In July 2022, a message suddenly broke out on the Internet: the Dizang Hall of Xuanzang Temple in Nanjing enshrined tablets of the Japanese war criminals who invaded China that year.
The names of Matsui Ishigen, Tani Shoufu, Takeshi Noda, Junkichi Tanaka, and Toshiaki Xiangjing appear prominently at the Jizo Temple.
These people were all war criminals who invaded China and committed numerous crimes in China with the Japanese army that invaded China.
Their ranking is enshrined in Nanjing, enjoying the incense of Chinese.
As soon as the Nanjing Xuanzang Temple incident was reported, it immediately ignited everyone's anger.
Fortunately, Wu Ahping herself was arrested and criminally detained in July this year.
But this matter is not over, some people have noticed that Wu Ahping is enshrined in the Jizo Hall of Xuanzang Temple, and Hua Qun, an American friend who protected tens of thousands of Chinese from massacre in the Nanjing Massacre.
This has to make people wonder, why did Wu Ahping enshrine war criminals and those who protect Chinese refugees?
Want to resolve resentment and enshrine the rank of war criminals?
In an interview, Wu Ahping said that the reason why she would enshrine the tablet of war criminals in Nanjing was because she was greatly stimulated by seeing the relevant materials of the Nanjing Massacre and hoped to resolve her grievances.
Each of the five war criminals she enshrined had their hands stained with the blood of Chinese.
The first thing to say is Matsui Ishigen, which was the culprit of the Nanjing Massacre.
After graduating from the University of Japanese Army Officers, he was sent to China and served as a Japanese military attaché in China, traveling to Guangdong, Shanghai and other places.
As a result, he gained a detailed understanding of China's customs and customs, topographic and geomorphological environment.
Matsui Ishigen has been active in China for many years since he was sent to China.
During this period, he actively became acquainted with the upper echelons of Chinese officers and inspected the landforms of various places in order to provide intelligence to Japan.
It was precisely because of his knowledge of China that when Prime Minister Yoshiichi Tanaka was about to convene a meeting to formulate guidelines for aggression against China, Matsui Ishigen was invited to give a detailed report on the form of China.
Matsui Ishigen was heavily used by the Japanese army, who led the army to occupy Shanghai in 1937.
After occupying Shanghai, Matsui Ordered the Central China Front to attack Nanjing, the capital of China at the time, and in December of that year, it occupied the city.
Nanjing instantly became a hell on earth after the fall.
These Japanese soldiers, who rushed into the city of Nanjing, began to massacre Chinese soldiers and civilians in a frenzied manner.
Captain Company Commander Tanaka Junji of the 45th Wing of the 6th Division, holding a large knife in his hand, killed all the way from Zhonghua Gate to Shuixi Gate, he cut people when he saw them, and more than three hundred Chinese died under his knife.
Subsequently, the Japanese army began to revel in killing, and some people even engaged in killing competitions.
Lieutenant aide-de-camps of the Ninth Wing of the Sixteenth Army, Takeshi Noda and Akitoshi Xiangjing bet on a bottle of wine to see who would kill a hundred Chinese first.
In the end, Noda killed 105 Chinese, while Xiang Iakitoshi killed 106 Chinese.
The killing was reported in a very proud and proud tone by the Japanese state media, who did not feel that there was anything wrong with the Japanese officers, but instead sang praises for the atrocities committed by the two officers.
Fanaticism is contagious in the collective, and the frenzy of killing spreads particularly quickly.
Lieutenant General Gu Shoufu of the Sixth Division was certainly not willing to fall into the inferior position in this massacre.
He led the Sixth Division into the city of Nanjing, raped more than a dozen Chinese women, and ordered the massacre of Chinese peasants, women, and children.
Fifty thousand Chinese died at the hands of him and his troops.
The Nanjing Massacre lasted for about 6 weeks, and this famous historical and cultural city became a hell on earth.
At that time, the Chinese in Nanjing, whether they took up arms to resist or lay down their weapons and surrendered, it was difficult to get a way out of this massacre.
They can only passively wait for the invaders to lay down their butcher knives themselves.
By the time the slaughter stopped, more than 300,000 innocent Chinese lost their precious lives. They were tortured and ended up with hatred. The corpses of ordinary people stained the entire Yangtze River red.
The heinous crimes committed by the Japanese army aroused the anger of the people of the whole Chinese and the people of the world, and with the efforts of the people of the whole world, the Japanese fascists were finally completely defeated in 1945.
