Cicero once said: "The most reluctant peace is more popular than the most just war". War seems very far away from our lives now. But don't forget that both China and the world have been baptized by war. The lesson of blood and tears warns people to cherish the peace of the present.
The First World War, which lasted four years, involved more than thirty countries, involved 1.5 billion people, directly resulted in more than 30 million casualties and heavy losses. The Second World War, which lasted for six years, has sixty-one countries and regions, more than two billion people were involved in the war, and the number of casualties in the war reached a staggering 90 million.
As for China, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, there were more than two million Japanese troops in China, and as many as one million puppet troops assisting the Japanese side. According to incomplete statistics, the number of Japanese casualties is about 440,000. The Chinese suffered more than three million casualties, several times as many as the Japanese. During the Liberation War, the commanders and fighters of the People's Liberation Army were also wounded more than one million, sacrificed as many as 260,000 people, and disappeared and captured as many as 190,000 people.
War after war has been built up with the blood and flesh of the people. But no matter what kind of war it is, no matter who initiates it, the people on both sides of the war must be conservative of the bitterness of this war. The people of the countries on both sides of the war also have the right to choose their own lives.
Li Chunlan, a famous singer during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, was a Japanese herself. But because Li Xianglan grew up in China, spoke fluently Chinese, and was a Chinese singer, she was often mistaken for a Chinese. In 1945, when she was defeated, Li Xianglan was arrested on charges of adultery, and was finally released after finally confirming that she was Japanese.
Singing career
Li Xianglan, formerly known as Shuko Yamaguchi, was born on February 12, 1920 in Bei yantai, near Fengtian, Liaoning Province, China, and soon followed her family to Fushun, China. On September 18, 1931, after Japan launched the September 18 Incident, the Japanese army invaded and occupied the northeast region of China.
After the rupture of relations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in 1927, there were many factions within the Kuomintang and controversies continued. In addition, the Communist Party led many uprising movements at that time, and gradually strengthened its own power. The Kuomintang government represented by Chiang Kai-shek, regardless of the life and death of the country, insisted that "if you want to take the outside world before inside," it constantly carried out a campaign of encirclement and suppression of communist strongholds.
Due to Chiang Kai-shek's negativity toward the anti-Japanese resistance, the Northeast Army repeatedly received instructions from Zhang Xueliang not to resist. Under such circumstances, after the September 18 Incident, most of the Northeast Army retreated without a fight. However, although the Chinese government army withdrew from the three northeastern provinces, the civilian people still organized volunteer troops and participated in the anti-Japanese activities.
In 1932, the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army attacked Fushun and defeated the local Japanese army. However, the shameless Japanese army did not choose to engage in a head-on confrontation with the Chinese army, but chose to take the innocent Chinese people.
On September 16, 1932, the Japanese army gathered more than 3,000 villagers in Lijiagou and Pingdingshan villages near the Fushun Coal Mine, and then carried out an exterminating massacre, and then hunted down and killed 24 residents of Qianjinbao Village, who had fled after the news.
This act of the Japanese army can be said to be inhumane and has no bottom line. This case is also known as the Pingdingshan Massacre. In this case, Li Xiangshan's father was suspected of having a link with Anti-Japanese workers in China. Fearing being implicated, after this incident, Li Xiangshan's family chose to move to Shenyang.
In the "Augmentation sage", it is written: "There is a heart to plant flowers and flowers, and there is no heart to plant willows and willows." On the train to Shenyang, Li Xiangshan happened to meet a woman of the same age. The woman was a Russian-Jewish girl, Lyubba. Under the guidance of this young girl, Li Xiangshan worshiped The famous Soviet opera singer Madame Podolesov as a teacher and embarked on the road of singing
Jail
Later, Li Xianglan first went to Beiping to teach. In 1938, Li Xianglan was selected by the "Pseudo-Manchurian Film Association" established in northeast China by Japan because of her artistic talent and special background. Since then, Li Xianglan has officially stepped onto the stage of art and gradually formed her own influence.
Li Xianglan first sang a number of Chinese songs, including "Fisher Girl", "Zhaojun Grievance", "Meng Jiang Girl" and so on. Li Xianglan later became famous for a song called "Night Fragrance". It can be said that with the support of the Japanese side, this Japanese actress, who is quite Chinese, quickly attracted a lot of attention among the Chinese masses.
And such a good propaganda resource, the Japanese army naturally did not let go. In the following time, Li Xianglan successively starred in a number of movies that publicized the policy of the Japanese army or whitewashed the facts of aggression.
But even so, in that era of war and chaos, Li Xianglan's popularity did not drop much. Li Xianglan can be said to be a very good propaganda figure in the Japanese army.
Since then, Li Xianglan has also continued to develop in her singing and acting career. She gradually became one of the "Seven Queens of Songs" in Shanghai Beach. She also held her own solo concert "Fantasia of the Night" at the Shanghai Grand Bright Theater. At this time, Li Xianglan can be said to have unlimited scenery.
But, as Tretchick once said, "The power of divine love in a just war can arouse in a noble kingdom has been confirmed by countless touching examples." Although the Japanese side has several times the weapons and equipment of the Chinese side and has more advanced weapon resources, the Chinese people will never give up lightly. The revolutionary ancestors used their bodies to build a great wall of the motherland. On September 2, 1945, Japan declared its unconditional surrender to the Allies.
At this time, Li Xianglan was also arrested by the Government of the Republic of China on charges of adultery. However, soon after, because Li Xianglan proved that he was Japanese and not a Chinese, he was acquitted and sent back to Japan. In February 1946, Li Xianglan returned to Japan.
Later life
Li Xianglan engaged in a more colorful life in her later years. She became a tv host on Fuji Tv, interviewing famous people such as Mandela. Later, under the persuasion of then-Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, Li Xianglan participated in the election of a member of the Senate and began his political career.
Later, as a member of the National Assembly, Li Xianglan was invited by the president of the China-Japan Friendship Association to visit Beijing, Shanghai, Harbin, Changchun and other places in China. In 2005, the elderly Li Xianglan also published a long article dissuading then-Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi from enshrineing the Yasukuni Shrine.
The shrine enshrines soldiers and their families who died fighting for Japan after the Meiji Restoration, most of whom died in the wars of aggression against China and the Pacific War. The Japanese prime minister's repeated worship of the Yasukuni Shrine can be said to have seriously hurt Asian countries, including China, South Korea and other countries.
It is precisely because Li Xianglan believes that the Japanese prime minister's move will "deeply hurt the hearts of Chinese" that he admonished the Japanese prime minister. On September 7, 2014, Li Xianglan passed away at the age of 94. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei said: "Ms. Li Xianglan has made positive contributions to her post-war support and participation in the cause of Sino-Japanese friendship, and we mourn her passing. ”
Although Ms. Li Xianglan participated in some film shooting to publicize the Japanese army and whitewash the history of the Japanese invasion of China during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, it caused a certain degree of bad influence. However, in his later years, Li Xianglan's visits to various parts of China and his remarks also promoted Sino-Japanese relations to a certain extent, and we should look at this issue rationally.
brief summary:
War inevitably has a major impact on people's lives. Living in this peaceful era, we should cherish the life that we can enjoy now. At the same time, we must also remember that the peace we have now was bought by our ancestors with their lives and youth. We should live up to our expectations and contribute our strength to the development of the motherland in the new period!