In Yunnan, when you walk into the Memorial Hall of the Mengzi Branch of Southwest Associated University, you can listen to the sound of reading under the cannon fire; today, let’s relive the lesson of patriotism in Yunnan.

brushing away the dust of the years

The pain of the nation We still remember

1931 "September 18th" incident that shocked China and the world , opened the prelude to the Chinese people's War of Resistance against Japan

China on the earth Memory of the Anti-Japanese War scattered

Every place

is concentrated story

embodies Chinese people ideals and beliefs

In Yunnan, when you walk into the memorial hall of the Mengzi Branch of Southwest Associated University, you can listen to the sound of reading under the cannon fire; when you come to the ruins of Songshan Battle of the Anti-Japanese War in western Longling County, Baoshan City, you can relive a period of passionate years, visit the General Luo Binghui Memorial Hall of Yiliang County, Zhaotong City, and remember the heroic deeds of revolutionary ancestors...

Patriotic heroes, historical events, and revolutionary spirits all show the magnificent century-old journey of the Chinese nation.

Let’s relive the lesson of patriotism in Yunnan today. At this special time node, let us take the mission and responsibility of history to visit these "resistance against Japan" in Yunnan, learn from history and create the future.

1. Southwest Associated University Mengzi Branch Memorial Hall

Southwest Associated University Mengzi Branch Memorial Hall is located in Nanhubei Road, Mengzi City, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. The five existing old sites of the school building are: the Gelushi Foreign Company, the Mengzi Customs Taxation Department, the French Consulate Office, the Zhou Family House, and the Wang Family House.

Southwest Associated University Mengzi Branch Memorial Hall

1938 to May 1946, Peking University , Tsinghua University , and Nankai University formed National Southwest United University (hereinafter referred to as Southwest Associated University ) due to the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan and moved to Kunming, Yunnan to run a school.

Southwest Associated University Mengzi Branch Memorial Hall

Southwest Associated University Mengzi Branch Memorial Hall

Southwest Associated University has cultivated many talents under extremely difficult conditions, made outstanding contributions to the country, and had a profound impact on the modern and contemporary development of Mengzi Branch . The memorial hall fully demonstrates the teachers and students of the United University of China's patriotism and their firm and strong belief in self-improvement.

2. The Songshan Battle Site in western Yunnan

Songshan Battle Site is located in Lameng Town, Longling County, Baoshan City, Yunnan Province. It is the main battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War in western Yunnan . It has now become one of the most complete battlefield sites preserved in World War II . Songshan stands on the west bank of Nujiang River and is a famous Yunnan-Burma Highway throat fortress.

Panoramic view of Songshan Hou Yunpeng Photographed by

The victory of Songshan Battle laid the foundation for opening up the Yunnan-Burma Highway and kicked off the Chinese Expeditionary Force's counterattack. The Battle of Songshan was the longest and largest battle in the entire western Yunnan War of Resistance Against Japan. Songshan also became the first piece of land that China successfully recovered in the War of Resistance Against Japan. Every inch of land here is permeated with the blood of the heroes.

Songshan Battle Site Zhu Changwei Photo by

Songshan Yin Lei Photo by

On the high grounds of Songshan, bunkers, trenches, bullet craters, etc. of the past can be seen everywhere. A few hundred meters south of the Songshan main peak height, there is a Chinese Expeditionary Force sculpture group that echoes the Songshan battlefield ruins. It is composed of 402 statues in 12 square arrays, including summer soldiers, autumn and winter soldiers, baby soldiers, artillery soldiers, kneeling shooting soldiers, etc., shaped at a ratio of 1:1.2 for real person size. The group portraits have complete military services, complete structure, realistic modes and magnificent momentum, which is extremely infectious and shocking.

3. General Luo Binghui Memorial Hall of Yiliang County

General Luo Binghui Memorial Hall of Yiliang County is located on the General Mountain on the west side of Yiliang County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Luo Binghui rushed to the front line of anti-Japanese war in central China. In 1938, Luo Binghui was appointed as the deputy commander of the First Detachment of the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui, fighting side by side with commander Chen Yi and attacking the Japanese army.After the Southern Anhui Incident, in order to crack down on the Japanese army's mobilization of the base, Luo Binghui formulated the "Plum Blossom Tactics" featuring ambush, entanglement, blocking, disrupting, annihilation and other contents, based on many years of experience in guerrilla warfare, and made an undeniable contribution to the Anti-Japanese War.

General Luo Binghui Memorial Hall of Yiliang County

General Luo Binghui Memorial Hall of Yiliang County

Memorial Hall is set up with 10 exhibition halls. The exhibition summarizes General Luo Binghui's lifelong achievements and outstanding command ability through a series of historical pictures, real objects, four-way combat scenes, short scene videos, etc., and summarizes General Luo Binghui's great achievements and outstanding command ability for the revolution, bravely and unyielding, fighting bloody battles, and turning to the north and south. It also demonstrates the general's upright character and personal charm.

