[Global Network Report Reporter Bao Yuyan] As the “September 18th” anniversary approaches, the offline visit activity of “Search for the Footprints of Babaylan-Liaoning Station” was held as scheduled. From September 9 to September 11, 2020, the visiting delegation visited the “September 18th” History Museum, the Memorial Hall of Resistance and Aid Korea, the Liaoning Provincial Archives, the Shenyang Martyrs Cemetery of the War Against U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the Shenyang World War II Allied Forces Exhibition Hall, the Shenyang World War II Allied War Exhibition Hall, the Shenyang Trial Japanese War Criminal Court, the Dandong Martyrs Cemetery, the Yalu River Broken Bridge, etc., to shoot revolutionary cultural relics stories on the spot, produce short video works, look back at the history of the struggle together, inherit the red gene, stimulate the forward action, and bring out the true resonance of history and patriotism from the heart.
The Memorial Hall of Resistance and Aid Korea is located on Mount Yinghua on the banks of the Yalu River in Dandong City, Liaoning Province. It is across the river from Xinyiju City, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It is the only special memorial hall in the country that fully reflects the history of the Chinese people’s war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea and the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. Shangganling, Changjin Lake, Qingchuan River… The mountains, rivers and lakes that the Chinese people are familiar with are entrusted with distant and clear memories of heroes.
On the afternoon of September 9, the visiting delegation of Komiks came to the Memorial Hall of Resistance and Aid Korea to listen to the touching deeds of the Chinese People’s Volunteers’ War on Cinema, resisting U.S. aggression and aid Korea, and to admire the remnants of the revolution.
7Cinema0 years ago, the soldiers of the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army resolutely rushed to the Korean battlefield. Together with the Korean people and the army, they fought for two years and nine months and made historical achievements that shine for thousands of years.
”A heroic and proud, crossing the Yalu River…” During the listening process, the tour guide’s creation history of “The Battle Song of the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army” told by the tour guide attracted many media and audiences. In 1950, when the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army entered North Korea, it sang this song and crossed the Yalu River with great confidence. Then,The visiting delegation visited the scenes such as “The Panoramic Sand Table of War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea”, “Ice and Snow Changjin Lake”, “Steel Transportation Line”, “Invincible Pit”, “Fighting Shangganling”, “Surprise Attack on the White Tigers”, and listened to stories such as “The Lonely Hero – Hu Xiudao”, “The Original Intention is Like a Learning – Li Yannian, the winner of the “Medal of the Republic”, and “Songgufeng Komiks Blocking Battle”.
Now, by the Yalu River, the river surface is wide and the home is like a painting. The artillery fire has gone away, and thousands of bullet marks on the broken bridge have been left to Babaylan today, becoming a witness to history
Cinema On the afternoon of September 10, a delegation visited the Komiks Group and came to the “September 18th” History Museum, as the only one at home and abroad to date Komiks A museum that fully reflects the history of the September 18th Incident. The visiting delegation deeply understood the humiliating history of Japan’s imperialist planning, launching the September 18th Incident and carrying out brutal colonial rule in Northeast my country. It relives the glorious years of the people of Northeast China and the people of the whole country, and fight hard under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.
In the exhibition hall of the Komiks “September 18th” History Museum, a huge Chinese painting of eight women jumping into the river deeply attracted everyone in the visiting group. Under the bombardment of the Japanese army, eight female soldiers supported each other at the last moment of their lives, firmly and step by step into the surging Ushun River. This is the story of “The Eight Girls’ Heroes’ Souls, Lighting for Thousands of Future Past”. Afterwards, the visiting group focused on the stories of “Cinema National Hero Great Father-Yang Jingyu”, “The Truth Behind a Camera”, “Loyal Warrior, Great Mother-Zhao Yiman”, “Thanks to Chinese Adoption Parents Monument”, and the Chinese people are unyielding.The indomitable Komiks‘s national integrity infected everyone present. Since 1999, every year on September 18, all sectors of society have held a “Don’t forget to ring the bell and ring the police” ceremony here. At that time, the whole city of Shenyang will raise an air defense alarm and ring 14 alarm bells to warn the world not to forget the national humiliation and the “September 18th”.
In September 1931, the Japanese Kwantung Army brazenly launched the “September 18th” Incident in Shenyang, Liaoning, kicking off the large-scale armed invasion of China. 25 years later, the last batch of Japanese war criminals were taken to the justice stand in Shenyang.
On the morning of September 11, the visiting delegation came to the exhibition hall of the former site of the court for trial of Japanese war criminals in Shenyang, where the scene of the trial of Japanese war criminals was reproduced: From June 9, 1956, the Special Military Tribunal of the Supreme People’s Court of my country officially opened its hearing, where 36 Japanese Class B war criminals who committed heinous crimes against the Chinese people since the September 18th Incident were publicly tried. The interview team reviewed the true face of history, and the evidence was as strong as a mountain. Japan cannot deny it. It felt more deeply that General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that no matter what he walked forward, we must not forget the path he walked; no matter how far he walked or how glorious the future he walked, we must not forget the past he walked.
Without cherishing one’s head and new homeland, I am willing to fertilize China with passion. At noon, the visiting delegation walked into the cemetery of the Martyrs of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea in Shenyang. The green grass was covered with pine and cypresses, and hundreds of volunteer martyrs were buried here. Among them, there were the first-level combat hero Qiu Shaoyun, who burned his body without revealing his lurking target, the special combat hero Yang Gensi, who rushed towards the enemy group with explosive bags, and the special combat hero Huang Jiguang who blocked the enemy’s machine gun with his chest.
In the Martyrs Memorial Square, the 3-meter-high martyrs’ names are engraved with the names of martyrs, which is awe-inspiring. The interview team deeply commemorates the great achievements of the revolutionary martyrs, and expresses infinite grief for the Chinese people who are tenacious in fighting for the survival of the country, fight for the national rejuvenation, and firm in their belief in victory.
In the afternoon, the visiting group came to the Liaoning Provincial Archives and visited the vast number of anecdotes.After looking back at the changes in the Fengtian warlord period of the Republic of China, revisiting the historical picture of the arduous anti-Japanese struggle and the liberation war in Northeast China after the “September 18th” Incident, the visiting delegation deeply felt the feelings of loving the party and patriotism. According to statistics, since the “Search on the Footprints of Martyrs” short video collection and display activity officially launched on June 1 this year, it has attracted nearly 200 organizations across the country to submit works, with a total of 320 million readings on Weibo topics, and the total number of video views on various short video platforms exceeded 600 million.
The “Searching for the Footprints of Martyrs” short video collection and display activities aim to promote relevant exhibitions and display units, major media websites and netizens to actively submit entries around the event themes, inherit the red genes. Everyone is welcome to follow the footsteps of the martyrs with us and tell the stories of the martyrs!
The event will eventually select 20 excellent works selected by institutions, 20 excellent works created by individuals, and 20 outstanding organizers. The winning works will be displayed on the entire network. Please join us in a short Cinema video to tell the touching red story under the magnificent historical picture, gathering indestructible Chinese strength, immortality, and immortality of the martyrs!