The officers and soldiers of the British and French allied forces rushed forward to rob in groups, devouring the treasures of gold, silver, culture and art in the garden. Take everything that can be taken away, and pull it with cars or animals that can't be taken away. If you can't take it away, you will destroy it at will. The British and French allied forces chose the most valuable things to rob, and the easily available valuables were quickly collected.

Some people pin their hopes on the fine treasures scattered and buried in the dust. Some people hold brooms and dustpans and fly sand and dust on the roads in the garden. The officers and men call them "soil-sifting thieves", and sometimes there is a saying that "sifting soil, sifting soil, never suffering".

in p>19, Eight-Nation Alliance occupied Beijing, and the gardens in the western suburbs were looted again. This time, the Qing government has completely lost control of Yuanmingyuan. Bandits and local ruffians robbed it by taking advantage of the fire, and they are no longer satisfied with robbing foreigners of the surplus wealth. They sawed off the scattered buildings, pillars and piles of wooden bridges in the garden after the fire robbery, and pulled them down with big ropes, and all the trees and trees in the garden were also felled.

at that time, the timber in Qinghe town was piled up like a mountain, and the trade was busy, while there were many charcoal factories in the garden, and all branches and roots were burned into charcoal. The buildings and ancient and famous trees in Yuanmingyuan were completely destroyed. Extended information

The Yuanmingyuan was built in 179 (the forty-eighth year of Kangxi), and was originally given by Emperor Kangxi to Yin Zhen, the fourth son of the Emperor. After Yongzheng ascended the throne in 1722, the original Garden was expanded, and the Zhengda Guangming Hall, Qinzheng Hall and many value rooms of the Cabinet, Sixth Department and military department were built in the south of the Garden, hoping to "avoid the noise and listen to politics" here in summer.

during the reign of emperor Qianlong, in addition to the partial addition and reconstruction of Yuanmingyuan, Changchun garden was built in the immediate east and merged into Wanchun garden in the southeast. The pattern of Yuanming Three Gardens has basically taken shape. Jiaqing Dynasty mainly renovated and expanded Qichun Garden (Wanchun Garden), making it one of the main gardens.

During the reign of Emperor Daoguang, the state affairs declined and the financial resources were insufficient. However, it was better to withdraw the furnishings of Wanshou, Xiangshan and Yuquan, and stop the Rehe River for summer vacation and Mulan hunting, and still did not give up the reconstruction and decoration of Yuanming Three Gardens. On October 6, 186, the British and French allied forces ransacked Yuanmingyuan, looted cultural relics and burned them. When Emperor Tongzhi wanted to repair them, he was forced to stop and rebuild other buildings due to financial difficulties. After Eight-Nation Alliance, it was hit by bandits and eventually turned into ruins.

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