Remembering History and Honoring the Martyrs—Party Members of Our Institute Visit the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall
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发布时间：2015-07-28 09:00
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, in order to further consolidate the achievements of the Party’s mass-line education and practice campaign and comprehensively advance all aspects of the Design Institute’s development to a new level, the Party Committee of Shanghai Municipal Housing Design Institute Co., Ltd. organized a visit for all Party members and a select group of prospective Party members to the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in Nanjing from July 26 to 27, 2015.
When a delegation of more than 50 Party members from the design institute arrived in Nanjing, the ancient capital of six dynasties, they bypassed the bustling and vibrant Confucius Temple, the symbol of power—the Presidential Palace—and the revered Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum. Instead, they made a solemn visit to the Yuhuatai Martyrs’ Cemetery and the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders at Jiangdongmen in Nanjing, paying their respects to the 300,000 compatriots who perished during that horrific tragedy.
The memorial hall’s floor is entirely paved with pebbles, bare and desolate, exuding a bleak, decaying atmosphere that evokes a profound sense of sorrow. Directly opposite the entrance stands a colossal sculpture inscribed with the words “Nanjing Massacre Memorial Monument,” immediately commanding attention and stirring a deep feeling of melancholy. In the distance, a massive hanging bell stands in solemn silence; some call it the “Peace Bell,” symbolizing peace, but to us it seems more like a warning bell—reminding our nation that backwardness invites aggression and weakness invites oppression.
As we step inside the memorial hall, the light is dim and gloomy, casting everything in an eerie, ghostly darkness—just as it was on December 13, 1937, when the unimaginably brutal Nanjing Massacre took place. Seventy years later, standing here, it feels as though we can still smell the acrid, blood-soaked stench of slaughter in the air. The photographs displayed throughout the hall mostly depict the Japanese army’s unspeakable atrocities.
“Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.” For a nation to be truly strong, it must have a robust military and national defense as its foundation; otherwise, talk of peace and development is nothing but empty rhetoric. Without cutting-edge defense technology, economic development is like a tree without roots or water without a source.
“History may be forgiven, but it must never be forgotten.” Yet we must not dwell endlessly in historical resentment and feeble, hollow cries; rather, we must remain grounded in reality and make our due contribution to the development of socialism in China!
A grievous national humiliation, a chapter of bloody history, a massacre that utterly defied humanity, and a memory that will never be forgotten…
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