Memorial Hall of the Nanjing Massacre

Memorial Hall of the Nanjing Massacre

Guide The Memorial Hall to the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders is located on the former site of the “Ten Thousand Corpses Pit” at Jiangdongmen, one of the massacre sites, and the mass burial ground of victim remains. A row of black characters reads “1937.12.13 – 1938.1”, marking the duration of the massacre by Japanese troops. To mourn the victims, the people of Nanjing built the memorial hall in 1985 and expanded it in 1995. Introduction The structure is built with gray-white marble, majestic and solemn in atmosphere. It is a specialized history exhibition hall that comprehensively presents the atrocities of the massacre through historical materials, cultural relics, architecture, sculptures, films, and other integrated methods. The hall is divided into three sections: the outdoor exhibition area, the remains exhibition, and the historical materials exhibition. The outdoor exhibition area consists of group sculptures, standing statues, reliefs, a memorial stele, monuments, poetry stones, a repentance stele, withered trees, ruined walls, a wall inscribed with the names of victims, and green lawns and lawns. These elements form a commemorative cemetery architectural style centered on the themes of life and death, sorrow, and indignation. The remains exhibition room, shaped like a coffin, displays some of the victim remains excavated from the “Ten Thousand Corpses Pit” when the hall was first built. These remains serve as irrefutable evidence of the atrocities committed by the Japanese army during the Nanjing Massacre. The historical materials exhibition hall, which is semi-underground and tomb-like in shape, exhibits over 1,000 precious historical photos, cultural relics, charts, and testimonial materials. Through modern exhibition techniques such as light boxes, sand tables, clay sculptures, oil paintings, restored scenes, multimedia touch screens, films, and TV programs, it recreates the tragic history of the massacre and exposes the bloody atrocities of Japanese militarists. The memorial hall has become an important venue for international prayers for peace and cultural-historical exchanges, and it is also recognized as a “National Patriotic Education Demonstration Base.” Transportation Take bus routes 7, 37, 61, or 63 and get off at Chanan (Memorial Hall of the Nanjing Massacre) Station.　

Nanjing, Jiangsu