The Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders is located in Nanjing s Shuiximen Street, once a burial place for victims massacred in Jiangdongmen by Japanese invaders. As a monument to those victims Nanjing Municipal People s Government built this memorial hall in 1985, and then extended it in 1995.
This memorial hall occupies an area of 30,000 square meters, with a building area of 5,000 square meters. The buildings in the Memorial Hall were built with gray marble. A magnificent and solemn exhibition hall in memory of what is often called the Rape of Nanjing, combining historical data, cultural relics, buildings, statues, and films together.
On the left side of the entrance of the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders, is an inscription by Deng Xiaoping, the President of the People s Republic of China at the time of the building s construction. The inscription gives the name of this memorial hall, which is divided into three major sections; Outdoor exhibitions, exhibition of victims skeletal remains and the exhibition hall of historical documents.
The outdoor exhibitions consist of a memorial square, in which a stone cross stands, inscribed with the date that the Nanjing massacre happened. This area also contains abstract sculptures of the 300,000 fallen victims . In the eulogizing square, there is a memorial carved with the name of the memorial hall and a tablet carved with 300,000 victims in three languages (Chinese, English and Japanese), set amongst luxuriant pines and cypresses. Cemetery square displays three groups of gray carved reliefs and 17 tablets of small size that record the sites and facts of the Nanjing massacre.
The exhibition of victims skeletal remains consists of an exhibition room containing just some remains dug out from a pit of ten thousand victims.
The exhibition hall of historical documents displays 1,000 rare old photographs, cultural relics, charts and other materials in testimony to the events that occurred.
Moreover, this memorial hall also pays homage to the work of John Rabe and exhibits the diary of Azuma Shiro, which recorded many details of the massacre of the Nanjing people.
This memorial hall occupies an area of 30,000 square meters, with a building area of 5,000 square meters. The buildings in the Memorial Hall were built with gray marble. A magnificent and solemn exhibition hall in memory of what is often called the Rape of Nanjing, combining historical data, cultural relics, buildings, statues, and films together.
On the left side of the entrance of the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders, is an inscription by Deng Xiaoping, the President of the People s Republic of China at the time of the building s construction. The inscription gives the name of this memorial hall, which is divided into three major sections; Outdoor exhibitions, exhibition of victims skeletal remains and the exhibition hall of historical documents.
The outdoor exhibitions consist of a memorial square, in which a stone cross stands, inscribed with the date that the Nanjing massacre happened. This area also contains abstract sculptures of the 300,000 fallen victims . In the eulogizing square, there is a memorial carved with the name of the memorial hall and a tablet carved with 300,000 victims in three languages (Chinese, English and Japanese), set amongst luxuriant pines and cypresses. Cemetery square displays three groups of gray carved reliefs and 17 tablets of small size that record the sites and facts of the Nanjing massacre.
The exhibition of victims skeletal remains consists of an exhibition room containing just some remains dug out from a pit of ten thousand victims.
The exhibition hall of historical documents displays 1,000 rare old photographs, cultural relics, charts and other materials in testimony to the events that occurred.
Moreover, this memorial hall also pays homage to the work of John Rabe and exhibits the diary of Azuma Shiro, which recorded many details of the massacre of the Nanjing people.