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Baliqiao, literally meaning Eight Mile Bridge, is a historic bridge in Beijing, China. It is located in the Baliqiao suburb, named for the bridge.
The exact beginnings of the bridge are difficult to discern, and while current structure is of the late Ming Dynasty, records show that there has been a bridge on the site since the Yan Dynasty.The bridge is exactly eight from Tongzhou, hence the name Eight Mile Bridge. This bridge once marked the outer limit of the Imperial City of Beijing, beyond which was the Province of Zhili.
A small palace and temple complex once also stood here. It was here that The Emperor, on his travels, alighted from his sedan-chair and rested overnight, changing from his rich court robes into plainer travelling clothes before proceeding in a horse-drawn carriage. When the Emperor returned, he again stayed overnight at the complex, washing and changing into court robes, before entering the city on sedan-chair.The canal over which the bridge stands is connected to the Summer Palace, and it was from the bridge that Emperor Qianlong started his six famous boat trips to the South.
During the Second Opium War in 1860, on the morning of 21 September, a combined Anglo-French force that had recently occupied Tianjin engaged a Chinese army numbering some 30,000-strong at Baliqiao. A fierce battle ensued, with the Anglo-French force inflicting massive losses on the Chinese army and invading Beijing thereafter. Historians estimate the losses on the Chinese side as about 1,200. The French and British, in contrast, lost only 5 soldiers. The French troops were led by Charles Guillaume Cousin-Montauban, who was then awarded the title of Count of Palikao by Napoléon III.
It was here that the Qing court envoys agreed to all Western demands, including the payment of indemnities and the acceptance of foreign diplomats at the imperial court in Beijing.
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