Yuanmingyuan is located in Haidian, the western suburb of Beijing, adjacent to the Summer Palace. Founded in the 46th year of Kangxi (1707), it consists of Yuanmingyuan, Changchun Garden and Qichun Garden. It covers an area of 350 hectares (more than 5,200 mu), of which the water surface area is about 140 hectares (2 100 mu), the landscape is more than 0/00, and the building area is more than 60,000 square meters. It is a large-scale royal palace founded and operated by the Qing emperor in more than 65,438+050 years.

Reasons for the destruction of Yuanmingyuan

1860101On October 6th, British and French forces invaded Beijing and invaded Yuanmingyuan. The British and French allied forces plundered everything in the garden that could be taken away; If you can't move it, use carts or animals to carry it; If it can't be shipped, it will be destroyed at will. In order to destroy the criminal evidence, more than 3000 intruders were ordered to set fire to the garden on June 18 and June 19. The fire burned for three days and nights, and thick smoke enveloped the whole city of Beijing. China, the treasure of garden art and the essence of architectural art, was reduced to ashes in this way.

Historical and Cultural Value of Yuanmingyuan

Yuanmingyuan is not an ordinary park or garden, but a 5,000-year cultural and artistic creation of people of all ethnic groups in China, which has concentrated the 5,000-year outstanding cultural heritage of people of all ethnic groups in China. The destruction of Yuanmingyuan is a microcosm of the history of poverty, suffering and humiliation of the Chinese nation in modern times, and it is a heavy living history book. No matter how many things there are in this ruin now, it will not affect the rich and bitter connotation and priceless value of this history book.

The remains of Yuanmingyuan have become the witness and commemoration of a period of history. Breaking the wall and standing upright, writing about the humiliation of the Chinese nation. This is the injury of the country, the pain of the nation and the testimony of the invaders.