What treasures were recorded in Yuanmingyuan before it was plundered? Ladies and gentlemen, from the historical archives of the Qing Dynasty, the research articles of the Palace Museum and the archives of the Summer Palace, it can be inferred that the number of cultural relics in Yuanmingyuan in that year was not less than 6.5438+0.5 million: the garden buildings in Yuanmingyuan reached 200,000 square meters, which was more than 40,000 square meters more than the total construction area of the Forbidden City. Excluding the unfurnished pavilions, the building area of garden residence, sacrifice, reading, entertainment and warehouse is about 1.9 million square meters. If the number of cultural relics in these buildings is calculated according to the general furnishings and warehouse storage, it should also be no less than the number of cultural relics in the Forbidden City.

It is estimated that when Puyi abdicated, there should be at least 6.5438+0.5 million cultural relics in the Forbidden City. A large part of the national treasures of Yuanmingyuan floating overseas exist in Europe, with Britain and France being the largest. Among them, China Pavilion of French Fontainebleau Palace 1 1,000 pieces. In the most conspicuous position in the museum, there is a stupa about 2 meters high, a gold-painted console table and a treasure chest. There are Shang and Zhou bronzes, Ming and Qing official kiln porcelain, Ming cloisonne, various jade carvings, Ruyi, armor and silk embroidery, and so on.

In addition, the Oriental Museum in Paris, France has two Yuanmingyuan jade seals, one is a sapphire seal engraved with "Baohe Taihe" and the other is a white jade seal engraved with "Yuanmingyuan Seal". "As light as a cotton robe, invulnerability", Gan Long's armor stands quietly in the French military museum. It records 40 scenes of Yuanmingyuan in its heyday and still lies in the National Library of France. Oh, yes, there is also the bronze head of the Chinese zodiac, which is also a rare treasure recorded in that year.

In addition, there is the "hexagonal bottle set" of Qingganlong in Yuanmingyuan, which was the latest "sandwich exquisite Jiaotai bottle" at that time. The decoration and glaze of the bottle body are full of Chinese and western characteristics. Wenyuan Pavilion is a library building modeled after Brahma Post Pavilion in Ningbo, and it is one of the four famous royal pavilions in North China. There are two collections in the museum, namely Sikuquanshu authorized by Qianlong and Integration of Ancient and Modern Books by Kangxi, which are really rare treasures. Gu Kaizhi, a great painter in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, painted the History of Women, which is a rare treasure in ancient scroll paintings in China. To sum up, before Yuanmingyuan was plundered, there were countless treasures recorded in the book!