Old photos of Haiyan Tang site in Yuanmingyuan.

Yuanmingyuan, also known as Yuanming Sanyuan, is a large-scale royal garden in the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the northwest suburb of Beijing, adjacent to the Summer Palace, and consists of Yuanmingyuan Garden, Changchun Garden and Qichun Garden, so it is also called Yuanming Sanyuan. 1860101On October 6th, the British and French allied forces looted Yuanmingyuan, looted cultural relics and burned it. When Emperor Tongzhi tried to repair them, he was forced to stop and rebuild other buildings because of financial difficulties. After Eight-Nation Alliance, it was attacked by bandits and eventually turned into ruins. The picture shows the west side of Haiyan Hall photographed by Charles Frederick Moore near 1877. At this time, the main structure of Haiyan Hall is still well preserved.

1877 The remains of the west entrance of Haiyan Hall photographed by Thomas Child. His shooting angle is closer to Haiyan Hall than that of Olmo before. From the photos, we can see the ruins of the destroyed gate of Haiyan Hall and the well-preserved big shells.

Charles Frederick Moore photographed the southeast corner of Haiyan Hall around 1877. From the photo, you can also vaguely see the pagoda of the glazed pagoda of the Fahui Temple in Changchun Garden.

1900 western Haiyan hall photographed by German photographers in Eight-Nation Alliance. From this photo, you can see not only the fountain on the west side of Haiyan Hall, but also the remains of the French wall on the west side of the building line.

The German ambassador to China, Alfons Mummer von Schwartzenstein, photographed the site of Tang Haiyan water storage building near 190 1.

Friedrich Perzynski, a German sinologist, photographed the remains of Haiyan Hall in the west in the early 20th century.

This photo was taken in the early Republic of China. The photographer is standing on the hillside south of Haiyan Hall, shooting from south to north. At this time, the western wall south of Haiyan Hall is still intact.

In the early years of the Republic of China, a group of people dressed in the military uniforms of the Northern Warlords seemed to be accompanying a guest to visit the ruins of Tang Haiyan. (Rockefeller Archives Center)

American Sidney David Gambo shot the Yanxi Fountain in Tanghai at 19 19.

The northeast corner of Yandong storage building site in Tanghai, photographed by Xi Long Ren at 1922.

The southeast corner of the remains of Yandong storage building in Tanghai, photographed by Xi Long Ren at 1922.

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