December 13, 2018 will usher in the fifth national public memorial day, so do you know the origin of the national public memorial day? Who is the national public memorial day for? This is a memorable day, we can not forget the past suffering, which will become the driving force and source of progress.
1. The origin of the national public memorial day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre
On December 13, 1937, the Japanese aggressor army in Nanjing, China, began to massacre our compatriots for more than 40 days, creating a Nanjing massacre that shocked China and foreign countries, killing more than 300000 people. This is the inhumane fascist atrocity in the history of human civilization. This atrocious act, which is in flagrant violation of international law, is as solid as a mountain of evidence, with historical conclusions and legal conclusions. Since 1994, both Jiangsu and Nanjing have held mourning ceremonies on December 13 every year, including hitting the Peace Bell, laying wreaths and so on, but these are all at the local level.
On February 27, 2014, the seventh session of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People ' Based on the firm stand of war, safeguarding human dignity and safeguarding world peace, it is decided to establish December 13 as the national public memorial day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre, and the national public memorial activities will be held on December 13 every year. The adoption of the resolution raised the memory of the victims of the Nanjing massacre to the national level.
On October 27, 2017, at 3:00 a.m. Beijing time (3:00 p.m. local time on October 26, Canada), the Ontario provincial assembly of Canada read and debated the motion No. 66 of Huang Sumei, a Chinese congressman, on the establishment of Nanjing massacre victims' Memorial Day. Finally, the motion was voted through. This means that Canada became the first country in the west to set up a memorial day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre. In the future, Ontario, Canada, will designate December 13 as the "Nanjing massacre victims' Memorial Day" every year.
2. Who is the national public memorial day for
The national public memorial day is named after the Nanjing Massacre, but the memorial objects are not only the victims of the Nanjing Massacre. On February 27, 2014, the seventh meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress of China decided to make it clear that the public sacrifice targets were the victims of the Nanjing Massacre and all the compatriots killed during the Japanese imperialist war of aggression against China.
Zhu Chengshan, director of the memorial hall of the victims of the Nanjing Massacre of the Japanese aggressor army, said: 'the Nanjing Massacre is the most typical example of the heinous crimes committed by the Japanese aggressor army, but Nanjing is not all. Japan's imperialist domination of China dates back to its invasion of Taiwan in 1874 and its surrender in 1945. The Japanese aggressors ravaged the land of China and burned, killed and plundered it. Those who were slaughtered by the Japanese army should be the objects of public sacrifice. In 2014, the national public memorial network (http://www.cngongji.cn/) launched, listing seven types of victims for Internet users at home and abroad to mourn: Nanjing massacre victims, chemical weapons victims, bacterial war victims, labor victims, comfort women victims, three light war victims, indiscriminate bombing victims.
3. How will the national public memorial day ceremony be held this year?
Since its establishment, the national public sacrifice ceremony for the victims of the Nanjing massacre has been held in the memorial hall of the victims of the Nanjing Massacre. According to the official reply of the State Council, since 2014, the national flag raising and half lowering ceremonies have been held at the main venue of the national public memorial ceremony for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre on December 13 every year.
At the sixth meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th Provincial People's Congress, which closed on November 23, the regulations of Nanjing Municipality on the protection of national public sacrifices were adopted by all votes and will come into force on December 13 this year. As the first national local law of public sacrifice, it is the first time for Jiangsu local legislative practice to carry out pre legislative evaluation, select the team of lawyers for the first time, and draw a legal red line for the 'refined day' behavior that hurts the national emotion for the first time.
The regulations have solidified many administrative acts in the form of laws, such as the ceremony of one minute of silence by personnel, the ceremony of honking and wailing by vehicles and vessels, etc., which has been changed from initiative to legal provisions, and specified the participants and the forms of participation in detail.