Chapter 10 9. Memory of the city

How many Chinese soldiers who had laid down their weapons were killed by the Japanese army on the first day of entering the city? It seems that it is difficult to find an accurate figure from the vast historical data. However, during the interview, the author discovered that there are some The "Monument to the Victims" was built specifically for the massacre that year.Most of these monuments were established by the Nanjing Municipal Government in the 1980s based on the number and location of the compatriots who died during the massacre, but there are also monuments that were spontaneously donated by the people after the end of the Anti-Japanese War. They all use their own methods I have witnessed that place where the Japanese army killed my compatriots.Today, these monuments, like immortal memories, stand firmly on the body of the city, and are particularly eye-catching, especially reminding people——

Monument to the victims of the Yanziji River Beach (inscription) In December 1937, when the Japanese invaders fell into the city, Nanjing’s refugees fled like a wave. Among them, more than 30,000 disarmed soldiers and more than 20,000 civilians took refuge in the Yanziji River Beach. Flee north.He was blocked by the blockade of Japanese ships, surrounded by a brigade of Japanese troops, and then swept away with machine guns, all of whom were killed, with a total of more than 50,000 people.At the time of mourning, the corpses lay across the barren beach, the river was stained with blood, and the tragic situation of the victims was rare in the world. Wouldn't it be painful to think about it? !I set up this monument and I will never forget it.Let the dead in the past comfort Jiuquan; the living in the future, learn from the past, work hard to revitalize China, and maintain world peace.

(This monument stands in Yanziji Park next to the Yangtze River) Monument (inscription) of the massacre in the eastern suburbs of Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders In December 1937, the Japanese invaders frantically carried out the Nanjing Massacre. In the eastern suburbs of our country, the compatriots who were brutally murdered were covered with corpses and bones.From April to April of the following year, charitable organizations such as Chongshantang began to collect more than 33,000 corpses from outside Zhongshan Gate to Maqun Town, and buried them in barren hills or fields.After a few months, I observed that there were still others left in the hills and valleys, so the evil spirit might be overflowing.In December 1938, the Pseudo-Municipal Supervisory Office ordered the Health Bureau to collect more than 3,000 bones and wreckage of the victims in Maqun, Maoshan, Ma'an, Linggu Temple, etc., and buried them in clusters. East of Linggu Temple.In January 1939, he set up the "Tombstone of a Lonely Soul Without an Owner" as his ambition.Rubbings of his inscriptions are still there, but it is a pity that the original inscription has been lost for a long time.Yuan specially re-erected this monument to express his condolences, and told Fang to come.

(This monument stands on the north side of Nanjing Institute of Physical Education in the eastern suburbs) Monument to the Compatriots Victims in Caoxie Gorge (Inscription) On December 13, 1937, after the Japanese invaders captured Nanjing, a large number of refugees and disarmed soldiers, more than 57,000 of whom I fled and gathered in Xiaguan along the river, were captured by the Japanese army. He was imprisoned in Siwusuo Village under the Shogunate Mountain.As a result of being tortured for days, a group of them died of cold and starvation; on the night of the 18th, they were tied up, escorted to Caoxie Gorge, where they were shot with machine guns.The few injured but not dead were stabbed to death with bayonets; later they were set on fire and burned, and the remains were thrown into the river.At the time of grief, the direction of the butcher's knife stained the mountains and rivers with blood; how could the dead be so tortured?Wouldn't it be painful to recall this? !I set up this stele to express my sorrow.Leverage hard work to become stronger, and use capital to learn from the ages.

(This monument stands at the Shangyuan Gate on the edge of the Yangtze River) Monument (inscription) at the mass burial site of the deceased compatriots in Pude Temple In December 1937, the Nanjing Massacre by the Japanese invaders shocked the world.Zhongshan is fertile with blood, and Qinhuai River is red with water. More than 300,000 innocent compatriots of my country were unfortunately killed.Pude Temple is one of the burial places for the bones of my compatriots who died. The number of corpses buried here by the Nanjing Hongzi Society reached 9,721, so it is also called "mass grave".The date and burial records in the appendix are as follows:

1937 Two hundred and eighty were buried on December 22. On December 28, 6,468 people were buried. 1938 Four hundred and eighty-six were buried on January 30. One hundred and six were buried on February 23. Seven hundred and ninety-nine were buried on March 25. One thousand one hundred and seventy-seven were buried on April 14. Two hundred and sixteen were buried on May 26. Twenty-six were buried on June 30. Thirty-five were buried on July 31. Forty-eight were buried on August 31. Sixty-two were buried on October 30. This is the 40th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and it is specially enshrined in this stone to commemorate the dead.

(This monument stands on Gongqingtuan Road, Yuhuatai, south of the city) Monument to the Compatriots Victims at Jiangdong Gate (Inscription) On December 16, 1937, the Japanese army imprisoned more than 10,000 disarmed Chinese soldiers and civilians in the courtyard of the former army prison. Machine guns fired violently at the crowd, and the victims wailed and fell down in a pool of blood one after another.The corpses were strewn with pillows, and the roads were blocked until they covered the Jiangdong River, and they were exposed to the wind and sun for a long time.More than a few months later, due to the warm weather, more than 10,000 corpses were collected by Nanjing charity organizations and buried in two nearby earthen pits, so they were called "mass graves".This monument is erected to mourn the dead, encourage future generations, love the motherland, strive for strength, oppose aggressive wars, and maintain world peace.

(This monument stands in the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders) ... Today, there are more than 20 such massacre monuments in the city of Nanjing. The words on each piece are very concise, but they are like "tombs of ten thousand people" where the victims are buried. Everyone who stands in front of them and stares at these words Everyone's heart trembles, because it makes the most tragic scene in the history of mankind appear in front of us in an instant... We have reasons to make the words on the monument come alive, to always be at the forefront of real life, so that those who create crimes will not forget to atone for their sins and repent in the long river of history...