(Peace watcher who travels through time and space) Ge Daorong, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre: As long as I can move, I must stand up and talk about this history
Editor's note: The Nanjing Massacre by Japanese invaders in 1937 is a dark page in human history.
84 years have passed, and the truth of history will not be concealed by time. Mankind’s belief in and perseverance in peace is like a kind of fire that travels through time and space, crossing regions and passing on from generation to generation.
No matter where they are in the world, no matter how old they are, they turn the belief in passing the fire of peace into action, and turn their hope for peace into a watch. They are peace watchers who travel through time and space.
China News Service, Nanjing, December 7 (Reporter Zhu Xiaoying) From a psychological point of view, people seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.
As the dust settles in the past, it is a normal reaction for many people to avoid talking about things that cause major physical and mental harm.
But there is such a group of elderly people who have experienced the war. They have told over and over again the pain of their homes destroyed and displaced during the war. Their strong expectations for peace exceed all.
These old people are the survivors of the Nanjing Massacre.
"I am old, but as long as I can move, I must stand up and tell this history. Japan does not recognize the Nanjing Massacre one day, and I will tell the young people about my own experience over and over again." A few days ago, Nanjing University Massacre survivor Ge Daorong said in an interview with reporters at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders.
Ge Daorong, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, said in his memories of the past: "The war is miserable, and there is a happy family if there is a country." Photo by Yang Bo
Ge Daorong, who was born in 1927, is now over ninety years old and has many descendants.
On December 13, 1937, Japanese invaders invaded China brutally invaded Nanjing, causing the tragic Nanjing Massacre.
He was still 10 years old that year. His uncle and two uncles were brutally killed by Japanese invaders in the Nanjing Massacre. His right leg was stabbed with a bayonet by Japanese soldiers, leaving permanent scars.
"The names of the three relatives in my family were engraved on the'Wailing Wall' (the wall of the list of victims of the Nanjing Massacre in the Memorial Hall of the Japanese Invaders in the Nanjing Massacre)." Whenever he thinks of this past, the old man Ge Daorong feels hard to calm down. .
The old man recounted that in 1937, his family lived at No. 22 Guanjiaqiao, Xinjiekou, Nanjing.
After the Japanese army invaded Nanjing, his uncle Ge Zhispacey was killed by three Japanese soldiers in his home at No.2 Gaojia Pub on Huaqiao Road. His uncle Pan Zhaoxiang took the luggage to Xiaguan and was killed by the Japanese soldiers who attacked the city; His uncle Wang Junsheng was killed by the invading Japanese army on the coal port construction site, and his bones are hard to find.
"My uncle went to (Nanjing) to buy miscellaneous grains at the time. On the way back, the city gate was closed tightly and was massacred in Xiaguan by Japanese soldiers. At that time, I was 10 years old and I went with my mother to look for corpses. , Men and women, old and young, arrogant. Mother cried and shouted,'Brother, where are you...'" the old man recalled.
Since then, Ge Daorong's family suffered heavy losses.
His father passed away early, and his mother brought needles and threads to repair shoes and clothes for coachmen to "stitch the poor" (in the old days it meant that poor women sewed clothes on behalf of others to make a living). Starvation was commonplace.
After his uncle was killed, his aunt was seriously ill, skinny, no labor at home, and two children left, living a life of hunger and cold.
"The status quo of my family's life didn't change completely until after the founding of New China. Later, I got married and had children and got married," said the old man.
The old man told reporters that he often said to his four sons: "War is miserable. Only a country can make a happy home." For this reason, he has been writing and producing a special "heirloom" for many years: the Nanjing Massacre. He has personally experienced records of events and historical data about the Nanjing Massacre that he has collected and sorted out over the past few decades.
He said that he had no wealth to leave to his children and grandchildren, and this "heirloom" would be passed on from generation to generation in the Ge family.
He also tried his best, insisted on participating in various testimony activities, and told more people about this painful family memory.
"China is no longer the China of the past. Chinese people have risen, become rich, and become strong. National rejuvenation and a strong country will depend on young people in the future." The old man said, hoping that everyone can learn from history, and young people will do it. Study hard and work hard to build the country stronger and protect the precious peace.
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