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

Kutshanje, kukho utshintsho kwihlabathi apho ubugcisaibibiweekuhambeni kwe-impiriyalizim iye yabuyiselwa kwilizwe layo elifanelekileyo, njengendlela yokulungisa amanxeba embali ayenziwe ngaphambili.NgoLwesibini, uLawulo lweLifa leMveli leNkcubeko yeSizwe yaseTshayina yaqala ngempumelelo ukubuyiswa kweintloko yehashe lobheduukuya kwibhotwe elidala lasehlotyeni eBeijing, kwiminyaka eli-160 emva kokuba labiwa kwibhotwe ngamajoni angaphandle ngo-1860. Ngelo xesha, iTshayina yayihlaselwa ngamajoni amaNgesi namaFrentshi ebudeni beMfazwe yesiBini yeOpium, eyayiyenye yezomkhosi. Ukuhlasela okuninzi ilizwe elalwa nalo ngexesha elibizwa ngokuba “inkulungwane yokuthotywa.”

Ebudeni belo xesha, iTshayina yadutyulwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo ngelahleko yedabi kunye nezivumelwano ezingalinganiyo ezaliphazamisa kakhulu ilizwe, yaye ukuphangwa kwalo mfanekiso kuqingqiweyo kwamela inkulungwane yokuthotywa ngokucacileyo.Okuintloko yehashe, eyayiyilwe ngumzobi wase-Italiya u-Giuseppe Castiglione kwaye yagqitywa malunga nonyaka we-1750, yayiyinxalenye yomthombo waseYuanmingyuan kwi-Old Summer Palace, eyayibonisa imifanekiso eqingqiweyo ye-12 emele iimpawu ze-12 zezilwanyana.I-zodiac yaseTshayina: impuku, inkomo, 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.