Peace Square is located on the bank of the Nen River in Qiqihar City and at the west end of Zhonghua Road. It is adjacent to the Nen River to the west and the Qiqihar Party and Government Office Center and Convention and Exhibition Center to the southeast. The planned area of ??the square is about 41,400 square meters. Among them, the green area of ??the square is 12,000 square meters and the stone paving area is 20,000 square meters. The main body of the square consists of the Anti-Japanese War Memorial Wall, the Victory Monument, and the Jiangqiao Anti-Japanese War Memorial Sculpture. The design theme of the square is: commemorating the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War; the Jiangqiao Anti-Japanese War - the first shot of the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War and the World Anti-Fascist War. After completion, the Peace Square will fully demonstrate the great patriotism of the Chinese nation that loves peace and resists foreign aggression, and will become a base for patriotic education to the broad masses of the people, a world anti-fascist propaganda position, and an important cultural tourist attraction. 1. Peace Square Monument The square monument consists of two curved arc walls. The name of the square - "Peace Square" is engraved on the left wall. The square is named "Peace", which means that peace and development are the key to today's world. The theme of the times, Qiqihar City is not only the capital of green food in China, an excellent tourist city in China, and a charming city in China, but also a city full of heroism and peace-loving. The "Peace Square" fully represents our Qiqihar people's "not forgetting history and cherishing peace" , accelerate revitalization and create a better future.” The inscription engraved on the right wall is a summary of the construction of Peace Square. The inscription describes the general situation of the construction of the square, and vividly demonstrates the profound connotation of the design theme of Peace Square and the era style of Heroic Crane City in a simple writing style. 2. Anti-Japanese War Memorial Wall The Anti-Japanese War Memorial Wall consists of six walls, including five large-scale relief walls of the Anti-Japanese War and a wall with handprints of the Anti-Japanese War soldiers. From low to high, the total extension is 220 meters. The large-scale relief sculptures of the Anti-Japanese War vividly reproduce the arduous process from the September 18th Incident in 1931 to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in 1945. The relief is made of bronze, with a total area of ??500 square meters and nearly 50 tons of copper. It is the largest large-scale bronze relief in my country. The core of the Anti-Japanese War Memorial Wall - the handprint wall, the overall appearance design is a modern abstract geometric shape, using the form of intersecting plane main bodies, combining dynamic and static, 42 meters long and 5.2 meters high. The front pattern is composed of city bricks made of bronze. Each city brick is 60 cm long and 40 cm wide. It is inlaid with the handprints and signatures of 600 living people who participated in the Chinese Anti-Japanese War collected from home and abroad. 3. Victory Monument The 37-meter-high Victory Monument symbolizes the full-scale outbreak of China’s Anti-Japanese War in 1937. Its overall shape means “forging swords into plowshares”, inspiring people that peace and development are irreversible historical trends in today’s world. The stele tower consists of two overlapping towers, a high one and a low one, symbolizing the confrontation between justice and evil. The high tower symbolizes the final victory of the just Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, while the low tower symbolizes the shameful defeat of the Japanese invaders with its inclined polygonal shape. The four bases of the Victory Monument form a broken flag of the Japanese invaders, which means that China’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression ended with the defeat of Japanese imperialism. 4. Water of Peace "Water of Peace" covers an area of ??2,800 square meters. The shape of the pool is an abstraction of the territory of China once occupied by Japanese invaders. The pool is paved with pebbles, symbolizing the everlasting historical memory. 5. Great Wall Brick Donation Memorial Wall On this wall, 60 ancient Great Wall bricks are inlaid. On April 12, 2005, when the foundation stone of Peace Square was laid, the Beijing Juyongguan Great Wall Management Committee made a special trip to present 60 ancient Great Wall bricks collected from the private sector to our city. The ancient Great Wall bricks, which have gone through thousands of years of wind and rain, carry the legacy of history. The profound and national strength adds glory to our heroic city and makes the people of Hecheng proud. Therefore, this wall was specially built to commemorate it. 6. The two walls behind the relief wall with inscriptions by the generals of the Republic of China are engraved with the inscriptions of 62 generals of the Republic of China for Peace Square. The calligraphy works are to promote the great patriotism of the Chinese nation, safeguard world peace, and promote democracy. With the theme of common development, it is powerful and profound, fully demonstrating the artistic talent and noble sentiments of the generals of the Republic of China.
7. Jiangqiao Anti-Japanese War Memorial Sculpture The commander riding a horse and wielding a gun among the sculptures is the patriotic Anti-Japanese War general Ma Zhanshan. The group of sculptures is engraved with the four words "Give me back my rivers and mountains" written by General Ma Zhanshan himself. The sculpture vividly reproduces the cruel and tragic scenes of the "Jiangqiao Anti-Japanese War" and fully demonstrates the tragic and heroic spirit of the Chinese anti-Japanese army who fought bravely and regarded death as if they were returning home. I couldn’t find the Flood Fighting Victory Memorial Tower, eh~ I’m sorry