Memories of the Anti-Japanese War in Liandu Government Courtyard

Memories of the Anti-Japanese War in Liandu Government Courtyard

During the eight-year Anti-Japanese War, Lishui was bombed by Japanese planes, causing numerous casualties. Japanese invaders invaded Lishui twice in 1942 and 1944, killing and setting fire to women in Lishui. The people of Lishui will never forget the deep suffering of that year. According to historical records, after the Japanese invaders retreated from Lishui for the first time, more than 590 bodies were buried in Lishui City. After the Japanese invaders retreated from Lishui for the second time, 584 bodies of men and women were buried. There are still 183 people whose bodies cannot be found and their whereabouts are unknown.

During the Anti-Japanese War, in the present Liandu government compound, there are two things that Lishui people will always remember, including the dormitory at the back.

One is a temporary refugee shelter set up by the Christian church to help the people of Lishui during the Japanese bombing and Japanese occupation of Lishui City. At that time, the present district government building was located on a mountain called Jison. Behind it are the venues for Christian church activities, including cathedrals, chapels, foreign small buildings where priests live and affiliated Chongde Primary School. Lu Xinbai, a Swiss priest who lives in it, drew a huge Swiss national emblem between two foreign buildings, warning Japanese planes not to bomb them. Later, the fruit of the foreign building was not fried.

1On June 24th, 942, when the Japanese invaders invaded Lishui City, many poor people, women, children, sick believers and their neighbors fled to the church and asked for refuge. Pastor Lu Xinbai and Ji Chengde, retired principal of Chongde Primary School, a missionary school, discussed the establishment of a "refugee shelter". Leave female teachers Guo Xiwo, Hu Meien, Wu Dingru, Wu and so on to arrange people's lives. Make room for several classrooms as temporary accommodation for refugees. Close the church door on weekdays and cut off contact with the outside world. Most of the daily necessities of refugees are brought from home. Everyone cares about each other, helps each other and avoids disasters together. Sometimes Japanese soldiers will come to the church bomb shelter to make trouble. Pastor Lu Xinbai faced the bayonet and stepped forward to deal with it. More than 100 refugees in the refugee camp escaped the disaster. This matter has been passed down from generation to generation by Lishui people.

Zhang Boquan, an old professor of Lishui at Nanjing Hohai University, studied at Chongde Primary School. Every time I go home, I have to go to the dormitory behind the district government building to see the old school building when I was studying. He said: "1944, the Japanese invaders occupied Lishui, raped, killed and plundered, and Chongde Primary School set up refugee areas to protect women and children and other urban residents." This is the same as the refugee camp set up by the Germans in Nanjing Jinling University, which goes down in history and has similar value. Chongde primary school has been announced as a municipal cultural relics protection unit.

The second thing that happened in Jison was the bomb shelter tragedy. South of Jison is the post office. There is a post office bomb shelter on the downhill side of the east lane in front of Liandu Convention Center today. 1On April 23rd, 942, when Japanese planes attacked Lishui, a bomb landed on the bomb shelter and exploded. The entrance of the air-raid shelter was blown down, and more than 80 people suffocated in the cave. Most of them are post office employees and their families, and some families leave none. For this bombing, the newly compiled "Lishui City (County) Records" records: "1April 23, 942, eight Japanese planes bombed the county town, destroying 2,282 houses, causing casualties 12 1 person, of which more than 80 people were killed." The tragedy of the air-raid shelter under the pagoda tree in Jison is the most unforgettable memory in people's hearts.