Yuanmingyuan is said to be the "shame" of the people, and every crisis will bring up the past. However, many people were asked what reason or excuse the British and French Coalition forces used to burn the Yuanmingyuan, but not many people could answer. People take it for granted that the essence of blood and fire of imperialism's external expansion determines the barbarism wherever it goes. However, it is hard to imagine how Britain and France can create unprecedented material civilization and prosperity when their moral standards only stay above the level of burning, killing and looting; If they really set fire to Beijing just like the barbarians who burned Rome in those years, it is hard to imagine that there will be almost countless thinkers among them, which will profoundly affect the development of the whole human society.

Many people have noticed that the reason why the British and French allied forces burned the Yuanmingyuan was carefully covered up, and it seems that there is something really hidden. Many years ago, there was a very popular movie called Burning the Yuanmingyuan, in which the British burned the Yuanmingyuan inexplicably. In fact, the excuse of the British and French allied forces burning Yuanmingyuan can be publicly exposed, and the so-called reasons they used to cover up the crime should be resolutely refuted. However, in China's historical works, he kept it a secret and only mentioned it in a few words at most, as if afraid of revealing any state secrets. How can people express so many feelings when they know little about what happened?

Brief introduction of burning Yuanmingyuan

Burning Yuanmingyuan (English: Burning Vieux Palace, French: Burning vieux palais d'été) has been looted twice in history. The first time was when the British and French allied forces invaded Beijing during the Second Opium War, and the second time was when Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing during the War of Aggression. The Yuanmingyuan was burned again to eliminate the spoils and cover up the crimes.

In a narrow sense, burning Yuanmingyuan refers to burning Yuanmingyuan. Broadly speaking, the scope of burning is not just a Yuanmingyuan, but three royal mountains and five gardens in the west of Beijing, namely Wanshou Mountain, Yuquan Mountain, Xiangshan Mountain, Qingyi Garden, Yuanmingyuan Garden, Changchun Garden, Jingming Garden and Jingyi Garden. The range and degree of burning is far greater than that of Yuanmingyuan.

According to rough statistics, the number of cultural relics robbed in Yuanmingyuan is about 6.5438+0.5 million, ranging from bronze ritual vessels in the pre-Qin period in China to famous paintings and calligraphy in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties and all kinds of rare treasures. Only the architectural site is left, and the Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park has been established.

Victor hugo, a French writer, strongly condemned the atrocities of the British and French allied forces burning the Yuanmingyuan after the Second Opium War in his Letter to Captain Butler. As Hugo described and criticized, one day, two robbers from Europe broke into the Yuanmingyuan. One robber robbed property, another robber set fire ... two robbers who will be punished by history, one is France and the other is Britain.