1900, Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing. On August 28th, Eight-Nation Alliance held a military parade in the Palace. Troops from all over the world gathered in front of the Jinshui Bridge in Tiananmen Square and marched through Tiananmen Square, Duanmen, the Forbidden City and Shenwumen. In turn, there are 3 170 troops from Russia, Japan, Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Italy and Austria, and Russian bands play national anthems and music from various countries. This is a serious insult to China and a violation of China's sovereignty. After the military parade, officers from all over the world returned to the palace and openly robbed them in the name of visiting. A British aggressor later recalled: "A large group of allied officers reached for these things and put what they wanted in their pockets."

After Beijing was occupied, soldiers chartered by Commander-in-Chief Eight-Nation Alliance and German Marshal Vadexi publicly robbed for three days, and then the armies of various countries robbed for many days. China's precious cultural relics have suffered unprecedented catastrophe. The treasures treasured for many years in the Palace and the Summer Palace were looted. General aleko Xie Ye Fu, commander-in-chief of the Russian army, and others "looted" dozens of gold and precious stones in Cixi's bedroom. After the British and French soldiers robbed all kinds of treasures, they took away the big things, put them in coats and bags, and shipped them back to the station. In Songzhu Temple alone, more than 3,000 gold-plated bronze buddhas, 1400 splendid products and 4,300 bronzes were lost. Even the gold plating on the copper cylinder in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony was scraped off by the bayonet of the invading army, and it is still being scraped. Alphonse faville, a French Catholic bishop, snatched 654.38+2,000 taels of silver from an official's home, while Freire, commander-in-chief of the French invading army, took away 40 boxes of precious property. The French army robbed Li of 2 million taels of silver. All the shops in Dongsi area were robbed, and all the famous "Four Great Heng" gold numbers were robbed. To the east of Di 'anmen and to the north of Dong 'anmen, 78% of the houses were burned, while to the north of Qianmen and to the south of Dongsi, almost all of them were destroyed.

At that time, an eyewitness wrote: "Foreign soldiers from all over the world, under the banner of catching the Boxer Rebellion and searching for firearms, went door to door in every street and alley, lying everywhere in the secret room, rummaging through the boxes and searching everywhere. All soft and valuable things, such as money, watches and clocks, are robbed and robbed, and they will be destroyed once they are stopped. " An Englishman said, "All the soldiers needed were obtained by sending armies of soldiers to rob the property of China people. If soldiers need something, and China people hesitate a little, they will inevitably die. " Eight-Nation Alliance snatched about 60 million taels of silver from the Beijing Office, including 29 14856 taels of silver deposited by the Japanese army in the Ministry of Public Security (now the compound of the Ministry of Public Security), and immediately set fire to the house to cover up the evidence. The drum of the Drum Tower was punctured by a Japanese bayonet.

Astronomical instruments of ancient observatories play an important role in the history of world astronomy. French invaders and German invaders competed for these musical instruments. Wadesi said, "These astronomical instruments are of great artistic value, and their shapes and dragon decorations are perfect." On February 2, 65438, the French army took a piece, while the Germans took the planetarium, gauge, horizon, weighing instruments and soldiers and transported them to Berlin, Germany. I didn't return to China until 192 1.

The Grand Ceremony of Yongle was compiled by 2/0/000 scholars in Yongle period of Ming Dynasty (1403-1408), with a volume of ***22870. 1860 During the Second Opium War, it was looted and destroyed by the British and French allied forces, and then it was collected in Huangshi Shengli Lane on Nanchizi Avenue. 1900 was completely destroyed by Eight-Nation Alliance. Sikuquanshu was compiled by 360 scholars in the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty (1772- 1782), with a collection of 346 1 kind of ancient books, with 79,309 volumes and 7 sets of complete books, on 1860. The Hanlin Academy collected many valuable books, and Eight-Nation Alliance plundered and wasted them. Up to now, there are still many looted books in museums in London and Paris.

After Eight-Nation Alliance occupied Beijing, he continued to attack Baoding, Yixian, Yongqing, Zhangjiakou, Shanhaiguan and Niangniangguan. Russia dispatched 1.7 million troops to occupy the northeast, Eight-Nation Alliance burned, killed and looted all over the country, and cities and villages were reduced to ruins.