NANJING, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) — The folks of Nanjing noticed a second of silence, and sirens had been heard throughout the town as China held a memorial ceremony on Wednesday to mourn the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre.
Despite the winter chill, 1000’s of individuals, wearing darkish apparel, attended the tenth nationwide memorial ceremony for the victims in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu Province, with white flowers pinned to their chests.
China’s nationwide flag was flown at half-mast in entrance of the gang, which included bloodbath survivors, native college students and overseas pals.
At 10:01 a.m., sirens started to blare. Drivers within the downtown space stopped their automobiles and honked, whereas pedestrians paused for a second of silence in remembrance of the victims.
More than 80 younger folks learn aloud a declaration of peace, and citizen representatives struck the Bell of Peace. White doves, symbolizing hope for peace, had been launched to fly over the sq. of the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders.
In 2014, China’s high legislature designated Dec. 13 because the nationwide memorial day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre, which happened when Japanese troops captured the town on Dec. 13, 1937. The Japanese invaders brutally killed roughly 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed troopers in over six weeks, marking one of the crucial barbaric episodes of World War II.
As of this yr, the variety of registered Nanjing Massacre survivors has dwindled to simply 38.