Intloko yehashe lobhedu eboniswe kwiOld Summer Palace nge-1 kaDisemba, 2020 eBeijing. VCG/VCG ngeGetty Images

Kutshanje, kukho utshintsho lwehlabathi apho ubugcisa obabubiwe ngexesha lama impiriyali bubuyiselwe kwilizwe labo elifanelekileyo, njengendlela yokulungisa amanxeba embali awayesenziwa ngaphambili. NgoLwesibini, i-National Cultural Heritage Administration yase-China yaqalisa ngempumelelo ukubuyiselwa kwentloko yehashe lobhedu kwi-Old Summer Palace yelizwe e-Beijing, kwiminyaka eyi-160 emva kokuba yabiwa kwibhotwe ngamajoni angaphandle ngo-1860. Ngelo xesha, i-China yayihlaselwe ngu Imikhosi yase-Anglo-French ngexesha leMfazwe yesiBini ye-Opium, eyayiyenye yezinto ezininzi ezihlaselwe lilizwe ngexesha elibizwa ngokuba "yinkulungwane yokuthotywa."

Ebudeni belo xesha, iTshayina yadutyulwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo ngelahleko yedabi kunye nezivumelwano ezingalinganiyo ezaliphazamisa kakhulu ilizwe, yaye ukuphangwa kwalo mfanekiso kuqingqiweyo kwamela inkulungwane yokuthotywa ngokucacileyo. Le ntloko yehashe, eyayiyilwe ngumzobi waseTaliyane uGiuseppe Castiglione yaza yagqitywa malunga nonyaka ka-1750, yayiyinxalenye yomthombo waseYuanmingyuan kwiBhotwe elidala laseHlobo, elalinemifanekiso eqingqiweyo eli-12 emele imiqondiso yezilwanyana ezili-12 zezodiac zaseTshayina: impuku, inkabi, ingwe, umvundla, inamba, inyoka, ihashe, ibhokhwe, inkawu, umqhagi, inja nehagu. Isixhenxe semifanekiso eqingqiweyo ibuyiselwe eTshayina kwaye igcinwe kwiimyuziyam ezahlukeneyo okanye ngasese; ezintlanu ziye zanyamalala. Ihashe lelokuqala kule mifanekiso iqingqiweyo ukubuyiselwa kwindawo yalo yokuqala.