Ma Ying-jeou went to the Qinglugou Bridge in Taiwan to listen to the history of the Anti-Japanese War and hoped that future generations would revitalize China.

　　China News Service, Beijing, April 9th: Ma Ying-jeou went to the Qinglugou Bridge in Taiwan to listen to the history of those who experienced the Anti-Japanese War and hoped that future generations would revitalize China.

　　Author Zhu He Wang Shibo

　　"Welcome young friends, I am 93 years old this year, and I was under 7 years old when the July 7th Incident... I often talk about this history with young people on the bridge. Remembering history is not to perpetuate hatred, but for us Chinese , the Chinese nation must be rejuvenated. You go back and tell your Taiwan compatriots to come home and have a look, to see the Marco Polo Bridge, we welcome you!"

On April 8, Ma Ying-jeou, former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang (front row, first from right) and Taiwanese youths came to Marco Polo Bridge to listen to the history of the 93-year-old Zheng Fulai, an eyewitness of the July 7th Incident. Photo by Zhong Xin

　　On April 8, standing on the Marco Polo Bridge in Beijing, Zheng Fulai, a witness of the July 7th Incident in 1937 and living in Wanping City, recalled the history of that year to former Chinese Kuomintang Chairman Ma Ying-jeou and Taiwanese youth who were visiting Beijing. Ma Ying-jeou listened carefully to Mr. Zheng's explanation and echoed from time to time. The two held hands tightly, and the young Taiwanese students behind him were also a little moved.

　　"Today I went to the site of the July 7th Incident and walked across the bridge in person. I saw the uneven traces of ruts in the middle of the bridge, the stone lions that existed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and even earlier, and the inscriptions inscribed by Emperor Qianlong. The 'Lugou Xiaoyue' monument allows us to truly return to the source of history and recall past historical events." said Hsu Chia-yun from Taiwan Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University.

　　On the same day, Ma Ying-jeou and his delegation also visited the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall located by the Marco Polo Bridge. Among them, many cultural relics in the "Taiwan Compatriots' Anti-Japanese History Exhibition" were donated free of charge by non-governmental organizations such as the Taiwan Anti-Japanese Comrades Relatives Association. According to the exhibition, in 1895, Japanese imperialism forcibly occupied Taiwan through a war of aggression and implemented brutal colonial rule. Hundreds of thousands of Taiwan compatriots lost their lives in the fifty-year anti-Japanese struggle.

On April 8, Ma Ying-jeou, former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang, and Taiwanese youths visited the Chinese People’s Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall beside Marco Polo Bridge. Photo by Zhong Xin

　　"Three million compatriots in Taiwan who have just awakened, who will lead Mr. Wei? Who else but me should share in the unfinished business of the motherland in the past forty years!" In the exhibition, there is an elegiac couplet by Hong Yanqiu, a Taiwanese student at Peking University, and others, which was written to commemorate the death of Sun Yat-sen. . Ma Ying-jeou looked at it and was a little moved: "This is the best title among Mr. Sun Yat-sen's elegiac couplets."

　　The commentator also introduced that the Cairo Declaration signed in 1943 clearly stated that the territories stolen by Japan from China, such as the four Northeastern provinces, Taiwan, and the Penghu Islands, would be returned to China. "Some people say that it is not a treaty, but just a historical document. They are people who have no common sense of international law. Of course it is a treaty." Ma Ying-jeou said, because it also appears in the treaty collections of Japan, the United States and the United Nations, "This is something that cannot be ignored." dropped".

　　Xu Jiayun was also deeply impressed by the exhibits related to the Nanjing Massacre. "Many war reporters took photos of that time. When I saw the scenes of soldiers dying and people being massacred, I shed tears," she said. We must not forget history. a painful lesson.

　　"Today I saw the place where the Marco Polo Bridge Incident took place in 1937, and I was filled with emotion." Ma Ying-jeou told the media after the visit that he agreed with what Mr. Zheng Fulai said that history is a mirror. We must tell our descendants that we commemorate The war of resistance is not to perpetuate hatred, but to learn lessons, become self-reliant and revitalize China.

　　Ma Ying-jeou said that people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait were bullied and persecuted by Japanese warlords and suffered heavy casualties, whether in mainland China or Taiwan. Although our side was backward in equipment and training, lacked strength, and was obviously at a disadvantage, we were united and fought bloody battles, and finally successfully resisted the foreign aggression. "These indomitable, heroic and heroic deeds back then are still exciting and awe-inspiring when we look back 87 years later."

　　He said that the purpose of commemorating the "July 7th Incident", commemorating the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and Taiwan's liberation is to express gratitude for the sacrifices of the martyrs. As descendants of Yan and Huang, we must learn to resolve disputes peacefully and seek happiness and peace for mankind. "I hope young people will remember this." (over)