Mutu wa kavalo wamkuwa ukuwonetsedwa ku Old Summer Palace pa Disembala 1, 2020 ku Beijing. VCG/VCG kudzera pa Getty Images

Posachedwapa, pakhala kusintha kwapadziko lonse kumene zojambula zomwe zidabedwa panthawi ya imperialism zabwezeretsedwa kudziko lake loyenerera, monga njira yokonzanso mabala a mbiri yakale omwe adachitidwa kale. Lachiwiri, bungwe la National Cultural Heritage Administration la ku China linachita bwino kwambiri kubwezeretsa mutu wa kavalo wamkuwa ku Old Summer Palace ku Beijing, patatha zaka 160 kuchokera pamene anabedwa kunyumba yachifumu ndi asilikali akunja mu 1860. Panthawiyi, dziko la China linali kulandidwa ndi Asilikali a Anglo-French panthawi ya Nkhondo Yachiwiri ya Opium, yomwe inali imodzi mwa maulendo ambiri omwe dzikoli linamenyana nawo panthawi yomwe inkatchedwa "zaka zamanyazi."

Panthawi imeneyo, dziko la China linamenyedwa mobwerezabwereza ndi kugonjetsedwa kwa nkhondo ndi mapangano osagwirizana omwe anasokoneza dzikolo kwambiri, ndipo kulandidwa kwa chibolibolichi kunaimira zaka zana zochititsa manyazi. Mutu wa kavalo uwu, womwe unapangidwa ndi wojambula wa ku Italy Giuseppe Castiglione ndipo unamalizidwa cha m'ma 1750, unali mbali ya kasupe wa Yuanmingyuan ku Old Summer Palace, yomwe inali ndi ziboliboli 12 zosiyanasiyana zoimira zizindikiro 12 za nyama zakuthambo zaku China: makoswe, ng'ombe, nyalugwe, kalulu, chinjoka, njoka, hatchi, mbuzi, nyani, tambala, galu ndi nkhumba. Zisanu ndi ziwiri za ziboliboli zabwezeretsedwa ku China ndipo zimachitikira m'malo osungiramo zinthu zakale osiyanasiyana kapena mwachinsinsi; asanu akuwoneka kuti asowa. Hatchiyo ndi yoyambirira mwa ziboliboli zimenezi kubwezeredwa kumalo ake oyambirira.