A Preliminary Study On The Existing Stone Inscriptions Of The War Of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression In Mainland China

Because the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression,a large part of China’s land was lost successively.There was a wave of national salvation during that time,Chinese people devoted themselves into the cause various ways.The engraved slogans in stones is one of the important ways to publicize the Anti Japanese war.The stone inscriptions of Anti Japanese war has become the historical witness of the misery but glorious years of the Chinese nation.The stone inscriptions of Anti Japanese war are mainly distributed in North,East,Central,South,northwest and southwest China.From 1931 to 1945,the patriotic situation of Anti Japanese in mainland China was reflected in stone inscriptions in varying degrees.In terms of quantity,the Comprehensive Anti Japanese war in 1937 was taken as an important node,and the number of stone inscriptions after the Comprehensive Anti Japanese war was much greater than that in the time of Regional Anti Japanese war.In terms of distribution characteristics,there were not only stone inscription groups concentrated in a certain place,but also single stone inscriptions scattered in China.Influenced by the complex polity and social environment during the wartime,the main emotional themes of the stone inscriptions are: expressing patriotic feelings,encouraging the morale of the army and the Chinese people,uniting the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to resist Japanese,recording the historical facts of the war,cherishing the heroes and cheering the victory of the war.The stone inscriptions of the Anti Japanese War inherited the tradition of Chinese chronicle and history and had the important responsibility to spread the national and cultural spirits.They are historical relics of cultural value.The information contained in the stone inscriptions of the Anti Japanese war is multifaceted and is an important historical material.It is not only as the history evidence,but also has high literary value,calligraphy value and social education value.The stone inscriptions of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is a part of Chinese stone carving culture and is also an important part of Anti Japanese War sites and relics.To collect,arrange and protect the national anti Japanese War stone inscriptions is not only convenient for the public to observe and remember the history,but also of great significance to unite the Chinese nation and inspire the patriotic feelings of the Chinese people.