I believe all China people know that Yuanmingyuan was burned in history. At that time, Yuanmingyuan was burned for three days and three nights because of the evil deeds of the British and French Coalition forces. Many cultural relics, calligraphy and paintings have been plundered by the British and French allied forces, just like the bronze statues of twelve animal heads in the fountain of Yuanmingyuan, which were sawed off with a saw and taken away. These twelve animal heads are treasures of ancient culture and art in China, which not only have high cultural and artistic value, but also represent a humiliating history.
The bronze horse head was purchased by Stanley Ho at a cost of HK$ 6,965.438 million+and donated to the National Museum on June 3, 2020. On June 28th, 20 13, the Pino family donated two bronze statues, the mouse head and the rabbit head, to the National Museum. In September 2003, the bronze statue of the pig's head was bought back by Stanley Ho for more than 6 million yuan and given to Poly Group. In 2000, a bull's head, a tiger's head and a monkey's head appeared at Christie's auction in Hong Kong. A bronze tiger head was auctioned by Poly Group for 6.5438+0.4 million yuan, a bronze bull head was auctioned by Poly Group for 7 million yuan, and a bronze monkey head was auctioned by Poly Group for 7.4 million yuan and kept in Poly Art Museum. ?
Today, the heads of cows, tigers, monkeys, pigs, horses, rabbits and rats have returned to China, and the bronze statues of other animals' heads are still there. Some have appeared, some have not. Because the interval is too long, some people think that maybe one of them no longer exists. I wonder if I can go back to China in the future. These bronze statues of animal heads all represent that unforgettable history. There are not only bronze statues of animal heads in Yuanmingyuan, but also other cultural relics. Many of them were exhibited in museums in other countries and were taken away.