Today, let's discuss why Yuanmingyuan is in ruins when it attracts worldwide attention.

Let's be specific.

Why is the Yuanmingyuan, which once had infinite scenery, only in ruins? As we all know, the first large-scale destruction of Yuanmingyuan was in 1860, which was burned by the British and French allied forces. But after burning, many buildings are still intact. 1870, a German took 12 photos of Xiyanglou scenic spot, which showed that it was "destroyed, but lovely". When Kang Youwei visited Yuanmingyuan in 1895, he saw that "although the grass and gravel are desolate everywhere, there are countless pavilions and pavilions in Fushan Shouhai, guarded by white-headed officials, but only one corner can be visited every day."

However, in 1900, Yuanmingyuan suffered from war again. That year, when Eight-Nation Alliance entered Beijing, the Qing government lost control of Yuanmingyuan. The looters sawed off the building pillars and wooden bridges in the park and pulled them down with big ropes. All the trees in the park were cut down. Big materials are used as firewood, and small materials are burned into charcoal. At that time, timber piled up in Qinghe town, and there were many carbon factories in the park. After the Yuanmingyuan was stolen, there were no old trees and miscellaneous trees in the park, but there were still rocks, lake springs, Dashuifa, Garden Shadow Pass and Western Tower.

19 1 1 year, the revolution of 1911 broke out. However, it did not bring good luck to Yuanmingyuan. In the early years of the Republic of China, warlords who changed their faces like lanterns regarded Yuanmingyuan as an inexhaustible building material field. Everything that can be used as building materials in Yuanmingyuan has been completely collected, and hundreds of cars have been pulled out every day for more than 20 years! 1929, Zhang Xueliang built a cemetery for his father, and most of the stones used came from Yuanmingyuan. After this robbery, the remaining buildings, such as Dashuifa, Yuanyingguan and Xiyang Building, are no longer alive. From 65438 to 0940, during the Japanese occupation, Beijing was short of food and encouraged land reclamation. Farmers have successively entered Pingshan Lake to fill the lake and plant rice, and the beautiful scenery of Yuanmingyuan Lake and mountains has disappeared.