Heroic wartime siege in Shanghai relived

    By ZHANG KUN in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2020-09-01 07:53
    Share
    Share - WeChat
    Visitors photograph the Sihang Warehouse Memorial Hall. The holes in the western wall from bombs and bullets serve as a reminder of the battle that took place at the site. ZHANG HENGWEI/CHINA NEWS SERVICE

    Blockbuster movie features epic warehouse battle

    Zhang Haojie and his girlfriend visited a landmark site in downtown Shanghai on Aug 25.

    Standing by the gate to the Sihang Warehouse Memorial Hall, the site of a critical battle in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45), Zhang told his partner, "I guess I would have acted the same as the troops back then if I'd been in their situation. After all, it is a matter of life and death in battle, and you don't have a choice."

    The paint on the museum's western wall has been removed, exposing red bricks beneath. Holes in the upper section of the wall, both large and small, are evidence of the fierce gunfire from Japanese troops as they attacked.

    Like many other visitors to the museum, located on the north bank of Suzhou Creek, Zhang was drawn to the site by the war movie The Eight Hundred, which he had just watched.

    Ma Youjiong, head of the memorial hall, said the film has attracted large numbers of new visitors to the museum. "We used to have no more than 500 visitors a day, but now we are receiving about five times that number," Ma said.

    "To contain the COVID-19 pandemic, we introduced an online reservation system, and are limiting the number of visitors to 2,500 a day."

    Visitors to the hall have to make reservations a few days in advance.

    Zhang and his girlfriend visited the site during the Qixi Festival, or Chinese Valentine's Day.

    "I have always been aware of the Sihang site. I know it marks an important time in Shanghai's history, but without seeing it in person, it was impossible to imagine the brutality of the war. The movie made a deep impression on me," Zhang said.

    The Eight Hundred, which premiered in cinemas across China on Aug 21, is by far the country's biggest box-office success of the year.

    Directed by Guan Hu and produced by Huayi Brothers Media Corp in association with nearly 20 other companies, the movie earned 1.5 billion yuan ($218 million) in the first week of its release, a large proportion of the nationwide box office total of 5 billion yuan this year to date.

    The film is based on events that took place at the Sihang Warehouse during the war against the Japanese.

    1 2 3 4 5 Next   >>|
    Top
    BACK TO THE TOP
    English
    Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
    License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

    Registration Number: 130349
    FOLLOW US
    无码精品A∨在线观看免费| 少妇精品无码一区二区三区| 无码日韩精品一区二区免费| 人妻无码中文字幕免费视频蜜桃| 日本中文字幕电影| 丰满熟妇乱又伦在线无码视频 | 无码av中文一二三区| 国产真人无码作爱视频免费 | 亚洲av午夜国产精品无码中文字| 亚洲中文字幕无码一去台湾| 亚洲av无码不卡| 成人麻豆日韩在无码视频| 中文午夜乱理片无码| 国产白丝无码免费视频| 亚洲2022国产成人精品无码区| 国产成人无码a区在线视频| 亚洲精品无码久久久影院相关影片| 狠狠噜天天噜日日噜无码 | 高清无码中文字幕在线观看视频| 亚洲国产一二三精品无码| 最近中文字幕精彩视频| 最好看的2018中文在线观看| 高清无码视频直接看| av区无码字幕中文色| 无码精品人妻一区二区三区漫画 | 免费A级毛片无码视频| 中文字幕无码免费久久| 久久人妻少妇嫩草AV无码蜜桃| 欧美日韩中文字幕在线观看| 日本精品久久久久中文字幕8| 亚洲AV无码专区电影在线观看| 中文无码伦av中文字幕| 中文字幕亚洲乱码熟女一区二区| 最新中文字幕AV无码不卡| 中文字幕亚洲综合久久菠萝蜜| 黑人无码精品又粗又大又长 | 中文字幕无码AV波多野吉衣| A级毛片无码久久精品免费| 日本中文字幕一区二区有码在线| 亚洲av永久无码精品国产精品| 亚洲.欧美.中文字幕在线观看|