A letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Hello, Mr. Ban Ki-moon!

I am a young pioneer in the second experimental country of Xiaguan, Nanjing, China. I learned from the introduction of the teacher, the story of my father and mother, and the online information inquiry that this year is the 150th anniversary of the death of Yuanmingyuan. I wrote this letter to you.

300 years ago, when Kangxi was 46 years old, in order to commemorate the prosperity of Kanggan, the Qing Dynasty built a garden that was dreamlike and beautiful, and it was full of luxury. There were countless exotic flowers, art treasures and books. It was called the Garden of Wanyuan, but it was only 150 years after it was built. In October 1860, after the British and French coalitions madly looted this magnificent museum, they arbitrarily burned them into humanity. The greatness of garden art, known as the ultimate garden of the dream art of the East, has never been recovered. Human civilization has suffered enormous disasters. Therefore, in the history of world tragedy and disaster, the Yuanmingyuan of China was written.

In 2019, another 150 years later, China’s economy has become more developed and more powerful. On the occasion of the commemoration of the ruined anniversary, Yuanmingyuan exhibited a collection of 150 Yuanmingyuan cultural relics carefully repaired and collected. The rest of the life after the robbery. The displaced Yuanmingyuan cultural relics reappeared in front of the people. The “No Forgetting National Shame, Inspirational Soaring-Patriotic Space Exhibition” held by colleagues in Yuanmingyuan made the audience feel passionate and even more emotional: a nation that was once slaughtered and now prosperous and strong. Hong Kong and Macao return, Chinese children walk in space, and the second is to explore the moon in space. The present China is full of vitality and powerful. We commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Yuanmingyuan martyrdom, not to remember hatred, but to keep in mind history. Calling for world peace! I hope that everyone can stay away from the war and live in peace and warm sunshine like we do now!

I believe that our country, which can create the ultimate beauty in history, will surely achieve great transcendence and make new contributions to human and world peace!

Nanjing Shimonoseki Second Experimental National Primary 3: Wang Wenjia