Taiwanese teachers from Guangxi colleges and universities pay tribute to the anti-Japanese "Tomb of eight hundred heroes": a sense of national identity found in common history

On April 28, Taiwanese teachers from Guangxi colleges and universities came to guilin's Qixing Park to bow three times to the fallen soldiers of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Photo by Tang Mengxian

Guilin, April 29 (Tang Mengxian, Jiang Fenghui, Ou Huilan) "Our culture, blood, genes, and surnames represent that we are the descendants of the dragon, and we undertake the mission of history, and we need to pass on the truth of history from generation to generation to commemorate the national martyrs who sacrificed for the country." The younger generation on both sides of the strait must not forget their roots and should find a sense of national identity in their common history. Zhou Zhenqian, a Taiwanese teacher at Guangxi colleges and universities, said in an interview on the 28th.

On the afternoon of the same day, Taiwanese teachers from Guangxi colleges and universities who participated in the "100 Taiwan Teachers Looking at Guangxi" activity came to Guilin's Seven Star Park and stood solemnly in front of the "Tomb of the Eight Hundred Heroes," silently mourned the soldiers who died in the defense of Guilin, and bowed three times to the fallen soldiers of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Listen to the narrator tell the story of the martyrdom of the 800 heroes and three generals of the Anti-Japanese Resistance.

In early November 1944, the Japanese army invaded Guilin, the Kuomintang Fourth Theater organized the defense of Guilin, and Kan Weiyong, commander of the 131st Division of the 31st Army, led his troops to fight with the enemy, and finally because he was outnumbered, he committed suicide and martyrdom, fulfilling his vow to coexist and die with Guilin. Chen Jihuan, chief of staff of the City Defense Command, and Lü Xumeng, chief of staff of the 31st Army, were blocked on the way to break through, and Lü Xumeng was killed, Chen Jihuan was seriously wounded, and he was martyred with a gun. The officers and men of the 391st Regiment of the 131st Division retreated to Qixingyan and insisted on resisting, and the Japanese army cast poisonous gas into the cave, and more than 800 officers and men died heroically. In 1945, after the restoration of Guilin, the government organized a cleaning team and an engineering team to go to Qixingyan, carrying a total of 823 bodies of martyrs and burying them in the tomb of 800 heroes at the top of Bowangping in Putuo Mountain, adjacent to the Memorial Tower of the Death of the Three Generals.

"It was the martyrs who threw their heads and spilled their blood to have our happy generation today, and the history of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression is the common history of the two sides of the strait." Finding the stories of the martyrs, understanding the stories of the martyrs, and telling the stories of the martyrs well are necessary ways to enhance the sense of identity between the two sides of the strait. Pan Bainian, a Taiwanese teacher at Guangxi colleges and universities, said.

The "100 Taiwan Teachers Looking at Guangxi" activity is one of the series of activities of the "Gathering Talents, Attracting Wisdom and Gathering Wisdom and Integrating Guangxi and Taiwan Integration and Development" exchange meeting held in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from April 25 to 29. Taiwanese teachers from Guangxi colleges and universities attended the meeting went to Nanning, Guilin, Qinzhou, Fangchenggang and other places to visit and investigate. Deeply understand the economic and social development of Guangxi, personally experience the rich and colorful humanistic history and ethnic cultural experience of Guangxi, close exchanges between the two places, and enhance family and friendship. In Guilin, Taiwanese teachers from Guangxi colleges and universities inspected Qiaotou Village in Xiufeng District, Guilin City, one of the bases for urban economic construction and Guangxi's exchanges with Taiwan, to experience traditional folk culture, ethnic unity and progress, and rural revitalization and development; they inspected the Qiaotou Village Rural Primary School in Xiufeng District, Guilin City; they visited the Zhonghua Primary School in Guilin City, the "century-old school," visited the base camp of Sun Yat-sen's Northern Expedition, and paid tribute to the heroic martyrs of the Anti-Japanese Defense.

It is reported that in recent years, Guangxi has actively explored a new road for the integrated development of Guizhou and Taiwan, vigorously promoted the "four-heart project" of serving Taiwan businessmen, Taiwan teachers, Taiwan youth, and land distribution, and formed an integrated development pattern of "you have me, I have you." At present, the total number of personnel exchanges in Guizhou and Taiwan is nearly 10 million, and nearly 30,000 Taiwan compatriots and Taiwan affiliates live in Guizhou, at the same time, the channels and platforms for taiwan's high-level talents to work in Guangxi have been continuously expanded, and more than 140 Taiwan doctors have been employed in 15 universities in the region in just a few years, and dozens of experts have served in enterprises, scientific research institutes, hospitals and other institutions. (End)

Source: China News Network