Memorial ceremony held in China remembering Nanjing Massacre
Nanjing. China held a memorial ceremony for the victims of Nanjing Massacre on Sunday. The people of Nanjing observed a minute of silence and sirens were heard as the ceremony was being held.
According to an article in China Daily, sirens were blown across the city and cars also blew their horns to mark their condolences. The seventh national memorial was observed by massacre survivors, local students and foreign visitors. The pedestrians also stopped a minute to share the grief. Citizen representatives struck the Bell of Peace whereas over 80 teenagers read a declaration of peace. White doves were also released over the memorial hall of the victims of Nanjing Massacre.
Nanjing Massacre is said to be one of the most brutal incidents of World War II. The Japanese troops invaded Nanjing, China on December 13, 1937 and killed around 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers in a span of six-weeks.
China’s legislature in 2014 decided to observe December 13 as the National Memorial Day for the victims of Nanjing Massacre.
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