diplomat, wrote about four countries in Britain in his diary, namely French and Italian. During the reign of Emperor Guangxu 16 (1890), it was discovered that the exhibition space of China Oriental Museum was "two sides of the Imperial Palace". One said that "keeping harmony is too harmonious", and the sapphire square seal is slightly larger; One is' Yuanmingyuan Seal', and the white jade seal is slightly smaller. "

1904 (30th year of Guangxu), Kang Youwei went to Paris. He once saw treasures and seals in China Gifu Museum, and thought they were relics of Yuanmingyuan.

3. Forty scenic spots

According to the will of Emperor Li Hong of Qianlong, the Forty Scenes of Yuanmingyuan were painted by court painters and courtiers in the 9th year of Qianlong (1744).

1860, when the British and French allied forces burned the Yuanmingyuan, this precious painting was plundered by the invaders and presented to the French emperor Charles Louis Napolé on Bonaparte. It is now in the National Library of Paris, France.

4. A picture of women's history

Adonis is a silk scroll painting by Gu Kaizhi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty in China. The original has been lost, but there are copies in the Tang Dynasty. Originally, there were 12 pieces, but due to the age, only 9 pieces were left, which were colored with silk and are now in the British Museum.

5. Panorama of Yuanmingyuan

Forty Scenes of Yuanmingyuan was written by Shen Yuan and Tang Dynasty, with an inscription.

1860, the British and French allied forces set fire to the five gardens and three mountains west of Beijing and plundered these 40 paintings. It is now in the National Library of France in Paris, France. Since 1860, when the British and French allied forces invaded Beijing and burned the Yuanmingyuan, not only the gardens regarded as the "treasure house of oriental culture and art" in China were razed to the ground, but also a large number of precious cultural relics were taken away by the British and French allied forces (including 40 panoramic pictures of the Yuanmingyuan drawn in the Qianlong period) and refused to be returned to China.