1860, 10, 10 On October 6th, the British and French allied forces occupied Yuanmingyuan. The Allied Command ordered that officers and men were free to rob for three days. These greedy and ferocious robbers robbed all the gold, silver and jewels in the garden. Anyone who can't move them is beaten with a stick and destroyed at will. A reporter from Beijing's British Times wrote: "Every soldier present plundered a lot. After entering the palace, no one knows what to take. In order to get gold, I lost silver, and in order to get watches and jewels inlaid with the Pearl King, I lost gold. Valuable porcelain and enamel are broken because they are too big to transport. " A British officer named Harris grabbed a golden flowerpot for the first time. A Huang Jinshu with a height of 1 ft was planted in the pot, and sapphire fruit with ruby as the core hung on the tree. He put the golden flowerpots and other treasures into seven baskets and kept them for himself. The second time, he robbed a 7-foot-high golden pagoda and a lot of treasure. 65438+1October 1 1, the British invaders organized a huge robbery team consisting of 1200 cavalry and an infantry regiment to rob Yuanmingyuan again. 10 June 18 In the early morning, 3,500 British cavalry entered Yuanmingyuan, holding torches and setting fires everywhere. According to the records at that time: "plumes of smoke and dense fog appeared in dozens of places ... Soon, these plumes of smoke gathered into clouds of smoke, and then they gathered into a mass of black stuff. The flame in Qian Qian broke out, and the smoke was black, covering the sun. All temples, palaces and ancient buildings are regarded as sacred and solemn things in the country, and the collected dynasties are full of royal atmosphere.