Ikhanda lehhashi lethusi liboniswa e-Old Summer Palace ngoDisemba 1, 2020 e-Beijing.VCG/VCG nge Getty Images

Muva nje, kube noshintsho emhlabeni jikelele lapho ubucikolokho kwebiwengokuhamba kwe-imperialism ibuyiselwe ezweni layo elifanele, njengendlela yokulungisa amanxeba omlando ayedalwe ngaphambili.NgoLwesibili, iNational Cultural Heritage Administration yaseChina ikhiphe ngempumelelo isitatimende sokubuyiswa kwe-ikhanda lehhashi lethusieya esigodlweni sezwe esidala sasehlobo eBeijing, eminyakeni engu-160 ngemva kokuba yebiwa esigodlweni ngamasosha akwamanye amazwe ngo-1860. Ngaleso sikhathi, iShayina yayihlaselwa amasosha amaNgisi namaFulentshi phakathi neMpi Yesibili Ye-Opium, eyayingelinye lamazwe. izimpi eziningi izwe elalwa nazo ngesikhathi esibizwa ngokuthi “ikhulu leminyaka lokuthotshiswa.”

Ngaleso sikhathi, iShayina yahlaselwa kaningi ngokulahlekelwa yimpi kanye nezivumelwano ezingalingani ezathunaza izwe ngokuphawulekayo, futhi ukuphangwa kwalesi sithombe esiqoshiwe kwamela ikhulu leminyaka lokuthotshiswa ngokusobala.Lokhuikhanda lehhashi, eyaklanywa umdwebi wase-Italy u-Giuseppe Castiglione futhi yaqedwa cishe ngonyaka we-1750, yayiyingxenye yomthombo waseYuanmingyuan e-Old Summer Palace, eyayinezithombe eziqoshiwe ezingu-12 ezimelela izimpawu zezilwane ezingu-12Izinkanyezi zesiShayina: igundane, inkabi, ingwe, unogwaja, udrako, inyoka, ihhashi, imbuzi, inkawu, iqhude, inja nengulube.Eziyisikhombisa zezithombe eziqoshiwe zibuyiselwe eShayina futhi zigcinwe eminyuziyamu ehlukahlukene noma ngasese;amahlanu abonakale enyamalala.Ihhashi lingelokuqala kule mifanekiso eqoshiwe ukubuyiselwa endaweni yalo yokuqala.