This article is concise in language, rigorous in structure and ingenious in conception. The title is "The Destruction of Yuanmingyuan", but it takes a lot of space to write about its glorious past and destroy beautiful things. This is really a tragedy, which can arouse readers' sadness and hatred.
The first paragraph summarizes that the destruction of Yuanmingyuan is an inestimable loss in the cultural history of China and even the world, and echoes with the end of the article that "the treasures of China's garden art and the essence of architectural art are reduced to ashes", and the author's feelings of regret and anger are vividly on the paper.
The second to fourth paragraphs introduce the layout, architectural style and the preciousness of cultural relics of Yuanmingyuan in detail, and reproduce the grandeur of Yuanmingyuan that year.
The fifth paragraph introduces the destruction of Yuanmingyuan in concise and accurate language.
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After the Yuanmingyuan was burned down, some scenic spots survived. According to the investigation report of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the 12th year of Tongzhi (1873), the existing buildings in the park include Kuanggong, Zibishan House, Yuyue Feiteng, Training Hall, Shen Xiu Siyong, Tang Zhiguo, Kenongxuan, Shunmutian, Chunyuxuan, Xinghuachun Pavilion, Wenchang Pavilion, Kuixingge, Pengdao Yaotai, Wanfang Temple and Cross Pavilion.
Most of the remaining buildings are in disrepair. In the 12th year of Tongzhi, Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Tongzhi planned to rebuild Yuanmingyuan, and planned to restore Qian Chao District, Jiuzhou District and a few scenic spots in the north and west of Fuhai, and renamed Qichun Garden "Wanchun Garden" as the residence of the Empresses of the two palaces (Ci 'an and Cixi).
However, after 1 1 month, the plan was finally abandoned due to lack of financial resources. Since then, some scenic spots in the park have undergone small-scale maintenance. Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu visited the park many times. At this time, in addition to the remaining buildings, Yuanmingyuan still retains a large number of precious flowers, trees, mountains and rivers, and building foundations. Most bridges, roads, garden fences and gates are intact. Yuanmingyuan is still a royal forbidden garden, and the positions of ministers in charge of affairs and the following officials are reserved.
In the decades after the demise of the Qing Dynasty, the remains of Yuanmingyuan site were constantly looted. Building materials such as square bricks, strips, stones, white marble carvings, Taihu stone and bluestone in the park were transported away by warlords and bureaucrats to build private gardens and tombs, and the tiger-skin stone fence in Yuanmingyuan was demolished to build roads. In addition, some cultural relics of Yuanmingyuan were placed in public places, such as the bronze unicorn at the entrance of Changchun Garden, the pen stone of Anyou Palace, and the Shui Mu Mingse Monument. These cultural relics were moved from 19 10 to 1937 in the Summer Palace.
The Hua Biao of Anyou Palace, Lin Shiqi, Xingfa Bridge of Xiyanglou, Fan Weishiyu, Shi Mei Monument, Yanhua Monument and Wenyuan Pavilion Monument were moved to the old libraries in yenching university and Beijing respectively. Precious Taihu stones such as Lanting Eight Pillars Monument, Yuanying Guanshi Balcony and "utpala" were moved to Zhongshan Park on 19 15; The stone lion in the east gate of Changchun Garden and its pedestal moved to Zhengyangmen and xinhua gate.
The white marble and bricks at the site of Xiyanglou were also transported away by warlords and bureaucrats, or bought by various stone workshops and carved into other stones on the spot. 1928, the stone of Dashuifa site was demolished to build a memorial for the soldiers killed in Suiyuan. During the Japanese occupation in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, some sites in the park were filled with lakes by Pingshan under the slogan of "rewarding agriculture" and changed into paddy fields.
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