HARBIN, April 21 (Xinhua) — For over 60 years, Song Jinhe, a resident of Jiamusi City in northeast China, has single-handedly waged a warfare in opposition to historic denialism and oblivion.
Song, 76, has collected and made public greater than 10,000 items of bodily proof left by Japanese invaders throughout their aggression in China.
Now housed in an exhibition corridor in Jiamusi, his assortment is a robust testomony to the atrocities dedicated by the Japanese throughout the interval. It covers a variety of supplies, together with a full set of geology and mineral distribution map of Manchuria, Japanese magazines whitewashing the warfare of aggression, and photographs documenting the brutal killings of Chinese troopers and civilians.
Among them, Song considers the “September 18 Combat Order” as one of the vital precious items of historic proof in his possession.
“This is ironclad proof that the Japanese invaders launched the September 18 Incident,” he stated, referring to the occasion marking the beginning of Japan’s invasion of China.
Song was born right into a poor household in northeast China in 1947. During childhood, he typically listened to wartime tales recounted by the aged.
In the early Nineteen Sixties, after coming throughout objects left by the Japanese invaders equivalent to damaged metal helmets and outdated bayonets, Song started to maintain maintain of them out of curiosity.
At college, in the meantime, he obtained historical past classes from lecturers and warfare veterans, who typically mentioned the Japanese military’s atrocities of burning, killing, looting and pillaging in China.
“It dawned on me that these items left by the Japanese invaders are criminal evidence. If not collected and well-preserved, they will be neglected over time,” Song recalled.
This thought prompted him to dedicate extra effort and time to gathering proof of warfare, which ultimately turned his life-long endeavor.
As a younger man, Song typically rode his bicycle to native thrift markets to seek for objects left by the invaders. During enterprise journeys, he would additionally go to native markets after ending his work.
As his assortment grew, Song turned extra well-known and well-connected on this circle. Many folks despatched Song their wartime objects to counterpoint his assortment.
In 2015, with the help of native authorities, Song put his assortment on show on the native exhibition corridor devoted to proof of Japanese aggression in China. The displays attracted numerous guests and realized his long-time want to flip his private assortment right into a public useful resource.
At the exhibition corridor, he provided shows on the displays. He additionally took objects from his assortment to lecture excursions in army bases, enterprises, faculties and communities. Over the years, he has given over 1,000 lectures to the general public.
To attain a wider viewers, Song additionally reside streamed shows on his assortment. Once, he taught a web based class to greater than 200,000 lecturers and college students in Jiamusi.
At the top of every lecture, Song would typically discuss his life-long mission.
“As long as there are people in Japan who deny the history of the war, I will never cease collecting evidence and exposing the truth of the history.”