Why is the destruction of the Old Summer Palace a catastrophe for human civilization?

My own opinion:

1. The Old Summer Palace was the richest royal garden in the world at that time, and countless treasures and garden architectural essences were unique at that time and even now. Its direct and indirect value is self-evident! The historical and humanistic value carried by the Old Summer Palace is immeasurable.

2. Such a material and spiritual treasure house that is enough to make all mankind proud was finally destroyed in the hands of human beings themselves, in fact, that sinful heart is the greatest catastrophe of human civilization, isn't it? ?

In the same year, the British and French forces invaded Beijing and burned down the Old Summer Palace. In 1900, the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded Beijing, burned and plundered, and the Empress Dowager Cixi fled to Xi'an with Emperor Guangxu.

2. Subsequently, the relics of the Old Summer Palace have been seized by bureaucrats, warlords, and profiteers for a long time, and even destroyed in an organized manner by the authorities. The Beiyang ** Cong Dry magnates, including some of the people who are responsible for the protection of the Old Summer Palace site, all rely on their power and have taken away stone carvings and Taihu stones from the Old Summer Palace to repair their garden houses.

3. The invaders not only robbed the precious historical relics, but also turned them into ashes without mercy. The Old Summer Palace covers an area of 350 hectares, of which the water surface area is about 140 hectares, the land construction area of the Old Summer Palace is 10,000 square meters more than the Forbidden City, and the water area is equal to a Summer Palace, and the total area is equal to the Forbidden City!

4. It inherits China's excellent gardening tradition of more than 3,000 years, not only the grace and luxury of the palace architecture, but also the euphemism and variety of the Jiangnan water town garden, and at the same time, it absorbs the European garden architecture form, integrates different styles of garden architecture, and makes people feel harmonious and perfect in the overall layout. It can really be said: although it is done by people, it is like opening from heaven.

The Old Summer Palace is not only famous for its gardens, but also a royal museum with a rich collection of Seehui Cave.

It should be because our Chinese cultural relics are the best. Like those robbers, if they don't admit defeat, they will take our Chinese historical relics! Took some. It really can't be moved, just to destroy the evidence of the crime. The Old Summer Palace was burned down. It burned for three days in a row.

At that time, it was mainly a lesson for China, as the American Minister Ergin said: "The Old Summer Palace is the favorite palace of the Chinese emperor, in order to give the Chinese emperor a great shock, warn him, so that he will not dare to be arrogant in front of us in the future, and his old nest should be burned down." There is also a show of the strength of the aggressor, said Grant, the commander of the British Army

In order to impress China ** and know our history, it is necessary to burn down the Old Summer Palace".

The Old Summer Palace is full of treasures, the British and French troops are robbers, what will the robbers do when they see the treasures? Rob, if you can't take it, destroy it!

Zheng, Qianlong, Jiaqing, Daoguang, Xianfeng five dynasties.

The emperor lived in the Old Summer Palace for more than half a year every year. Taking Emperor Qianlong as an example, according to the records of the Qing Dynasty Internal Affairs Office, Qianlong 21 years, a total of 393 days in the year (because of the leap month), Qianlong went to Rehe Summer Resort and Mulan Enclosure for 66 days, went to Qufu for 54 days, lived in the palace (Forbidden City) for 105 days, and lived in the Old Summer Palace for 168 days. In the twenty-fourth year of Daoguang, a total of 347 days in the year, Emperor Daoguang lived in the Old Summer Palace for 274 days and only 73 days in the palace.

Therefore, the furnishings in the Old Summer Palace should not be much inferior to the Forbidden City.

Because the Old Summer Palace is so valuable.

Because the Old Summer Palace is a treasure hall, a strange garden, and a Western fountain.

That's how I wrote it, I don't know if it's right...

When people are jealous, they burn what they can't take away.

Because the British and French legions had long known that there were the most precious treasures in the Old Summer Palace, they wanted to take it for themselves.

Because the Old Summer Palace is the garden of ten thousand gardens, it is incomparably beautiful and magnificent, and the invaders can't build it themselves, so of course they have to destroy it.

There are also a lot of precious antiques in it, they have robbed them, and burning them can cover up their behavior of robbing things, which is equivalent to destroying evidence.

Because of the Second Opium War, the British and French forces stole many treasures from the Old Summer Palace, and smashed the ones that could not be smashed, and finally set fire to the Old Summer Palace in order to hide people's eyes and ears!

I think it should be a process, maybe after that period, due to poor storage, or later due to other reasons, it was not a one-time event, it may be a long-term process, historically, after all, this should also be a period of time, for example, from 1860 to 1900, this period is more important.