Memorial proposed to lost park
By Cheng Yingqi | China Daily | Updated: 2010-10-19 07:54
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A commemorative event marking the 150th anniversary of the imperial garden being sacked by occupying forces during the Second Opium War is held on Monday evening on the ruins of Yuanmingyuan, or the Old Summer Palace. Liu Zhe / for China Daily |
BEIJING - The Yuanmingyuan park administration issued a proposal on Monday to protect its lost cultural relics as a memorial to the 150th anniversary of the looting of the imperial garden.
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