In the early days of liberation, a mass grave full of white bones was excavated in Fengtoutan, Wutong, Xiamen. The whole scene is shocking, and it is hard evidence of the brutal crimes of the Japanese army.
The historical background of the Japanese invasion of Xiamen: 1938, 10 In May, after the Japanese landed in Wu Tong, Xiamen, they massacred villagers, causing a series of tragedies in Xiamen.
1937, 10 At the end of the year, Jinmen, which is closely related to Xiamen, was captured by the Japanese army.
Late at night on May 9th, 1938, the Japanese fleet quietly assembled off Pukou, Wu Tong.
1938 May 10 At 3: 00 am, the Japanese army boarded the shoal by landing craft, and more than 80 people from the 9 th Company of the 3 rd Regiment of the 75 th Division of the Kuomintang garrison rushed to help, all of whom died heroically in the fierce battle.
In the early morning of May 1938 and 10, the Japanese air force bombed the garrison positions in Wu Tong, Jinni, Bian Xia and Xiangshan in Xiamen. On the first day of the Japanese landing, 95 unarmed civilians were killed in one place alone.
On May 1938, 1 1, the Japanese Marine Corps went door-to-door to search anti-Japanese soldiers in Jinni, Xiamen.
On May 1938, 1 1 day, some Japanese troops entered the urban area, and the defenders of Xiamen and the landing Japanese troops fought fiercely in Lianban and Shuangxin.
On May 1938 and 12, 1500 Japanese troops landed and occupied the city one after another. That night, Xiamen defenders withdrew to the mainland.
1938, 13 In May, after four days of bloody battles between the military and civilians in Xiamen, the whole island of Xiamen fell.
Cruel War: During the three days of defending Xiamen, three or four thousand people were killed or injured in the war, and more than 800 people in 445 regiments were killed, leaving less than half. Xiamen security team and battery defenders were all martyred. Among them, the defenders killed or injured about 500 Japanese troops.
During the war, a large number of citizens in Xiamen Island fled. The original population of 6.5438+0.8 million was only about 6.5438+0.3 million when it fell.
Introduction of the "Mass Pit" Monument in Wu Tong, Xiamen Location: the top of the mountain on the right side of the south entrance of Wu Tong Lighthouse Park.
Completion time of the monument: 20 12. The sculpture of the monument fell into dust.
Monument scale: Monument 1.9 meters (excluding pedestal), with a platform area of 38 square meters. There are 10 steps on both sides of the platform and 5 steps on one side, which means 1938 May 10.
The monument is located in the center of the platform, and the base of the monument is carved with a mass grave relief, which truly reproduces the terrible deeds of the Japanese army that year.
The monument is engraved with the following words: 1938.5. 10, the eight-year history of the Anti-Japanese War, a bloody page in Xiamen. In the early morning of May 1938, Japanese invaders invaded Xiamen and landed at Pukou Beach from Jinni, Wu Tong Village. Our soldiers and civilians fought to the death for three days, but their troops were in a hurry. May 13, Xiamen fell. Since then, the Japanese invaders have ravaged Kashima for more than seven years, and the people are hungry and cold, bearing the burden of humiliation. During this period, patriots and innocent citizens were killed, and their bodies were filled in "mass graves" on the beach, with many bones. The atrocities of the Japanese invaders destroyed human nature, and the crime of aggression against China was irrefutable evidence. Family hatred and national hatred, never forget; History is painful, so my heart is clear: I am determined to revive the nation and pursue world peace; The country does not humiliate foreign countries, the people are wise and the people are prosperous.
Remarks: The main sculpture of "Mass Pit" in Wu Tong is located at 43 northeast, with a linear distance of about 400 meters.
Feelings: This inscription describes the real historical process of Xiamen being occupied by the Japanese army, restores the origin of mass graves and records the terrible crimes that have happened here.
The right half of the front of the first stone carving is a paragraph "engraved in my heart forever". The full text of the inscription is: "Never forget"! In 2005, in order to commemorate the 60th anniversary of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, Xiamen Evening News launched a survey to find the victims of the Anti-Japanese War in Xiamen, and published a list of some confirmed victims. Subsequently, Xiamen Evening News responded to the reader's voice and issued an initiative to build a memorial sculpture for the victims of the Anti-Japanese War in Xiamen, and the citizens enthusiastically donated money.