4. Nanqiao Mechanical Worker Returns to China Anti-Japanese Memorial Park

Nanqiao Mechanical Worker Returns to China Anti-Japanese Memorial Park is located in a heroic small town in Ruili City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province.

Nanyang Mechanical Workers Return to China Anti-Japanese Memorial Park Photo by Wang Bin

938, the renovation of the Yunnan-Burma Highway made it the starting point for the important land route for transporting international materials to China, and it also became an important starting point for the epic of more than 3,000 Nanyang Chinese Mechanical Workers Return to China to China for the anti-Japanese heroes. In order to commemorate the innocent merits and patriotic feelings of the overseas Chinese in Nanyang who returned to China to fight against Japan, in 2015, Wancheng planned to build the Nanyang Overseas Chinese in Nanyang who returned to China to fight against Japan. This is the first memorial park in the country with the theme of commemorating the return of overseas Chinese in Nanyang who returned to China to fight against Japan.

Nanqiao Mechanical Worker Returns to China Anti-Japanese Memorial Park Photo by Wang Bin

Nanyang Overseas Chinese Mechanical Worker Returns to China Anti-Japanese Memorial Hall in the park takes the "lifeline of the Anti-Japanese War" on the Yunnan-Burma Highway where the Nanyang Overseas Chinese Mechanical Worker fought at that time as the main line. It treasures more than 500 related cultural relics and historical materials, more than 1,200 historical photos of the mechanics, 2 large-scale oil paintings, 5 scenes were reappeared, and more than 20,000 words were introduced, vividly showing the tragic history of Nanyang Overseas Chinese Mechanical Worker Returns to China for the Anti-Japanese War.

5. Guangnan Airport

Guangnan Airport is located in the eastern suburbs of Guangnan County, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. In early 1938, according to the needs of the war situation, my country decided to build an airport in Guangnan, which was completed within half a year. Therefore, it launched the assistance of migrant workers in four counties: Yanshan , Xichou , Qiubei , and Funing . Each county had at least 2,000 people. In addition to the number of migrant workers in Guangnan, a total of more than 10,000 or 20,000 people were put into labor. Finally, it was completed by the end of 1938, which can be regarded as a microcosm of the anti-Japanese war.

Guangnan Airport (photo taken in unknown time, collected by Lan Tianming)

941, Japanese invaders invaded Southeast Asian countries, and Japanese planes bombed cities of all sizes and big and small, and Guangnan City was also difficult to escape. The Japanese plane once flew over Guangnan City, dropped 12 bombs in a daze and flew away rampantly, causing heavy losses to some people in the county and panic. This scene angered the kind Guangnan people, who invested a lot of manpower and material resources to fully support and support the anti-Japanese front.

People build Guangnan Airport (photo taken in 1942, collected by Lan Tianming)

This year marks the 120th anniversary of the birth of "Storm Poet" from Guangnan. Unlike the people of Guangnan, Ke Zhongping, who returned to China to participate in the War of Resistance Against Japan after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Ke Zhongping, who used poetry and pen as guns, founded the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia People's Theater Troupe in northern Shaanxi, and gathered the masses' strength to fight against Japan through literary and artistic forms.

6. Lichaiba Ferry

Lichaiba Ferry ferry is located on the Nujiang River at the junction of Wama Township, Longyang District, Baoshan City, Yunnan Province and Shangjiang Town, Lushui City, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture. It is one of the ancient Nujiang Ferry ferries on the southern Silk Road of my country.

Lichaiba Ferry

1942, the Japanese army occupied Western Yunnan , killing hundreds of innocent people on the west bank, creating the "Lichaiba tragedy" that shocked China and the world, causing a stroke of blood stained red in history books.

Lichaiba Ferry

On the platform of the west bank of the ferry, on a brick and stone monument, the words "Monkey of Lichaiba Anti-Japanese Victims" engraved with history. This monument built to commemorate the compatriots who died in the tragedy are with the rolling Nujiang River water and with that indelible historical fact.

The memory of the War of Resistance Against Japan from east to west runs through the land of Yunling

Under the feelings of the country, there is not only the sweat and affection of the military and civilians in Yunnan

but also the blood and tears of people of all ethnic groups in fighting against Japan and saving the nation

Today, we will relive the patriotism with you.

The air defense alarm sounds, warning us not to forget the national humiliation and be prepared for danger in peace

Nujiang Media Center Mengzi Media Center Lushui Media Center

Longling County Media Center Yiliang County Media Center Guangnan County Media Center

joint production

special thanks

Dehong Prefecture Party Committee Propaganda Department

Nujiang Prefecture Party Committee Propaganda Department

Wenshan Prefecture Party Committee Propaganda Department

Mengzi Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau

Coordination: Sun Yuting

Planning: Zhao Jiaqi Lecheng Hongyun

Reporter: Zhang Shunyang Guan Yuanmin (internship) Han Yanhui (internship) Zhao Yunrui (internship)

Poster design: Wang Yuan Lu Minghua