The people of Nanjing observed a minute of silence and sirens were heard across the city as China held a state memorial ceremony on Sunday to mourn the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre.
Thousands of representatives from all walks of life wearing white flowers on their chests stood in solemn silence. In the front row of the phalanx, there is a group of gray-haired old people. They are the representatives of the veterans of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the survivors of the Nanjing Massacre, who had personally experienced the catastrophe.
Ge Daorong, Nanjing Massacre survivor, 93 years old
Xia Shuqin, Nanjing Massacre Survivor
Gao Zaishu, Veteran of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression
Wang Sheng, Veteran of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression
At the state memorial ceremony, 85 students in plain clothes from Zhonghua Middle School recited the Declaration of Peace, conveying the wishes of the next generation of young people for peace.
Wu Tianchen, Member of the Recitation Team of Nanjing Zhonghua Middle School
At the state memorial ceremony, six representatives from all walks of life jointly struck the "Peace Bell". The thick and solemn bell reverberated in the sky of the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre of the Japanese invaders and also in everyone's heart.
Liu Yun, President of Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital
Sun Jingnan, Electric Welder and Chief Technical Expert of CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Vehicle Co., Ltd. Body Branch
Yang Dongsheng, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of XCMG and XCMG Machinery