20 1 1 At the end of the year, the memorial sculpture of the victims of the anti-Japanese war in Xiamen was located in Lighthouse Park, which is adjacent to the landing point of the Japanese invasion of China in Xiamen and the "mass grave" where the bones of the soldiers and civilians killed in Xiamen were abandoned, and is connected with Wutong Ancient Ferry in Xiamen.
September 3, 20 12, the anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the sculpture was completed and named "Yongming Heart". Xiong Yi mountains and seas, the photos before and after the fire, are boundless, and the sun and the moon compete for glory. The list of confirmed victims in Xiamen is here. What is discovered in the future will also be engraved one after another to show that it will never forget.
The construction fund of the memorial sculpture mainly comes from citizens' donations and interest of nearly 800,000 yuan. It is entrusted to Xiamen Red Cross Society as the owner, designed and constructed by Xiamen Han Zhuo Road and Bridge Landscape Art Co., Ltd., and supervised by Wuyuanwan District Development and Construction Headquarters.
List of victims in Xiamen during the Anti-Japanese War: On the back of the first stone carving, as well as on the front and back of the other three stone carvings, the names and causes of death of some victims are engraved, and the crimes committed by the brutal Japanese army are vivid.
It is mentioned in the Inscription that from 2005, when Xiamen Evening News initiated the investigation of the victims of the Anti-Japanese War in Xiamen to the completion of the sculpture of the 20 12 monument, 3 19 victims have been identified. After more than ten years of perseverance, 865 people were newly identified as victims of the Anti-Japanese War. The list is engraved on the tablet, facing the sea and the wind whistling.
According to incomplete statistics, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians were killed, resisted and killed by innocent people during the fall of Xiamen. In the bonfire years, my life was like an ant, making a mess and losing my books. It's hard to be completely destroyed by my name, and now I'll carve it again, just mourning for it.
Unfortunately, the original site of the mass grave, 400 meters away from the mass grave monument in Wu Tong, has not been protected. Unfortunately, the original site of the mass grave tragedy was not protected at that time.
History is painful. We should remember that Xiamen is a prosperous city, a coastal special economic zone in China and a popular coastal tourist city in China. Xiamen is also trying to remember this history, reminding future generations to be alert and not forgetting national humiliation.
1, every May in Xiamen 10, the city's air defense warning is tried.
Since 2002, Xiamen has conducted a city-wide air defense warning test every May 10. Commemorating the fall of Xiamen in May 1938. Air defense alarm is divided into three signals: early warning, air raid alarm and disarming alarm.
The warning signal will be issued at 15:00: sound for 36 seconds, stop for 24 seconds, and repeat for three times.
15: 10, the air raid alarm signal will sound for 6 seconds, stop for 6 seconds, and repeat 15 times.
15:20 alarm signal: a long tone, ringing continuously for 3 minutes.
2. Xingyayuan (unclassified immovable cultural relics in Xiamen)
Xingyayuan is located at No.42, Xintian Road, Siming District, Xiamen. The foreign building was built by Huang Zhencheng, an overseas Chinese in the Philippines, in the 1930s. Xiamen was occupied during the Japanese occupation. The Xiamen Liaison Department of Xingyayuan, as the highest ruling institution of the Japanese army in Xiamen, was established by the Japanese cabinet in response to the invasion of China.
3, Xiamen Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery (National Key Martyrs Memorial Building Protection Unit)
Xiamen Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery was completed on June1954+1October 17, the fifth anniversary of Xiamen's liberation. The cemetery covers an area of more than 20,000 square meters, including seven major buildings. Among them, the remains of 1034 martyrs who died in the liberation of Xiamen were buried in the martyrs cemetery.
History always reminds us: don't forget national humiliation. In China in 20 19, all people lived a peaceful and stable life. The world is not peaceful, but we are fortunate to live in a peaceful country.
Thank the martyrs for their bloody sacrifices and the prosperity of the motherland. Remember history and national humiliation.