In the early days of the founding of New China, a hundred ruins were waiting to be rebuilt, far away on the Baiyu Mountain in Lushun in the northeast, the mainland was preparing to blow up a building, which was naturally understandable, after all, it was within its own territory, and it was not necessary to give an account to other countries for blowing up any building, but the Japanese intervened sideways, and even protested collectively, and finally threatened that if they had to demolish this building, they must agree to their two demands.
So what exactly does this building have to do with the Japanese, and what are the shameless demands made by the Japanese?
1. The origin of "Pyochung Tower".
In order to beautify the war of aggression, the Japanese went so far as to build the "Nagu Temple" and the "Biaozhong Pagoda" on Baiyu Mountain, claiming that it was to worship the souls of the invading army and to publicize Japan in a big way.
Biaozhong Tower, 66.8 meters high, a total of 273 steps, 18 windows, the whole body of the tower is circular, the tower body is made of reinforced concrete pouring, the tower is hollow, the overall appearance resembles the combination of candle and wax platform, the tower is surrounded by shell shells and iron cables. The meaning of it is to pay tribute to the souls of the Japanese soldiers who died in the Russo-Japanese War, and the flame of the candle will never be extinguished.
The cost and manpower to build the tower were very high, and the Japanese authorities brought in a lot of granite, cement, wood and steel from the local area. Since then, the Japanese powers have held a spiritualist ceremony in spring and autumn in front of the Pyothung Tower.
The fire in the city affected the fish in the pond, and the artillery fire of the Russo-Japanese War eventually endangered the territory and people of the mainland. Every year, the Japanese side will force students from the mainland to participate in the conjuring ceremony, in an attempt to beautify the war.
Second, the Japanese side prevented the destruction of the tower
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the mainland planned to blow it up. At this time, the Japanese authorities couldn't sit still, and they immediately stepped forward to stop it, which was really speechless.
I thought that the Japanese would once again use the Russo-Japanese War as an excuse for the dead "souls", but I didn't expect them to change their words and say that the cost of this tower was high, and when the tower was built, it cost the authorities a lot of material and financial resources, and once it was blown up, the losses were countless. Seeing that our side was still resolute, the Japanese side could only change its story and say that if it had to blow up the tower, it would have to meet their two conditions.
It is really ironic that things have developed to this extent, and we can only say that in our own territory, we still have to obtain their consent for whatever buildings we want to build and blow up and what towers we want to build? We must know that the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression has already been won, and our side enjoys absolute control and independence over its own territory, and there is no need for them to dictate at all.
However, what makes people curious is, what are the two conditions put forward by the Japanese side?
3. Where is the Tower of Sin going?
It turned out that after the Japanese side learned that our side had to blow up the tower, it insisted that: first, after blowing up the Pyochung Tower, the mainland needed to return the materials for the construction of the Pyochung Pagoda to them, because these had poured the Japanese side's painstaking efforts and financial resources; second, after blowing up the Pyochung Tower, we needed to build a Japanese-style hotel around the Pyochung Tower to commemorate the Japanese soldiers who died in the Russo-Japanese War.
We directly ignored such an impudent demand, just as Premier Zhou once said: "China's territory must never be handed over to any foreign aggressor!"
Although to this day, the tower has not been blown up, but not because we are afraid of the Japanese side, or the Japanese side resisted, but the danger of the tower blowing up is relatively high, the difficulty of demolition construction is also relatively large, for the safety of the local people, can only be suspended, and this tower has a profound patriotic educational significance, the people of the country to introspect, to learn from history, to be angry, never again by the bullying of the powers.
However, considering that this "tower of evil" was evidence of the aggression of the imperialist powers, in 1949 our side eradicated all the eulogies that glorified the Japanese colonialists in the tower. Then all the buildings in the tower were demolished one by one, and in 1951, the Lushun authorities followed the idea and officially changed the name of the Biaozhong Tower: Baiyushan Tower.
So the "Tower of Sin" was preserved. It has not only witnessed the evil acts of imperialist aggression against China, but also witnessed the rejuvenation and prosperity of the mainland. At the same time, he inspired generations of young people not to forget the national shame and to fight bravely for the present.
IV. Conclusion
After several wind and rain, the Baiyushan Tower is still standing, and I have heard that an old cadre ran to it and cried bitterly. Perhaps remembering the crimes of the imperialist powers, he cried out why such a tower of sin could not be demolished?