During the Japanese invasion of China, it carried out great damage to China, especially after the Japanese army occupied Nanjing, it killed the residents of the city, and the houses were set on fire by the Japanese army, and the whole city was almost a sea of fire.
However, in the city of Nanjing, there is another place that has basically not been destroyed by the Japanese army, that is, the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, and even many citizens who have taken refuge in the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum are also safe and sound, which is surprising.
As for why the Japanese army did not destroy the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, it is said that when Dr. Sun Yat-sen studied in Japan, he made many friends in Japan, so after the Japanese army occupied Nanjing, the Japanese military department ordered that soldiers were strictly forbidden to destroy the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum.
There is also a saying that the Japanese army in order to establish a puppet government, in order to win the hearts and minds of the people, but no matter what the reason, the Japanese army did not destroy the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in the end, in fact, in the area occupied by the Japanese army, in addition to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, there are two graves that are strictly forbidden for soldiers to destroy.
The second place that was strictly forbidden to be destroyed by soldiers ordered by the Japanese army is the tomb of Confucius, to be precise, the Confucius Temple, why did the Japanese army not destroy the Confucius Temple? Could it be the conscience of the Japanese army that found it? Of course not.
As the founder of Confucianism, Confucius has a profound influence on Chinese culture and even world culture, and at the beginning of the 21st century, UNESCO listed Confucius as the first of the "World's Top Ten Cultural Celebrities", which shows the great influence of Confucius.
Perhaps everyone is strange, the Japanese army is fierce and inhumane, will they still care about this? In fact, in China, Confucius was revered as a "saint", and ancient Chinese readers would worship Confucius, while in Japan, Confucius was also revered as a "saint".
It can be seen from this that the status of Confucius in the minds of the Japanese people can be understood, after all, most of the Japanese culture is to learn from China, and it is very deeply influenced by Chinese culture, and it is reasonable to respect Confucius so much.
After the Japanese army occupied Qufu, Shandong, in order to protect the tomb of Confucius, the Japanese military department issued a strict order to all Japanese soldiers, prohibiting the destruction of every grass and tree in Confucius's tomb, otherwise the military law would be engaged.
Even in order to avoid accidents, the Japanese army also specially sent a squadron, more than a hundred Japanese soldiers to serve as guards for it, and the Japanese generals who arrived at Confucius's tomb also dismounted to worship Confucius.
In addition to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and the Tomb of Confucius, the third tomb that was strictly forbidden to be destroyed by the Japanese army is the tomb of Yue Fei, and in the Japanese folk, almost everyone in the Japanese knows Yue Fei and knows the story of Yue Fei's loyalty to the country.
After occupying Hangzhou, the Japanese 18th Division killed hundreds of people in the city, but did not dare to destroy Yue Fei's tomb, but went to worship and protect, because from the Meiji Restoration, many Japanese samurai would chant "Who has not died since ancient times, leave Dan heart to take care of Khan Qing." ”