During the Daoguang period, the Ministry of Internal Affairs wrote a memorial, which recorded in detail the inventory of items stored in the Palace and Yuanmingyuan in the 15th year of Daoguang: 569,390 silver coins, including 290,505 in the Palace and 280,694 in Yuanmingyuan; All kinds of ruyi 162 1, including Palace Memory 1 194, Yuanmingyuan 450; There are 50/kloc-0 pieces of jade inkstones and pens, including 42 pieces in Gongzhong/kloc-0 and 337 pieces in Yuanmingyuan. 773 first-class porcelain furnaces, bottles and cans. * * *, of which 337 pieces are in the palace, and 29/kloc-0 pieces are in the Yuanmingyuan ... The collection of Yuanmingyuan can also be seen.
In Yuanmingyuan, there are bronze ritual vessels in the pre-Qin period, down to famous paintings and calligraphy in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties and all kinds of rare treasures.
There are magnificent halls, exquisite pavilions, trading streets symbolizing bustling markets, and mountains and rivers symbolizing rural scenery. Many scenes in the park are modeled after scenic spots in various places, such as: An Lan Garden in Haining, Lion Forest in Suzhou, Autumn Moon in Pinghu, West Lake in Hangzhou and Sunset of Lei Feng; There are also many scenes based on the poetry of ancient poets, such as Penglai Yaotai and Wuling Chunjing. There are not only national buildings in the park, but also western landscapes.
The fountain of the zodiac was divided into twelve hours in ancient times, and the zodiac was used to represent different hours. At that time, the corresponding zodiac will spray water from its mouth.
Since the founding of New China, patriots have been redeeming some bronze artifacts of the 12 zodiac from abroad and sending them back to China.