At that time, an eyewitness wrote: "In the name of catching the Boxer Rebels and searching for firearms, foreign soldiers from all over the world went from house to house in every street and lane, lying in the secret room, rummaging around and searching everywhere." All soft and valuable things, such as money, clocks and watches, are robbed. If you stop it a little, it will be destroyed. "An Englishman said," All the soldiers needed were obtained by sending armies of soldiers to rob the property of China people. If soldiers need anything, China people will inevitably die if they hesitate a little. "Eight-Nation Alliance robbed the Beijing Office of about 60 million taels of silver, including 29 14856 taels of silver deposited by the Japanese army in the Ministry of Public Security (now the compound of the Ministry of Public Security), and immediately set fire to the house to cover up the evidence. The drum of the Drum Tower was punctured by a Japanese bayonet.
Astronomical instruments of ancient observatories play an important role in the history of world astronomy. French invaders and German invaders competed for these musical instruments. Wadesi said, "These astronomical instruments are of great artistic value, and their shapes and dragon decorations are perfect." On February 2, 65438, the French army took a piece, while the Germans took the planetarium, gauge, horizon, weighing instruments and soldiers and transported them to Berlin, Germany. I didn't return to China until 192 1.
The Grand Ceremony of Yongle was compiled by 2/0/000 scholars in Yongle period of Ming Dynasty (1403-1408), with a volume of ***22870. 1860 During the Second Opium War, it was looted and destroyed by the British and French allied forces, and was later returned to Huangshi City on Wang Hongbin Avenue. 1900 was completely destroyed by Eight-Nation Alliance. Sikuquanshu was compiled by 360 scholars in the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty (1772- 1782), with a collection of 346 1 kind of ancient books, with 79,309 volumes and 7 sets of complete books, on 1860. The Imperial Academy (now the compound of the Ministry of Public Security) contains a large number of precious books, which were looted and destroyed by Eight-Nation Alliance. Up to now, there are still many looted books in museums in London and Paris.
After Eight-Nation Alliance occupied Beijing, he continued to attack Baoding, Yixian, Yongqing, Zhangjiakou, Shanhaiguan and Niangniangguan. Russia dispatched 1.7 million troops to occupy the northeast, Eight-Nation Alliance burned, killed and looted all over the country, and cities and villages were reduced to ruins.