Nanjing Massacre

December 13, 2017, marked the 80th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre, a rare tragedy in human history perpetrated by the Japanese aggressors. Eighty years ago, on December 13, 1937, Nanjing fell. The invading Japanese troops, with their sense of superiority as occupiers, brutally massacred over 300,000 Chinese defenders and ordinary citizens who had already laid down their weapons in the following weeks, leaving an indelible wound in the hearts of the Chinese people and in the history of the Chinese nation. In the spring of 2014, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China made a decision to establish December 13th, the day when the Japanese invaders began the Nanjing Massacre, as the 'National Memorial Day.' This is a painful choice and a memory that is deeply ingrained in our hearts, giving us a new sense of national consciousness. To be honest, I am not a researcher on war crimes, but in the long days past, I have been immersed in the vast amount of historical materials and artifacts left by the Japanese aggression against China. I often feel suffocated because it is too heavy and tragic, and it must be remembered by all.