Musoro webhiza rebhuronzi unoratidzwa muOld Summer Palace muna Zvita 1, 2020 muBeijing. VCG/VCG kuburikidza neGetty Images

Munguva pfupi yapfuura, kwave nekuchinja kwepasirese uko art yakabiwa munguva yeimperialism yakadzoserwa kunyika yayo chaiyo, senzira yekugadzirisa maronda ekare akamboitwa. NeChipiri, sangano reChina reNational Cultural Heritage Administration rakabudirira kuburitsa bhiza rebhuronzi kumuzinda wenyika iyi kuOld Summer Palace muBeijing, makore zana nemakumi matanhatu kubva pakabiwa mumuzinda nemauto ekunze muna 1860. Munguva iyi, China yakanga ichipindwa nechisimba. Mauto eAnglo-French munguva yeHondo yechipiri yeOpium, yaive imwe yeakawanda mapindiro akarwiwa nenyika panguva yayainzi "zana ramakore rekunyadziswa."

Munguva iyoyo, China yakaramba ichiputirwa nekurasikirwa kwehondo uye zvibvumirano zvisina kuenzana zvakakanganisa nyika zvakanyanya, uye kupambwa kwechivezwa ichi kwakauya kuzomiririra zana rekunyadziswa zvakajeka. Uyu musoro webhiza, wakagadzirwa nemuimbi wekuItaly Giuseppe Castiglione uye wakapedzwa gore ra1750, waive chikamu chetsime reYuanmingyuan paOld Summer Palace, iro raive nemifananidzo gumi nembiri inomiririra zviratidzo gumi nembiri zvemhuka zveChinese zodiac: gonzo, nzombe, dindingwe, tsuro, shato, nyoka, bhiza, mbudzi, tsoko, jongwe, imbwa nenguruve. Zvinomwe zvezvivezwa zvakadzoserwa kuChina uye zvinoitirwa mumamuseum akasiyana kana pachivande; shanu dzakaita sedzichanyangarika. Bhiza ndicho chokutanga chezvivezwa izvi kudzorerwa kwachiri.