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About Memorial Hall of the Acceptance of Japan's Surrender
Japan announced unconditional surrender on 15 August 1945 and then sent envoys by air to Zhijiang. The surrender meeting opened at four in the afternoon on 21 August, attended by the Japanese envoy, the Chinese representatives, observers, foreign guests and reporters. Xiao Yisu, the senior Chinese representative, required Imai Takeo to hand over the detailed disposition maps and order of battle of Japanese forces in the China theatre, Taiwan and Vietnam. The hall in which this happened was built in 1938 as barracks for the 14th squadron of the Chinese-American Composite Wing, and its tables, chairs and sofas are the original pieces, arranged as they were.
The site is a group rather than a single building: the surrender memorial arch, the surrender site of the China theatre including the ceremony hall, the Chinese Army headquarters and He Yingqin's office, the thematic display hall, a weapons hall and the surrender pavilion. The memorial arch was built in 1946 as a four-pillar, three-bay gateway shaped like the character for 'blood', a reference to the 35 million Chinese military and civilian casualties of the war. The permanent exhibition, 'Witness to Victory', runs in six parts covering why Zhijiang was chosen, the Zhijiang surrender itself and the nationwide surrender, and shows 675 historical photographs, 127 documents, 278 objects and more than 35 hours of original video and audio material.
What to look for
- The surrender ceremony hall of 1938, a former Chinese-American Composite Wing barracks, with its original tables, chairs and sofas in their historical arrangement
- The surrender memorial arch of 1946, a four-pillar three-bay gateway shaped like the character for 'blood'
- The former Chinese Army headquarters and He Yingqin's office within the surrender site
- The permanent exhibition 'Witness to Victory', with its 675 photographs, 127 documents and 278 historical objects
- The weapons display hall and the surrender pavilion
Location & getting there
Getting to Memorial Hall of the Acceptance of Japan's Surrender
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- Search for 中国人民抗日战争胜利受降纪念馆 with 怀化市 and 芷江侗族自治县.
Find Memorial Hall of the Acceptance of Japan's Surrender
中国人民抗日战争胜利受降纪念馆 · 芷江侗族自治县
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Sources & visit information
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