Nanjing, China's Famous Historical and Cultural City (33)
Figure I. Historical Exhibition Hall.
"The Historical Exhibition of the Nanjing Massacre of the Japanese Army Invading China in the Catastrophe of Mankind" (too tragic to bear to send out [tears])
Figure II. Ruins area.
The large-scale combination sculpture "Disaster of the Ancient City" is composed of a sculpture such as a broken "city wall", a broken "saber", a "bridge of history", "the head and arm of the victim", "a long open fire", and a pebble symbolizing the white bones of the victims. The cross-section of the knife still seems to have the blood of the victims, and the knife face is engraved with the number "300,000", which means more than 300,000 compatriots who were killed.
Figure III. Copperplate Road "Footprints of Historical Witnesses".
The copperplate road is 40 meters long and 1.6 meters wide. 222 survivors left footprints on the copper plates in an attempt to leave lasting memories.
Figure IV. Cemetery Square.
The ground is paved with cobblestones and there is no grass, symbolizing the accumulation of white bones and symbolizing death. The emerald lawns on both sides and the evergreen trees outside the courtyard walls symbolize vitality and the spirit of resistance. Life and death form a strong contrast here, and the theme of life and death is displayed in a line.
Figure V. mass grave.
Figure VI. Peace Park.
In the middle of the park, there is a quiet water surface, three springs in the water continue to emerge from the spring, on the right is the wall of victory, not far away stands the tall sculpture "Peace". Wall of Victory
The central point of the "V" depicts a Chinese soldier who blows the trumpet of victory with his feet on the aggressor's steel helmet and butcher's knife, pointing out the theme of victory.
Figure VII. The tall "Peace" sculpture is 30 meters high, symbolizing the 300,000 compatriots killed in the Nanjing Massacre. The main body consists of a mother, a child and a peace dove, 10 meters high, and is made of white jade. The young mother holds the happy baby in her arms, the hand supports the dove of peace that spreads its wings, and the sculpture of Han Baiyu looks pure and beautiful in the sun.
Figure VIII. Victory Square.
The newly built Victory Square, also known as the "Nine-Nine Square", is partly because on September 9, 1945, the Japanese surrender ceremony in the Chinese theater was held in Nanjing. On the other hand, because from the air, the two paths on the side of the square resemble two "9s", symbolizing consummation. Along victory square is an iron red wall enclosed in a half circle, and at the very top is a symbol similar to the "figure 7", which is the "Wall of Victory". The Wall of Victory is like an abstract phoenix, the symbol of the "7" shape is the head of the phoenix, and the wall behind it is the body and tail, symbolizing the rebirth of the phoenix and the victory of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. The iron red also represents the blood and fire of the eight-year War of Resistance, and the victory of the War of Resistance was bought with the blood of the revolutionary martyrs. This wall of victory stretches all the way to the memorial under the square.
Figure IX. Sending condolences.
