China News Service, Fuzhou, March 30 (Ye Qiuyun) "The Qingming rain is always thin, like someone whispering. Year after year, it falls on this wall and on those names…" On the 30th, the "Your name is on the wall – Qingming Memorial · Home and Country Memorial" memorial ceremony was held in front of the Memorial Wall of the Anti-Japanese Soldiers at the Sanshan Humanities Memorial Park in Fuzhou.
On the 30th, the "Your Name is on the Wall – Qingming Memorial Day, Eternal Memory of Home and Country" memorial ceremony was held in front of the Memorial Wall of Anti-Japanese Soldiers at Sanshan Humanities Memorial Park in Fuzhou. Photo courtesy of Fuzhou Sanshan Humanities Memorial Park
The theme of this event is "Your name is on the wall", and a name rubbing session was specially set up. Guests can pick up a memorial card at the sign-in counter, look for their loved ones’ names on the memorial wall of anti-Japanese soldiers, and then lightly rub their names on the card with a pencil to express their condolences in a unique way.
Each of the 8,564 names engraved on the memorial wall was a living life. During the rubbing process, participants can touch the depth of the carvings with their own hands and feel the heavy marks left by the years, allowing the abstract "remembering the heroes" to be transformed into tangible and tangible actions. A family member of the martyr said emotionally: "The moment I found and scratched the name, I felt that he was by my side."
At 9 o'clock, the event officially started. All the guests stood in silence, and with the nine bells ringing, everyone paid their highest and deepest respect to the anti-Japanese comrades. After the silence, representatives of the organizers presented flower baskets to the memorial wall in turn to express their memory and remembrance of the revolutionary martyrs. Later, the Dongjin Art Troupe recited the poem "Names on the Wall". The actors called out every immortal name on the wall in a calm and affectionate tone, conveying their infinite respect for the heroes.
"Every flame is a name." In the affectionate recitation, eight igniters jointly lit the "fire of memory". The identities of these eight igniters are all meaningful. Among them are family members of the martyrs who found their relatives' names on the wall, scholars who have long studied the history of the Anti-Japanese War, and representatives of the younger generation who inherit the red spirit. The jumping fire symbolizes the inheritance of the memory of heroes from generation to generation and the continuation of the patriotic spirit.
At the end of the event, families of anti-Japanese comrades, veterans, representatives of the host and co-organizers, students and people from all walks of life saluted and laid flowers to jointly commemorate the revolutionary martyrs and pass on their patriotic sentiments. (over)
