Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall

When you travel to Nanjing, it is highly recommended to visit Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall that displaying the cruel proof in the history. The history is forgivable(if apologize), but unforgettable. The Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders, 南京大屠杀纪念馆 in Chinese, also known as Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall is a hall to memorialize those that were killed in the Nanjing Massacre by the Imperial Japanese Army in and around the then capital of China, Nanjing, after it fell on December 13, 1937. It is located in the southwestern corner of Nanjing known as Jiangdongmen, near a site where thousands of bodies were buried, called a "pit of ten thousand corpses"
Nanjing suffered the massacre by Japanese invaders on December 13, 1937. The Japanese army occupied Nanjing, then the capital city of the Republic of China. During the first six to eight weeks of their occupation, the Japanese army committed numerous atrocities, including rape, arson, looting, mass executions, and torture. China estimates that approximately 300,000 civilians and unarmed Chinese soldiers were brutally slaughtered. This estimate was made from burial records and eyewitness accounts by the Nanjing War Crimes Tribunal and included in the verdict for Hisao Tani. Corpses littered the streets and were seen afloat in rivers for weeks, and many structures in the city were burned down. Countless shops, stores, and residences were looted and sacked.
The Nanjing Memorial Hall was built in 1985, and was enlarged and renovated in 1995,. Covering an area of approximately 28,000 square meters, the memorial exhibits historical records and objects, and uses architecture, sculptures, and videos to illustrate what happened during the Nanjing Massacre.
The memorial consists of three major parts: outdoor exhibits, sheltered skeletal remains of victims, and an exhibition hall of historical documents.