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Xinhua News Agency, Shenyang, September 17, title: Preserving the memory of the cultural relics of “September 18”
Xinhua News Agency reporter Qin Fuliang
Students enrolled in the League, soldiers reviewed their enlistment oaths and the masses who admired the visit … “September 18” is approaching, although online appointments are required, “September 18” History Museum located northwest of the Liutiao Lake overpass in Shenyang is full of visitors.
History is the life of memory and cultural relics are the storage of memory. How to deal with that period of history and what kind of national memory should be inherited? In front of several important historical relics in the Museum of History “September 18”, the journalist interviewed tourists at random.
The dysfunctional stela of 18 meters high, 30 meters wide and 11 meters thick is the most conspicuous building in the square of the Museum of History “September 18”. Many groups who came to visit lined up to organize an oath in the face of the dysfunctional wake.
This huge stone sculpture, poured into concrete and veneered in granite, is in the shape of a broken open desk calendar, the left side is engraved with a brief history of the incident and the right side is the historical time of the incident.
The moment the residual historical monument is frozen, the Japanese Kwantung Army arbitrarily launched a large-scale armed attack on the Northeast Army Station of Beidaying and the city of Shenyang. Thereafter, the Chinese people launched the arduous 14-year war of resistance against Japan and paid the painful price of 35 million casualties.
“In front of the solemn and solemn monument, the oath can be more direct to the heart. Reviewing the oath on the monument, as if in front of the tens of millions of compatriots who suffered in those years. As a Chinese soldier in the new era, I feel the burden on my shoulders. It’s heavier, “said Liu Jian, a corporal in the North Theater who came with the troops to review the enlistment oath.
To the east of the square, in front of the main museum building, is the “Monument to the site of the explosion of the incident of September 18”, whose general shape is that of a bomb tail. This monument was erected by the Japanese army in 1938 to replace the wooden tablet they had made earlier. This stele was originally located not far from the east side of the wooden stele at the site of the railroad explosion.
The wooden splint is understood to have originated from “evidence” held by the Japanese military after the “September 18 Incident” with two alleged railway sleepers bombed to hide the truth. The stele was made by the Japanese army to show their achievements.
From hiding and manipulating the truth to extreme expansion to display militarism, the changes to the body of the stele have left a vivid and true record of history.
“The truth is precious and future generations need the truth to move on.” Before the “Memorial to the blasting of the September 18 incident,” university student Wang Le stayed for a long time. She said: “It is hard to imagine that war can distort people so much. For us, we need to understand the truth of history to appreciate and maintain peace more.”
In the exhibition area of the museum “Bloody rule of Japan in the Northeast”, in front of a “Massacre of Japanese puppets in Pingdingshan”, visitors Zhou Hua brought their 11-year-old son Zhou Qihang to read it carefully.
On September 16, 1932, the Japanese and the puppet massacred more than 400 households and 3,000 residents in Pingdingshan village, Fushun, under the charge of “passing bandits”, prompting the gruesome Pingdingshan massacre.
“How much our compatriots suffered back then. Bring the child to see him today so he knows the history and understands how difficult it is to live a stable life today,” said Zhou Hua.
On one side of the Zanli Stele square, there are two pillars erected.
One is the monument against aggression given to the Museum of History “September 18” by the History of the Invasion of China from Japan. On its black marble tablet, it is written in yellow letters: “Anti-hegemony, against war, against aggression. Time for invasion. On the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the Chinese War, peace-loving Japanese and pacifists build a memorial. “
The other is a column of prayer for peace dedicated to the Museum of History “September 18” by Japanese anti-war activists. The pillar is engraved with “We wish peace for humanity in the world.”
These two stelae are the last exhibition area of the museum and the theme is that the people of China and Japan hope for peace with history as a mirror.
Also in the museum is a bronze sculpture donated spontaneously by Japanese war orphans from 1450. In the sculpture, a Chinese peasant couple lovingly leads a Japanese child. “Thank you Chinese adoptive parents” is written on the tablet.
“After seeing the exhibition, we understand better that the peaceful development of the two countries should be kept together. Only by facing history can we move forward,” said Sun Mo, a young crowd who came to visit us.
