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Sadako Sasaki is a Japanese girl who lives near Sansha Bridge in Hiroshima, Japan. 1945 Hiroshima was only two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped. She was at home when the explosion happened, about 1 mile from the center of the explosion.

1954 1 1 month, she caught a cold, and a lump appeared behind her neck and ears, slowly moving towards her face. In 1955 1 month, purple spots began to appear on her legs. On February 8/kloc-0, 1955, she was diagnosed with leukemia. She was hospitalized on February 2 1, 1955, and she can only live for one year at most.

1On August 3rd, 955, Sadako saw a thousand origami cranes donated to the hospital by Nagoya people as a "rehabilitation" gift. Inspired by these cranes, she began to fold them herself. The Japanese say that the man who folds a thousand cranes can realize one wish. When she died, she lost 1 300 cranes.

A popular version of this story is that she failed to reach the goal of folding 1 1,000 cranes. Before her death, she only folded 644 cranes, and her friend finished 1 1,000 cranes and buried them with her.

Although she had enough free time to fold these paper cranes during her days in the hospital, she lacked paper. She'll wrap it in medicine and anything she can find. This includes going to other patients' rooms and asking for the paper in their rehabilitation gifts.

During her stay in hospital, her condition gradually deteriorated. In mid-October, her left leg was swollen and purple. After her family urged her to eat something, she asked for tea. When talking about this, she said, "This is good." These are her last words. Accompanied by her family, Zhenzi passed away on the morning of 19551October 25th.

Every day more cranes come to the memorial hall from children all over the world, hoping for peace. After her death, Sadako's friends and classmates published a series of letters to raise money to build a monument for her and all the children who died in the atomic bombing.

1958, the statue of Sadako holding a golden crane was unveiled in hiroshima peace memorial museum, also known as the original Baku dome. There is a square at the foot of the statue, which reads: "This is our cry." . This is our prayer. World peace

There is also a statue of her in Seattle Peace Park. Sadako has become the main symbol of the influence of nuclear war. Sadako is a heroine in the eyes of young girls. On the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, her story was told in some Japanese schools. In memory of her, people all over Japan celebrate August 15 as the annual Peace and Love Day.

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In recent years, the paper crane has become a symbol of international peace, because it is related to the story of a young Japanese girl named Sadako Sasaki, who was born in 1943. 1945 When the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, Sadako was two years old. As she grew older, Zhenzi became a strong, brave and athletic girl. 1955, at the age of 1 1, when she was practicing for a big competition, she suddenly felt dizzy and fell to the ground. Zhenzi was diagnosed with leukemia, that is, "atomic bomb" disease.

Sadako's best friend told her an old Japanese legend that anyone who folds a thousand paper cranes will realize a wish. Sadako hopes that the gods will satisfy her desire for recovery so that she can run again. She began to study paper cranes, and finished more than 1000 before 1955/kloc-0 died on October 25th.