On August 15, 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender, and the 14-year War of Resistance Against Japan finally ushered in victory.
Matsui Ishigen, Tani Shoufu, Takeshi Noda, Akitoshi Xiangjing, and Junyoshi Tanaka were all executed after the war, and the five war criminals who committed heinous crimes in Nanjing finally paid their due price.
However, on February 26, 2022, while searching for the tablets she had enshrined at Xuanzang Temple, a woman discovered five Japanese war criminals enshrined there.
A hundred years have passed since the fall of Nanjing, Japan has not yet formally apologized for its atrocities, and the fact that there will be a tablet of war criminals on the land of Nanjing has to make people feel angry.
When the matter fermented on the Internet, the anger of the people was immediately ignited.
Worshippers have been criticized online.
Wu Ahping herself was arrested soon after, and what awaited her would be a trial by law.
However, Wu Ahping's behavior is still unbelievable, you know, she has enshrined a total of six tablets at The Xuanzang Temple in Nanjing. Five of them were Japanese war criminals, while the remaining lady, Hua Qun, was a righteous soldier who protected Chinese during the massacre.
Hua Qun: Jinling Immortality
Hua Qun was an American missionary whose real name was Minnie Weitlin, who arrived in Anhui, China, in 1912.
At that time, China's national strength was extremely different from that of the West, and Huaqun witnessed China's backwardness.
Unlike those who want to take advantage of the opportunity to invade when they see China backward, Hua Qun has shown strong compassion in the face of China's suffering, and she wants to do what she can for the people here.
She actively promoted women's education in China, founded Hefei Sanqing Girls' High School in Anhui, and was successfully hired to teach at Jinling Women's University in 1919.
Huaqun worked there day and night with Chinese teachers and students, and she developed a deep affection for the people there.
On December 13, 1937, the Japanese army broke through the city of Nanjing, and brutally slaughtered the Chinese people there.
Wherever the Japanese army went, tragedies would occur.
At the time of the fall of Nanjing, jinling women's liberal arts college became one of the few refuges.
The buildings there are relatively sturdy, and there are American faculty members like Hua Qun. Some of the faculty and staff of Jinling Women's College of Arts and Sciences decided to move west, while the other part stayed behind to protect the school property and the people there.
Hua Qun was ordered to take on the mission of protecting the school and the Chinese who had come there to take refuge.
The situation is already very serious, and the U.S. Embassy has issued an ultimatum to U.S. citizens still in China, demanding that all U.S. citizens leave China as soon as possible, or they will be in danger of their lives.
Hua Qun received this notice, and as an American, she had the right and opportunity to leave. If she stays, she will have to bear considerable risks, and even she herself may be bullied and killed by the Japanese army that killed the red eye.
But Hua Qun did not hesitate to stay, because she had witnessed the atrocities of the Japanese army and sympathized with the people who were suffering here.
She saw many Japanese soldiers arresting Chinese women everywhere in China, raping them, and brutally killing them.
Seeing that the advice was invalid, the US Embassy issued a certificate to Hua Qun and other US citizens who had voluntarily remained in Nanjing, which read: "No matter what, we will not leave Nanjing." Once you sign your name on it, it means that you have voluntarily given up leaving Nanjing.
Ms. Hua Qun wrote down her name almost without a trace of hesitation, and she gave up peace for the sake of Chinese.
Under the auspices of Hua Qun, jinling women's liberal arts colleges accommodated refugees as much as possible. At the entrance of the school, the sign of the church school is very conspicuous, and there is an official announcement from the United States.
These signs served as a deterrent to the frenzied Japanese army.
There was a moment of tranquility in the school.
But there were still many frenzied Japanese soldiers who ignored these signs, and they rolled in through the walls of the school, "In the building without lights... If you touch her, you will rape her. ”
The prevalence of rape in the International Safety Zone made Hua Qun very angry, and she rushed forward to rebuke these mad Japanese.
The Japanese were jealous of the country behind Huaqun and did not dare to hurt her, but they still used violence against her.
They slapped Hua Qun several times in the face.
In the face of the fierce and vicious Japanese, Hua Qun did not flinch. She was almost sleepless in the morning, ready to step forward to protect the Chinese behind her.
In such despair, Hua Qun firmly said, "China is not dead, China will not die." ”
This sentence encouraged the countrymen who were in the refugee shelter at that time.
