022 marks the 85th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre tragedy. On the occasion of the ninth Nanjing Massacre victims, the documentary "Remember" , jointly produced by the Propaganda Department of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Jiangsu Radio and Television Station, will be launched on the evening of December 13 on Jiangsu Satellite TV , Lychee News and other platforms.
Since 2014, as the host of National Memorial Day and the site of Nanjing Massacre, Jiangsu Radio and Television Corporation has successively launched a number of large-scale TV documentaries with the theme of Nanjing Massacre, including "1937 Nanjing Memory", "Nanjing Massacre in the Eyes of Foreigners", "Survivors - Witness Nanjing 1937" (first and second), "Sword of Justice - Declassified of the Post-War War Criminal Trial Archives", "Survivors Say", "Nanjing Sadness", "Dark Moments: We Are in Nanjing", etc.
The documentary "Remembering" launched this year has been updated again in the perspective. uses the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre of Japanese Invaders as the core narrative carrier for the first time. from the family festival of victims of the Nanjing Massacre to the Nanjing City Festival, and then to the National Public Memorial , to explore the practical significance and contemporary value of protecting and inheriting the historical memory of the Nanjing Massacre, and declares the firm position of the Chinese people to "remember history, not forget the past, cherish peace, and create the future."
National Memorial Ceremony Scene
When we look at history, history is also staring at us. Looking at the historical memories drawn by the blood, tears, humiliation and pain of the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre, what will people think of, remember, and leave behind? What does all this mean to today's world? The film leads the audience to witnesses, diggers, researchers, disseminators and ordinary visitors of the tragic memories of the Nanjing Massacre, and listen to their memory stories. opens the "Gate of Memory" from multiple angles such as memorial hall construction, exhibition design, key cultural relics, historical research and international communication, and national memorials. In the process of constantly engraving and polishing the historical memory of the Nanjing Massacre, remember history and call for peace.
National Memorial Cauldron
Since the first national memorial ceremony for victims of Nanjing Massacre in 2014 was held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Victims of the Japanese Invaders in Nanjing Massacre in the Japanese Invaders, the role of the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Japanese Invaders in Nanjing Massacre in the Ancient City of Nanjing Massacre in Nanjing has been further established and consolidated. Today, this place has become the center of research, exhibition, release and expression around the Nanjing Massacre all over the world, and is also one of the three major tragedies memorial halls during the World War II period.
The designer and architect of the first phase of the memorial hall Qikang , was born in 1931. In 1937, he was 6 years old and spent the Japanese plane bombing and escape. His father Qi Zhaochang stayed in Nanjing in 1937 and witnessed that painful history. He recalled that when he first went to the memorial hall, it was still a wasteland and there were no buildings around it. "As soon as the ground was dug, there were white bones, so I used 'life and death' to express it. 'life' is the lawn, 'death' is pebbles, there were dead trees in the middle, and mothers were looking for their children (statues). '
Qikang designed the landscape of the burial site of the victims
In 2005, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War , Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering He Jingtang , presided over the design of the second phase of the expansion of the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre of Japanese Invaders. The second phase of the project took more than two years, and the expanded new building covers nearly four times the area of the original one.
The main exhibition hall is located at the easternmost end and is a triangle inserted obliquely into the ground. He Jingtang's team retained the excavation site of the remains of 19 Nanjing Massacre victims discovered during the construction, and specially opened a skylight above it, naming it "The Sky Has Eyes".
Ho Jingtang designed the second phase main exhibition hall
On September 21, 2022, the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre of Japanese Invaders added a unique new work - a tree that can "sing". Visitors sit under the tree in four directions: east, west, south and north, and can hear four pieces of music with different themes.
Designer Professor of School of Architecture and Urban Planning of Nanjing University Lu Andong Reminiscing: "One day, I visited the meditation hall and looked north and saw the statue of the 'Victory Horn'; to the west, there is the statue of the Goddess of Peace; the purple gold grass slope in the south reflects the endless vitality of a nation. I think if the four scenery, four narratives and experiences can be brought together at one point and make it a hub of the entire museum, it will be friendly and grand."
Lu Andong's "singing" tree designed by
Zhou Feng, director of the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre of Japanese Invaders, former director Zhu Chengshan , former deputy director Duan Yueping, Vice President of Nanjing Normal University , and scholar of Nanjing Massacre History Research Zhang Lianhong , Dean of the School of History of Nanjing University, Zhang Sheng, scholar of Nanjing Massacre Research scholar, Wu Lieyan, professor of Nanjing Art Institute who participated in the design of public memorial cauldrons, and many other people with deep connections to the memorial halls all appeared in the film to tell memories of the memorial hall construction, exhibition design, national public memorials and other memories.
The film took a year from planning to broadcast. In order to present more vivid details, the film crew has been squatting at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre of Japanese Invaders in China for a long time to conduct documentary shooting. They interviewed dozens of witnesses and witnesses at home and abroad, collected a large number of precious archives and original images, and sorted and selected tens of thousands of visitors' messages in the past 37 years since the memorial hall was built. As an important narrative clue, connects the practical significance and contemporary value of the historical memory of the Nanjing Massacre from three levels: individual emotions, national memorials, and world memory heritage . film title "Remember", inspired by the most frequent comments from visitors. Chinese Calligraphers Association Chairman Sun Xiaoyun Specially wrote the title of the film.
"Don't forget", "remember", and "peace" are the highest frequency of message words
Chairman of the Chinese Calligraphers Association Sun Xiaoyun wrote the title for the film
This film will be broadcast on Jiangsu Satellite TV from November 13, 19:30, Jiangsu City Channel will be broadcast from 19:40, Jiangsu Education Channel and Jiangsu Public News Channel will be broadcast from 19:50, and both ends of Lizhi News and ISu Network will be launched simultaneously. inheritance memory, pray for peace, please watch!
