He poʻo lio keleawe i hōʻike ʻia ma ka Old Summer Palace ma Dekemaba 1, 2020 ma Beijing.VCG/VCG ma o Getty Images

I kēia mau lā, aia kahi hoʻololi honua kahi e hana ai ke kiʻii ʻaihue ʻiai ka wā o ka imperialism ua hoʻihoʻi ʻia i kona ʻāina kūpono, i mea e hoʻoponopono ai i nā ʻeha mōʻaukala i hana ʻia ma mua.Ma ka Poalua, ua hoʻomaka maikaʻi ka National Cultural Heritage Administration o Kina i ka hoʻi ʻana mai o apoo lio keleaweʻO ka Hale Aliʻi Kahiko o ka ʻāina ma Beijing, he 160 mau makahiki ma hope o ka ʻaihue ʻia ʻana mai ka hale aliʻi e nā pūʻali koa haole i ka makahiki 1860. I ia manawa, ua hoʻouka ʻia ʻo Kina e nā pūʻali Anglo-French i ka wā o ke Kaua ʻOpiuma ʻElua, ʻo ia kekahi o nā he nui nā hoʻouka kaua a ka ʻāina i ka wā i kapa ʻia ʻo "keneturi hoʻohaʻahaʻa.”

I loko o ia manawa, ua hoʻopiʻi pinepine ʻia ʻo Kina me nā pio kaua a me nā kuʻikahi like ʻole i hoʻohaumia nui i ka ʻāina, a ʻo ka hao ʻana i kēia kiʻi i hōʻike ʻia i ke kenekulia o ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa.ʻO kēiapoo lio, i hoʻolālā ʻia e ka mea pena Italia ʻo Giuseppe Castiglione a hoʻopau ʻia a puni ka makahiki 1750, he ʻāpana ia o ka punawai Yuanmingyuan ma ka Old Summer Palace, kahi i hōʻike ʻia i nā kiʻi kiʻi like ʻole 12 e hōʻike ana i nā hōʻailona holoholona 12 o kaZodiac Pākē: Iole, Bipi, Tiga, Lakeke, Deragona, Nahesa, Lio, Kao, Monkey, Moo, ilio a me ka puaa.ʻEhiku o nā kiʻi kiʻi i hoʻihoʻi ʻia i Kina a mālama ʻia i loko o nā hale hōʻikeʻike like ʻole a pilikino paha;elima ua nalo.ʻO ka lio ka mua o kēia mau kiʻi i hoʻihoʻi ʻia i kona wahi mua.