1. As a Chinese, who doesn’t want to see the Burning Old Summer Palace, which has many beautiful legends, is extremely exquisite, and is unique in the world? The exquisite pavilions and pavilions with Chinese characteristics, the exotic flowers and trees, the priceless national treasures... However, all of these no longer exist, and all that remains are a few incomplete stone pillars lying there alone. It seems to be telling people the humiliation and pain of that year. Many years ago, the bloodthirsty British and French allied forces ignored the dignity of the Chinese nation and trampled on the Chinese soil. They looted the cultural relics and treasures of the Old Summer Palace, toppled the pavilions and pavilions of the Old Summer Palace, and destroyed the exotic flowers and plants in the Old Summer Palace. To cover up their crimes, they set fire to the Old Summer Palace.
The fire burned for three days and three nights. The earth was shaking, people were crying, and the world-famous Old Summer Palace turned into ruins...
Today I watched a large-scale documentary "Old Summer Palace" made me feel the unprecedented architectural culture of our motherland, and it also made me feel the final outcome of a closed country.
I am a student studying architecture, and I have also learned about some of the great buildings in the world, such as the Great Wall of China and the pyramids of Egypt, which give people great admiration.
But I have learned about the Great Wall and the Pyramids from some books or some short films, but this time it shocked me so much. Through digital production, we can see the memory of our ancestors. The power of wisdom and creativity.
The Old Summer Palace has concentrated the energy and wisdom of the Chinese people, and it reflects the culture and lifestyle of the Chinese people from the architectural aspect. Like the Tian-shaped and swastika-shaped buildings, the Old Summer Palace is mostly known as closed and hidden. Shown in front of us, it can also be seen that our citizens pursue a peaceful and comfortable life. He doesn't want too many people to know about his way of life. This is a method of self-protection and also a catalyst for the demise of this government.
In the entire documentary, he reads it in a plain way. The white and clear pictures show me the birth and death of a great building in history, and also show the birth and death of the powerful Qing Empire of the Chinese nation.
I was so excited when I saw the West adopting Chinese style as fashion. I am proud to be a member of the Chinese nation, and I am proud that our motherland has five thousand years of culture. Feel proud. But when I saw Western powers using force to open the door to China, I was extremely angry but also helpless. If I could go to the battlefield, I think I would definitely kill a few more enemies.
Closing means the arrival of backwardness. "If you fall behind, you will be beaten." This is also an undoubted fact.
So, in the end, the demise of the Old Summer Palace was only a matter of time. Of course, there was a paragraph in the middle where it said that Emperor Qianlong said that he wanted to build European-style buildings. I think that was just his arrogance and comparison mentality (of course, I think this is also a mentality of the Chinese).
In the end, the Old Summer Palace was destroyed, but it was not destroyed by the Chinese people like Epang Palace. I don’t want to say anything about what kind of people did this? If you are not as strong as others, you have nothing to say. Isn’t this exactly Darwin’s theory of evolution? But why do people destroy it? Is this really human nature? I can’t even think about it!
I have finished reading Old Summer Palace, but my mood cannot be calm for a long time. Only when the motherland is strong can we live and work in peace and contentment. To live and work in peace and contentment, we must be strong! !
2. Reconstruction of the Old Summer Palace
The broken walls stand quietly in the Old Summer Palace in Beijing, quiet, beautiful and desolate. At this time, outside the Old Summer Palace, whether to build a new Old Summer Palace in Hengdian has become the focus of debate. To build or not to build? The Old Summer Palace, which contains too much history of humiliation, blood and tears in China, became the center of the storm.
Those who disagree with the new creation have their own reasons. They believe that the dilapidation of the Old Summer Palace is a witness to China's humiliating history, and that it is no longer feasible to rebuild it on the old site. However, they still want to build a new one in Hengdian, a film and television base located high up in the mountains and far away from the emperor. It is a waste of manpower, material and financial resources, and it is a blasphemy and hype to Chinese history! Definitely a hype! But is the new construction of the Old Summer Palace really so unjust?
I don’t think so. On the contrary, I think the new construction of the Old Summer Palace has many benefits. The construction of the Old Summer Palace did not cost the state money, but private investment. The lifelong wish of investors is to do their best to recreate the beauty of the Old Summer Palace. Now that he has strong financial resources, he built the Old Summer Palace in Hengdian Film and Television City, which not only fulfilled his wish, but also added a beautiful scenery to the emerging tourist destination-Hengdian Film and Television City, and made a contribution to Hengdian's tourism industry. contribution.
There seems to be nothing wrong with building a new Old Summer Palace for individuals and places, right?
Some people may think that the imitation effect of the newly built Old Summer Palace will be unsatisfactory. The newly built Old Summer Palace will never be as good as the once glorious Old Summer Palace in Beijing, but what does it matter? The newly built Old Summer Palace in Hengdian can allow modern people to truly feel the glory and majesty of the Old Summer Palace, a royal garden that took the efforts of two generations of the Qing Dynasty and was extremely luxurious. It can make modern people marvel at our What kind of clever brains did our ancestors have to design such a miracle on earth? The strong contrast between the newly built Old Summer Palace and the ruins of the Old Summer Palace in Beijing can also make the former bandits feel ashamed and allow today's Chinese people to remember that humiliating history more deeply. , remember what the British and French forces did to the Old Summer Palace and to China!
Some people say that such a costly reconstruction is an out-and-out hype. But as the saying goes, only by being controversial can you get attention, and only by getting attention can you make progress. I remember that the construction of the Three Gorges Dam attracted much attention. establish? Don’t build it? The Three Gorges Dam, which was completed amid concern, brought the beautiful scenery of "a high gorge emerging from a flat lake", brought a steady stream of electricity, and also brought safety to the people in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River from the threat of floods; I remember that the opening of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum The issue is highly controversial. open? Not open? The Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, which was partially opened amidst the controversy, has welcomed Chinese and foreign tourists, funds for protection and research, and the reputation of "the eighth wonder of the world"; I remember that the reconstruction of Du Fu's thatched cottage was a hot topic. dispute. establish? Don’t build it? The thatched cottage that was rebuilt and improved amidst the controversy attracted an endless stream of admirers, which brought about the climax of Du Fu's poetry receiving renewed attention; it brought about its most glorious moment in thousands of years... Behind the controversy and attention, what is needed is progress! This is progress that the Old Summer Palace will no longer be nailed to the pillar of shame forever. It should also be progress that we, as tourists, enhance our awareness of protecting cultural relics!
When traveling, do you spit or throw paper scraps everywhere? Will you engrave "so and so visited here" everywhere? Are you jumping up and down, taking pictures everywhere? Do you line up in order? Do you visit quietly instead of making a lot of noise? ...These details not only reflect personal qualities, but also a kind of gratitude and respect for us descendants to the relics left by our ancestors!
The construction of the Old Summer Palace is imperative. What should really be focused on is not whether to build it or not, but how we should protect the new Old Summer Palace and the war-torn Old Summer Palace after it is completed. What we should really pay attention to is how the Old Summer Palace in the two places, as a cultural product, plays a role in improving the patriotism spirit of the Chinese people and enhancing the cohesion of the country!
The Old Summer Palace is overgrown with weeds and severely corroded. It stands lonely and silent.
The wind blows and the grass sways. The glory of the Old Summer Palace is our pride, and the ruin of the Old Summer Palace is our shame. Joy and pain, pride and shame coexist. This is our most complete history!