The Imperial Palace of the Puppet Manchukuo covers an area of137,000 square meters. It was once the palace of Aisingiorro Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, as the puppet emperor of the Puppet Manchukuo, and it was the most typical historical witness of Japanese occupation of northeast China by force, attempt to split China and promote fascist colonial rule.
This once "imperial palace" has now become a patriotic education base that comprehensively displays the history of Japanese aggression against Northeast China. There are exhibitions such as "From Emperor to Citizen-Aisin Giorro Puyi's Life" and "Don't Forget" September 18th "-Historical Facts of Japanese Aggression against Northeast China", which receive more than 6,543,800 visitors every year.
On the eve of July 7th, soldiers, teachers and students from all walks of life from universities, primary and secondary schools in Changchun entered the Puppet Manchuria Palace Museum to participate in activities such as the theme exhibition of "Japan's invasion of China". Every July 7th Incident, September 18th Incident and other important anniversaries, related activities will be held here.
According to Jin Xudong, deputy director of Jilin Provincial Department of Culture, there are 1200 Japanese-related buildings in Jilin Province, most of which are located in Changchun City. Among them, the "Eight Departments" of the Puppet Manchukuo and the former sites of the Japanese Puppet Military and Political Institutions are well preserved and listed as national key cultural relics protection units.
The reporter learned from the cultural relics management department of Changchun that most of the buildings are used by government agencies, hospitals, schools and other institutions, except for a few buildings such as the former site of the Puppet Manchu Palace, which are used for exhibitions.
On both sides of Xinmin Street in Changchun, there are the former sites of "the State Council" and "Eight Major Departments" of the Puppet Manchukuo. Among them, the large-scale main building of "the State Council" in the Puppet Manchukuo was in the shape of "Wang", which reflected the Japanese ambition of dominating one country at that time. This building is now used by bethune medical school of Jilin University.
Li Lifu, director of the Puppet Manchuria Palace Museum, said that the existing Japanese and Puppet buildings are the epitome of the modern history of Northeast China. Seeing these buildings is like seeing a history of blood and tears full of grief and indignation. These architectural evidences can further reveal the sinister intentions of the Japanese invaders who attempted to colonize the Northeast and occupy the whole of China.
Wang Qingxiang, a researcher at Jilin Academy of Social Sciences, said that these Japanese and puppet buildings are a window for modern people to understand Japanese colonial rule in Northeast China. These criminal evidences are immovable, and the crimes they represent cannot be denied by anyone.
Because people's awareness of protection was not strong enough in the past, some Japanese and puppet buildings were destroyed or even demolished. Yin Huai, director of Jilin Provincial Archives, suggested that more Japanese and puppet buildings should be built into patriotic education bases, so that these immovable evidences can become the most powerful weapon to counter the Japanese right-wing forces' denial of history.