The author of The Destruction of the Old Summer Palace is Yu Yongzheng.
Yu Yongzheng was born in Laiyang, Shandong Province in 1941, and is a member of the Communist Party of China. After graduating from Xuzhou Normal School in 1962, he has been engaged in primary school education and teaching, and is currently the director of the Teaching and Research Office of Gulou District. Teacher Yu Yongzheng passed away at 6:02 am on December 8, 2017, at the age of 77.
After Yu Yongzheng graduated from the Normal School, he stayed at Ganjian Primary School for two years. In 1965, he was transferred to Damalu Primary School, where he stayed for 18 years. From 1976 to 1983, he served as the teaching director. At the end of 1983, he was transferred to Go to the teaching and research office.
I have four habits and one hobby. The four habits are: the habit of reading, the habit of watching and listening, the habit of observing and thinking, and the habit of writing and writing. One hobby is singing Peking Opera.
In the process of his growth, educators such as Confucius, Makarenko, Suhomlinsky, and Ye Shengtao had the greatest influence on him. His most inspiring works include "Educational Poetry", "The Analects of Confucius", "Advice to Teachers", etc.
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Historical background of "The Destruction of the Old Summer Palace":
In October 1856, Britain and France, with the support of Tsarist Russia and the United States, jointly launched a new war of aggression against China, the Second Opium War. Its purpose is to seize greater colonial interests. They first provoked war twice in Guangzhou, but failed to achieve their expectations.
In order to exert direct pressure on the Qing government, they decided to attack the capital. The invading army approached Tianjin in May 1858, and the Qing government was forced to sign the "Tianjin Treaty" with Britain, France, Russia and the United States, which was humiliating and humiliating to the country.
In July 1860 (the tenth year of Xianfeng), the British and French invader fleets once again broke into the entrance of Dagu. Under the guise of the British and French envoys coming to Beijing in exchange for peace, they advanced with force and induced "peace". .
However, extraneous matters were repeatedly introduced, and the conditions became more and more harsh. The purpose was to send soldiers to the capital and force the Qing court to submit. Faced with the invaders' plans, the corrupt and incompetent Qing government reluctantly begged for peace and was hesitant to decide on a war-defense strategy.
As a result, the fighter plane was lost, causing the invading army to advance towards Tongzhou. On September 21, the Chinese army lost the decisive battle at Baliqiao in Tongzhou. The next morning, Emperor Xianfeng fled in a hurry from the Old Summer Palace to the Chengde Summer Resort.
It is called "Northern Patrol", but in fact it ignores the ancestors and the country and flees for one's life. This resulted in a crisis situation in which the capital was ownerless, all the officials were dispersed, the soldiers were unmotivated, and the people were frightened. This fundamentally shook the firm resistance to the invaders.
On October 6, 1860, the British and French allied forces passed through the northeastern suburbs of Beijing and attacked the Old Summer Palace. At that time, the remnants of Seng Gelinqin and Ruilin made some resistance in the north of the city and fled. The French army went ahead and passed through Haidian in the afternoon of the same day. In the evening, they broke into the Grand Palace Gate of the Old Summer Palace.
At this time, there were more than 20 Jiyong eunuchs from the Yuanmingyuan engaging in battle with the enemy inside the Xianliang Gate. "Don't be afraid of danger, just move forward with all your strength" and fight bravely. However, due to being outnumbered, Ren Liang, the "eighth rank leader" of Yuanmingyuan Jiyong, and others died in the line of duty.
At 7 p.m., the French invading army captured the Old Summer Palace. Wen Feng, the minister in charge of the garden, threw himself into Fuhai and died. On October 7, 1860, after the British and French invaders broke into the Old Summer Palace, they immediately "sent three British and French committee members to discuss the distribution of the treasures in the garden."
French commander Montauban informed the French in a letter that day Minister of Foreign Affairs: "I order the attention of the French Commissioner to take first the most valuable objects in terms of art and archaeology. I am going to dedicate it to His Majesty the Emperor (Napoleon III), which is extremely rare in France, and to hide it in a French museum. "
British Commander Grant immediately "sent officers to collect items that should belong to the British." The day after the French and British invaders entered the park, officers and soldiers could no longer resist the temptation of items. They all rushed forward in groups to rob, devouring the gold, silver, treasures and cultural and artistic treasures in the garden like wolves.
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