What happened to the incident of burning Yuanmingyuan?

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D' té), Yuanmingyuan was 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 against China. In order to eliminate spoils and cover up crimes, Yuanmingyuan was burned again.

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.