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What important contributions did the Qing Dynasty make to history?
When it comes to the Qing Dynasty, what impressed everyone most was the decline and demise of the Qing Dynasty after the country was closed to the outside world. Closing the country to the outside world led to the backwardness of the country, which led to a series of humiliating wars of aggression against China after the First Opium War. However, it is easy to overlook that the Qing Dynasty also had a glorious history and made important contributions to the history of China. When the Ming Dynasty perished, the Qing army entered the customs and made Beijing its capital. At that time, Britain had not changed and Japan was still a weak country. The Eight Banners Army in Qing Dynasty was the most powerful army in the world at that time. Later, the imperial rule of China in the Qing Dynasty created a "prosperous time". It can be said that China was the most powerful country in the world at that time, standing proudly in the east of the world.

Moreover, at that time, the Qing army did not burn and demolish palaces and cultural relics as in previous dynasties. Instead, it ordered the protection, repair and utilization of the Zijin Palace in Ming Yanjing. Many outstanding militarists, politicians, linguists and writers emerged in the Qing Dynasty. Writers like Cao Xueqin and Nalan Rong Ruo have made great contributions to the cultural history of China.

Moreover, the royal gardens were all built in the Qing Dynasty, especially in that era when the country was prosperous and the national treasury was abundant. Royal gardens are built on a large scale, such as Yuanmingyuan, Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven, which were built during the Yongzheng period. Now they are precious cultural heritages in China and even the world. Although Manchu ruled the Qing dynasty, they had to learn the four books and five classics of the Han nationality besides riding and shooting, so that the Han culture could be passed down and preserved. Judging from the humiliation of China's backwardness and invasion by foreign powers in modern history, the Qing Dynasty really made many people gnash their teeth, but we should also see its contribution.