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Speaking of the statue of the long kneeling in China, the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is the traitor Qin Juniper? Because Qin Ju had committed countless evils in his life, he also killed yue Fei, a famous anti-Jin general, which caused the anger of the people. According to relevant records, there have been hundreds of kneeling statues of Qin Juniper in history, and at least seven have survived so far, the most famous of which is the kneeling statue in the Temple of King Yue in Hangzhou.
The kneeling statues of Japanese soldiers to be mentioned next may not be as famous as Qin Juniper, but in terms of the severity of their lives, these Japanese soldiers should be more kneeling than Qin Juniper.
From the beginning to the middle of the last century, our country was invaded by various countries, of which Japan was the most serious. During this period, the Japanese wantonly burned and plundered in China, and the heinous crimes they committed will always be a thorn in the hearts of the Chinese people.
After 1937, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression officially broke out. In the early days of the war, Due to the aggression suffered from aggression since the end of the Qing Dynasty, China was quite backward in science and technology and culture, and was once forced to retreat by the Japanese army. Fortunately, at the moment of the country's critical survival, the Chinese people united to fight against the aggressors, and with the help of the Allied forces, the War of Resistance Against Japan was finally won in 1945. In the war, both countries suffered heavy casualties, and the four Japanese kneeling statues in China originated from a battle in which both sides suffered heavy damage.
It is said that soon after the outbreak of the War of Resistance, Japan found that it could not occupy China in a short period of time, so it changed its original plan and shifted its focus to the south. After the outbreak of the Pacific War, Japan again targeted the territory of china's southwest region. In order to force China to surrender as soon as possible, the Japanese quickly attacked Yunnan, and Tengchong, which was occupied during this period, was the site of the aforementioned battle.
In 1944, the World Anti-Fascist League had achieved great success, and Japan's decline was irreversible. So, in order to recover the lost land and contribute to the World Anti-Fascist League, the Chinese Expeditionary Force successfully recaptured Tengchong after a months-long fierce battle with the Japanese army in 1944.
Speaking of which, Tengchong was also the first small county that the Nationalist army recovered in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, but it was of great significance. According to relevant records, in the Tengchong Campaign, although China lost more than 9,000 soldiers, it also eliminated more than 6,000 Japanese soldiers.
These soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country are all great revolutionary martyrs, and after the battle is won and the war is over, the question of where the corpses of these soldiers will naturally go will be solved. In order to allow these soldiers to have a resting place, General Li Gengen proposed to build a martyrs' monument garden in Tengchong, and while placing their corpses, he also hoped that future generations would remember these warriors who fought for the dignity of the motherland and the future.
In July 1945, the Martyrs' Monument Park was officially completed, and Li Gengen named the Martyrs' Monument Park "National Martyrs Cemetery".
The Chinese soldiers were properly placed, so what should be done with the Japanese soldiers who died in the Battle of Tengchong? Since Tengchong has been recovered, the Japanese naturally cannot and will not come back to collect the bodies of their compatriots. However, at that time, the Chinese undoubtedly hated these Japanese who had brought deep disasters to the motherland, so the Chinese people were not willing to help these enemies collect the corpses at the beginning, after all, they were sorry for their conscience after spending money and effort.
However, the body has not been properly disposed of for a long time, coupled with the excessive number of people killed in the Japanese army battle, the corpse is easy to breed bacteria and even spread diseases, so the Chinese people have to find a safe place for these Japanese soldiers. In the end, Li Gen made a plan to bury these Japanese corpses around the "National Martyrs Cemetery", and also specially selected some japanese corpses with intact bodies to kneel facing the cemetery to pay tribute to the heroic souls in the garden.
After burying all the dead Japanese troops, General Li Gen ordered that four Japanese kneeling statues led by Yasumi Daisaku Zoshige be made facing the "Cemetery of National Martyrdom" to comfort the fallen soldiers and name them "Wozuka". Japan reacted very strongly after learning of the existence of such four kneeling statues, and several times asked the Chinese side to remove the kneeling statues.
China, on the other hand, said that demolition was also possible, but Japan would accede to Three Demands: First, Japan would publicly apologize in its official name to the Chinese soldiers who died in the Battle of Tengchong; second, Japan would dismantle the Yasukuni Shrine at home; third, Japan would admit the fact that it had invaded China, stop tampering with history without authorization, and formally apologize to our country for its acts of aggression.
These three demands can be said to be very reasonable, first of all, the first and third demands, which together are the disgraceful but real history that japan wants to admit that it was an aggressor and bring deep disasters to China. In fact, whether Japan acknowledges this history or not, the people of all countries in the world are well aware of it, but the Deliberate falsification of historical facts by the Japanese in student textbooks and news broadcasts is really very uncomfortable.
The Yasukuni Shrine mentioned in the second request is even more infuriating. The shrine enshrines soldiers and their military dependents who died for Japan since the Meiji Restoration, and a large part of these enshrined people died during Japan's invasion of China. Such a so-called "shrine" dedicated to war criminals, and many Japanese leaders openly went to visit the shrine, saying that Japan has done so, and what position is there to demand that China dismantle the four kneeling statues?
The Japanese side did not agree to the three reasonable demands made by China. If Japan is so insincere, then there is naturally no need for China to remove the statue. Therefore, to this day, these four kneeling statues are still preserved in front of the "National Martyrs Cemetery" in Tengchong, for people to watch and spit on. Judging from Japan's long history of aggression against China and the Yasukuni Shrine, these four Japanese soldiers are afraid that they will kneel in China forever.
No matter what kind of history we face, or glorious, or embarrassing, or humiliated, everyone should face it squarely, and the good can learn from it, and the bad can learn lessons. Japan has evaded and even attempted to falsify and erase its own history of aggression against China on many occasions, and its attitude is very insincere, fearing that others will look down on it because of its historical disgust, and it does not know that doing so will only make people look down on it even more.
On the other hand, although Germany directly provoked two world wars and brought deep disasters to various countries, at least people are willing to admit that period of history, and such a frank and free attitude has ushered in the unanimous praise of all countries.
I hope that Japan will soon understand that it is useless to escape, and only by treating others sincerely and respecting others can we win the respect of others.