Nanjing not only records the exquisite life of Jiang and Song, but also carries a tragic history.

The memorial hall is located in the mass grave, one of the original massacre sites, retains some of the victims' relics, and divides the entire memorial hall into an exhibition and assembly area, a site mourning area, a peace park area, and a Tibetan exchange area. The memorial hall restores the history of that time for visitors in different ways such as historical materials, cultural relics, architecture, sculptures, films and television, and the archives, physical objects and other materials are really precious.

Most of the materials and displays are concentrated in the historical exhibition hall in the exhibition assembly area. The statues and texts at the entrance only immediately pull visitors into a solemn atmosphere, and what they see and feel in the historical exhibition hall makes the viewers feel as if they are in a national crisis. The names of the 300,000 victims are recorded on the wall, accompanied by the sound of water droplets, and the lamps with the portraits of the victims on the side walls are flashed out, symbolizing the death of a life. Walking through the dilapidated "city walls" after the bombing, accompanied by the roar of airplanes, you can better understand the fear that people experience in war.

The exhibition of cultural relics from all sides is to understand the cruelty of war from different materials. There are many photographs of the massacre scene, survivors' rosters and testimonies in the exhibition hall, and historical materials include diaries and confessions of accompanying Japanese soldiers, as well as images, photographs and diaries taken by foreign friends. The footage taken by the American pastor John Mageee has been inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register, allowing visitors to the memorial to see these precious images. The atmosphere in the memorial area of the site in the memorial hall is even heavier. If you want to mourn the deceased here, you can buy chrysanthemums at the entrance, and the cost is as you like.

It takes 2 or 3 hours to walk around the memorial hall slowly, and after the historical exhibition hall, there is a rest area for visitors to take a break and buy drinks. Nowadays, in order to allow visitors to have a deeper understanding of the cultural relics and materials on display, the memorial hall supports online free explanations, and also sets up a lot of smart product interactions, which are suitable for visitors of all ages.

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The memorial hall is free to enter, open from 8:30 to 16:30, and closed on Mondays.