. The Chinese should remember: the Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan in 1923 and what happened afterwards
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In 1923, the Great Kanto Earthquake occurred in Japan, and China also provided assistance. Novel Ranking This earthquake caused heavy losses, with more than 140,000 people dead. At that time, China was very backward, and the Beiyang government decided to rescue Japan. Call on the people to forget the past grudges of the war and stop boycotting Japanese goods, so as to reduce the burden on the Japanese people and facilitate recovery. Ranking of fictional historical novels Disaster relief groups were established in Peking, Tianjin, Chengdu and other cities, and the entertainment industry raised funds. Mei Lanfang also held a charity performance. Jingshan Park sold tickets to help, and even middle school students donated their pocket money to provide relief for the Japanese disaster. The Red Cross rescue team went to Japan to provide disaster relief, showing a pure sense of morality and the spirit of internationalism and humanitarianism. The War of Resistance: The Founding General read online
Businessman, painter, and Shanghai Buddhist leader Wang Yiting donated 6,000 tons of rice, more than 2,000 bags of flour, and various urgently needed daily necessities. This is the first batch of disaster relief materials from abroad. Wang Yiting is called "King Bodhisattva" by the Japanese.
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Our country¡¯s Putuo Mountain and many temples hold forty-nine days of Buddhist rituals, chant sutras and Buddhas, and pay homage to the Japanese victims. The Buddhist bell that was cast in Hangzhou is still stored in the Tokyo Memorial Hall.
Introduction to newspapers collected by Wang Jinsi that reflect China¡¯s aid to Japan¡¯s Kanto earthquake:
In order to relieve Japan from this strange disaster, the government held a special cabinet meeting on the third day, which ordered allocating funds and electrifying the country to provide donations. In addition, Commander-in-Chief Li of the Navy dispatched two warships to carry food and rush to Yokohama to rescue the victims. He also called the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce to convene wealthy businessmen and charitable organizations to try to donate a large amount of money to the Tohoku Emergency Relief. We heard that the General Chamber of Commerce has agreed to send ten merchant ships carrying food and medicine to Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and other places for relief.
However, in the chaos after the earthquake, Japan spread rumors that "North Koreans were going to riot." The army, police and citizens killed 6,000 Koreans and more than 600 Chinese.
Just five years later, there was the Jinan Massacre, in which Chinese diplomats had their tongues cut off and their eyes gouged out by the Japanese on their own land.
Eight years later, it was September 18, when the Northeast was occupied.
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Fourteen years later, the July 7 Incident came, and Nanjing suffered a massacre. This is how the Japanese repaid our kindness to them! !
We Chinese people now "do not perpetuate hatred" and "harmonize the world and the ocean", but Japan still occupies the territory of the Chinese nation - Ryukyu Islands and Diaoyu Islands, which they seized with bloody massacres of Chinese people! .