Reflect on history to know where it came from; only by preserving memories can we move towards the future. Today (December 13) is the eighth National Day of Commemoration for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre, and for 84 years, we have not forgotten a single moment, and today, in the name of the country, we pay tribute to people with actions to remember history and cherish peace.
Light candles to send mourning Let the memorial cross time and space
Following a series of memorial activities during the day, tonight, the "Candlelight Festival and International Peace Rally" was held at the Memorial Hall of the Compatriots Killed in the Nanjing Massacre of the Japanese Army Invading China. Due to the limited number of people on the scene, this candlelight festival for the first time tried to use 5G, ice screen, virtual 3D character animation and other technologies, through the combination of online and offline, to help the field and off-site air interaction, so that more people have the opportunity to light candlelight on the night of 1213 and send mourning.
The Candlelight Festival invited the descendants of nanjing massacre survivors, representatives of medical personnel, representatives of grass-roots party members, student representatives, international figures, etc., to light candles together, mourn the deceased, and watch for peace. Girls from the Children's Choir of Jiangsu Grand Theatre sang "Broad Bean Song", taking everyone back to the dark moment of 1937.
Since 2001, she has come to Nanjing every year to visit Ms. Matsuoka Huan, a Japanese friend who comforted the survivors of the Nanjing Massacre, and has not been able to come to Nanjing in the past two years due to the epidemic.
Ruan Dingdong, the representative of the survivors, also appeared on the big screen, recalling the tragic experience of his grandfather desperately defending his grandson and being stabbed by the Japanese army.
Candlelight reflects history, and candlelight lights up peace. Through the virtual 3D character animation, a ragged little girl in 1937 appeared in the middle of the big screen, and the purple grass girl on the scene reached out her hand to touch her finger, and in an instant, the flower of peace bloomed all over the city of Nanjing. At the end of the event, the opening of the micro-documentary "Sacrifice of Time and Space" appeared in the middle of the big screen, implying that the past has traveled from the past to the future.
The torch will always be delivered To mourn the activities held throughout Jiangsu Province
At 10:01 a.m., the air defense siren sounded over Nanjing, and pedestrians stopped one after another, took off their hats and stood in silence. At the site of the memorial service at the Memorial Service of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre at the Arctic Pavilion, nearly 50 teachers and students from Chengxian Street Primary School and xuanwu district government staff all lined up to the monument and sang the national anthem in unison, and the national anthem was sung in silence.
Located at the northern foot of the Purple Mountain, the Nanjing Anti-Japanese Aviation Martyrs Memorial Hall, representatives from all walks of life in Nanjing, representatives of the martyrs' relatives and other representatives wore small white flowers on their chests, stood solemnly, and sang the national anthem in unison. At 10:01 the alarm sounded, and the entire staff observed a minute of silence.
In Lulang Community, Jiangning Street, Jiangning District, Nanjing, party members, residents and staff members of the community held white flowers to mourn the compatriots who were killed.
At the Zhang Chunru Memorial Hall, the citizens who came to visit held white chrysanthemums and tied yellow ribbons on the peace prayer wall in the square to express their mourning and pray for peace.
In the Siyang section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, the ships quietly parked in the channel, the crew stood at the bow of the ship, and the ships honked their horns at the same time, reminding the Chinese people not to forget the national shame and cherish peace in this way.
At the flag-raising ceremony of the Xishuanghu Campus of Donghai County Experimental Primary School in Lianyungang City, 6,700 teachers and students of the school dressed in dark costumes lined up neatly, and after the solemn national anthem was sung, the flag was lowered to half-mast, and all stood in silence. After the teachers' representatives gave a speech on "History That Never Forgets", all the students took an oath in unison, and the whole playground was shocked.
In front of the library of the Jiangning Campus of China Pharmaceutical University, in front of the 1936 Square, a special "open class under the national flag" was underway, and more than 600 representatives of teachers and students of the whole school spelled out the words "12•13" to mourn the victims of the Nanjing Massacre in silence.
In the afternoon, the "World Peace Festival" was held at the Memorial Hall of the Compatriots Killed in the Nanjing Massacre of the Japanese Army Invading China. The festival was solemn and solemn, with monks chanting prayers and offering incense and flowers to jointly comfort the victims of the Nanjing Massacre and warn future generations to learn from history and cherish peace.
Remembering the Heroes of the Dead Citizens spontaneously mourn their compatriots who were killed
On the eve of the Eighth National Day of Commemoration for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre, people from all walks of life in Nanjing spontaneously held candlelight sacrifices, recitations and other related activities to perform ritual sacrifices, pray for peace, and forge ahead in the pain of history.
Early yesterday morning, in front of the monument to the compatriots killed at the Zhongshan Wharf of the Nanjing Massacre of the Japanese Invasion of China, many citizens spontaneously came here to pay tribute to the deceased and send their condolences. Through collective organization, some parents took their children to the Zhongshan Wharf Cemetery to mourn the deceased, and the students also wrote messages on the sycamore leaves. "Salute to the heroes, mourn for the dead" "Sending condolences and praying for peace".
Hundreds of teachers and students of Southeast University gathered in the open space in front of the auditorium of the Sipailou Campus, using more than a thousand candles to form the shape of a peace dove and the words "1937.12.13", teachers and students recounted historical facts, recited poems, and presented flowers, and young students used candlelight to send mourning, praying for the rest of the deceased and the strength of the living.
In front of the Zhongshan Gate, candlelight is lit in the cold night to mourn for history and sacrifice for the victims. At the scene of the "12•12 Night of Peace" recitation relay activity, accompanied by the sad voice of Jiang Liangqin, the leader of the first chapter on the theme of "The Fall of Jinling City" and a professor at the Research Center for the History of the Republic of China of Nanjing University, the chanting voice of the university student volunteers sounded: "After the Japanese entered the city, they killed people and set fire to each other, and stabbed Xiaowa to death with a bayonet." As soon as you enter the city, you look for defeated soldiers everywhere, and as long as you see that you have calluses on your hands, you will say that you are a defeated soldier, and you will be tied to the river with a rope and killed..."
More than 30 primary schools in 8 provinces and cities across the country attended the same theme class
On the Eighth National Day of Commemoration for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre, in addition to the various forms of memorial activities held in Nanjing, this morning, led by Jiangsu, more than 30 primary schools in 8 provinces and cities across the country, including Chongqing, Yunnan, Hunan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Hubei, etc., held a theme class meeting on the theme of "Children's Hearts Remembering History: Ode to Peace on the Clouds" through the online cloud classroom.
When the air defense siren sounded, thousands of teachers and students of Nanjing Ruijin Road Primary School stood in silence with teachers and students from more than 30 primary schools in 8 provinces and cities who were collectively watching the live broadcast of the national ceremony at the theme class meeting of "Children's Hearts Remembering History: Ode to Peace on the Clouds". From 8:50 a.m. this morning, the students of these more than 30 primary schools watched the live broadcast of the national memorial ceremony through the online cloud class, learned about the history of the Nanjing Massacre of the Japanese army invading China, read a "Declaration of Peace" together, and attended a special theme class meeting.
At the class meeting, the students also launched the online cloud relay activity of striving to be the "little messenger" of international peace.