Thanks to Hua Qun's efforts, a large number of Chinese were spared from slaughter and became one of the few survivors of this disaster.
Chinese always remember this American friend who stepped forward in the midst of danger.
In 1938, the Nationalist government promulgated to Huaqun the Blue, White and Red Ribbon-Jade Medal, which is the highest honor awarded by the Nationalist government to foreigners.
Ms. Hua Qun died in the United States in 1941, and her tombstone has a large four-character "Jinling Immortality", indicating her love for the land.
After her death, the Nationalist government expressed its condolences, and the teachers and students of Jinling Women's University, whom she guarded, organized a memorial ceremony.
Chinese's gratitude to Hua Qun continued into the twenty-first century.
In December 2002, The Jinling Women's College of Nanjing Normal University made a statue of Ms. Hua Qun, and her good deeds will always be remembered.
Ms. Hua Qun protected so many innocent refugees in the massacre, while the five Japanese war criminals committed the crime of common indignation in China.
So why did Wu Ahping enshrine Madam Hua Qun with these war criminals?
"Untangling the knot"?
Wu Ahping blamed her worship of war criminals on psychological problems.
She claimed to have a lot of negative psychological conditions around 2017. She is said to have often suffered from insomnia, anxiety, and was severe enough to need medication during that year.
In order to gain spiritual liberation, Wu Ahping came into contact with Buddhism by chance, hoping to gain peace through religion and come out of a bad mental state.
After reading the relevant materials of the Nanjing Massacre, she was greatly shocked and decided to enshrine the tablets of the unknown war criminals and Ms. Hua Qun, hoping to "untangle the unjust knot" in this way.
When you have an idea, you have to put it into action.
On December 18, 2017, 80 years and three days after the fall of Nanjing.
Wu Aping came to Xuanzang Temple and paid for five years of worship, a total of 3,000 yuan.
Matsui Ishine, "Matsui Ishine, Toshio Tani, Takeshi Noda, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Toshiaki Mukai, Shōgun.
The names of these six people who were intolerable eighty years ago appeared together in this strange way.
According to the rules of the temple, visitors must register their relationship with the devotees.
Monk Lingsong asked Wu Ahping if she was a relative or a friend with these people.
Wu Ah Ping thought about it and replied; "Friends".
In this way, the tablets of these six were enshrined in the Jizo Temple.
The Lingsong monk on duty had not finished junior high school, and he did not know that five of the six people Wu Ahping was going to worship were Japanese war criminals. Just like that, the name provided by Wu Ahping was registered.
There are so many tablets enshrined in the Jizo Temple that it is impossible to find these six tablets without looking closely.
These five war criminals also enjoyed incense in Xuanzang Temple for nearly five years.
It wasn't until February 2022 that the matter was uncovered as believers searched for their own tablets. It was only then that the five war criminals' tablets were removed.
You know, at this time, there are only less than ten months left before the five years that Wu Ahping asked for.
If it were not for the accidental discovery, all that Wu Ahping did would have been "perfected".
These war criminals enjoy preferential treatment in the land where they have committed heinous crimes.
Although Wu Ahping solemnly apologized to the camera after her arrest, she still could not gain people's understanding.
Because these five war criminals never admitted the heinous crimes they committed in Nanjing while they were alive, and to this day the Japanese government is unwilling to admit the crimes committed in Nanjing and in China. They didn't even admit it, let alone apologize. Therefore, everyone was extremely angry at Wu Ahping and Xuanzang Temple, who dared to worship war criminals.
But what made people even angrier was wu Ahping's combination of war criminals and Hua Qun, who protected Chinese.
This practice is a great insult to the kind Ms. Hua Qun.
If Ms. Huaqun had a spirit in heaven, I believe she would not be willing to be with Matsui Ishigen and the like.
She probably never imagined that eighty years after the disaster, a young Chinese woman would put her name with the war criminals.
According to the official briefing, it has not yet been found that Wu Ahping has been instructed by other forces, and the act should be completely spontaneous.
But it is incomprehensible that a working-class person can pay three thousand yuan out of her own pocket to serve war criminals.
Wu Ahping has repeatedly explained that she has endured great psychological pressure, and it is clear that she wants to put everything down to this.
But her explanation was so pale that it was not convincing at all.
Until more information is found, perhaps the words "lack of wisdom" may explain her behavior a little.