On the morning of September 16, the "Commemoration of 918 - Donation Ceremony of Cultural Relics and Historical Materials of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression" was held in Shenyang, Liaoning Province. One eight" was held at the Museum of History. More than 20 people attended the donation ceremony, including relevant leaders of the museum, cultural relics collectors from all walks of life, collection enthusiasts, and experts in the history of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. According to the Beiqing Daily reporter, a total of 203 pieces (sets) of cultural relics and historical materials from all walks of life were donated from all walks of life.
They donated more than 100 pieces of cultural relics donated by them several times
It is understood that the 203 pieces (sets) of cultural relics and historical materials from the Anti-Japanese War period received this time were donated from all walks of life. Among them, Mr. Zhan Hongge, a cultural and historical adviser to the Shenyang Municipal Cppcc Committee and a senior collector, donated letters and telegrams from the Japanese army during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and two precious archival historical materials issued by the 514th Manchurian Army in the 16th year of the Showa Dynasty. This is also the 25th time that Mr. Zhan Hongge has donated to the museum since 1994, and the total number of cultural relics and historical materials donated by him has exceeded 100.
Wang Yu, deputy director of the Collection Committee of Shenyang Cultural Relics Protection Association and collector of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, has been committed to the collection and research of anti-war cultural relics for many years, and donated a total of 128 pieces of cultural relics and physical objects such as Japanese type 92 heavy machine gun bullets, Japanese tool knives, And Japanese shell fuzes during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to the museum, which is the largest number of donations in the museum over the years.
According to Mr. Wang Yu, the weapons and objects donated by the Japanese army during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression are irrefutable evidence of the war of aggression launched by Japanese militarism, and displaying them in the museum is their best destination.
The stock flag collection of these two pieces bear witness to a special history
Mr. Yang Xiaochu, an enthusiastic citizen and veteran of Shenyang, is keen on the collection of cultural relics during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and has donated cultural relics related to Allied prisoners of war in World War II to the museum for many times. In September 1939, Japan established the "Manchuria Work Machinery Co., Ltd." in China to issue shares, which was collected by individuals for many years.
According to Yang Xiaochu, "Manchuria Work Machinery Co., Ltd." was established in September 1939 as one of the heavy industry factories established in Shenyang during the Japanese invasion of China, and it is also one of the pillar industries supporting Japan's military industrial machining industry, directly producing some weapons such as automatic short guns and mine letter tubes needed for the Japanese army's war as needed. From 1942 to 1945, more than 2,000 British, American and other prisoners of war who were imprisoned in the Fengtian World War II Prisoners' Shelter at that time spent three years of arduous and heavy labor. The historical value of this stock is much higher than its own value, and it is a historical testimony to the Japanese army's forcing Allied prisoners of war of war to serve and servitude in the war of aggression.
Li Xiang, an enthusiastic citizen of Shenyang, also brought two Japanese flags from the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression that he had collected for many years, and Mr. Li Xiang said: Remember history and warn the contemporary! It is believed that these two cultural relics can better play their value in the museum.
In addition, the museum also received 70 pieces of Japanese weapons and utensils donated by Zhang Shouquan and Ge Ruihe from Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province.
This donation fills the gap in the types of related cultural relics
Museum director Fan Lihong said at the donation ceremony that the donation is of great significance, is a concrete embodiment of the continuous inheritance of patriotic spirit, the donated anti-war theme cultural relics historical materials intuitive, the theme is clear, has important historical value and research value, plays an important role in enriching the museum collection, filling the gap in related cultural relics, and provides new content and historical material support for the museum's academic research and exhibition.
Professor Wang Jianxue, a consultant to the museum, pointed out that the donated anti-war cultural relics are "nine? The "18th" History Museum deeply studies the history of the 14-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression of the Chinese, and the study of the history of the September 18 Incident provides literary and historical materials and physical evidence, which is of great historical significance and practical significance.