When it comes to burning the Yuanmingyuan, many people will say that it was 1900 when Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing. In fact, as early as 1860, the British and French allied forces burned the Yuanmingyuan. After Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing, he burned, killed and looted, and even robbed Yuanmingyuan again, resulting in the complete destruction of Yuanmingyuan.
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Judging from the historical facts at that time, the British and French allied forces burned not only the Yuanmingyuan, but also other gardens in the three mountains and five gardens. These acts are rare atrocities in the history of human civilization. The once royal gardens have all been restored, and some are only in ruins, which witnessed the humiliation of China's modern history.
The three mountains and five gardens built by several emperors in the Qing Dynasty went into decline. This humiliating history once again proves that a country is poor and backward, and it will be beaten.
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China Tibet Network-When the British and French allied forces burned Yuanmingyuan twice, which other gardens were burned?