China News Service, Nanjing, December 29th (Reporter Yang Yanci and Zhu Xiaoying) The reporter learned from the Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders on the evening of the 29th that Chang Zhiqiang, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, died on December 29, 2022 at the age of 94. .

There are only 50 surviving survivors registered by Nanjing Aid Association for the Victims of the Japanese Invasion of China.

　　According to Chang Zhiqiang’s memories before his death, after the fall of Nanjing, Chang Zhiqiang, who was only 9 years old, watched his parents and four younger brothers were killed by the Japanese army’s butcher knife. From the darling of a large family to an orphan.

The trauma of the Nanjing Massacre ran through his life, and he survived tenaciously, and he was still trying to tell history in his later years.

He said: "I want to live, and my parents in the sky must hope so too!"

　　In the Sculpture Square of the Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders, there is a group of statues. The baby is lying on the body of the mother who died and sucked the last drop of milk. Two meters away from the mother, another boy who is slightly older is sitting on the ground and crying... It is based on Chang Zhiqiang's mother and younger brother, the little boy sitting on the side crying is Chang Zhiqiang who was only 9 years old.

　　After growing up, Chang Zhiqiang's youngest daughter, Chang Xiaomei, learned the true face of this period of history from her father, and she suddenly realized the pain and tenacity of her father.

"The more my father told me about it, the more detailed the scenes he experienced were presented before my eyes. It turned out that there was a huge pain hidden in my father's heart, and it was this pain that made him always vigilant against everyone. Including my own family."

　　Chang Xiaomei feels that she has the responsibility and obligation to pass on this family memory.

She was determined to compile her father's dictation into a book.

　　In 2019, she compiled her father's "micro-history" into "The Life History of Nanjing Massacre Survivor Chang Zhiqiang" and published it, which has been published in Chinese, English and Japanese.

　　In the preface to "The Life History of Chang Zhiqiang, a Survivor of the Nanjing Massacre", Chang Xiaomei wrote: As a descendant of a survivor, I have the obligation to pass on this family memory and record the impact of that war against humanity on the Chinese nation. Shame and pain.

As a son and daughter of the Chinese nation, I am more obliged to inherit this national memory... I hope to arouse more people, not to forget that period of history due to the long time, remember the shame and suffering of the past, and shoulder the important task of building the country.

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