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Problems Of Modern Chinese National Humiliation Commemoration

Posted on:2014-12-13Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:F PengFull Text:PDF
GTID:2265330425458940Subject:Historical Theory and History
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During the modern one hundred years, China had always been Suffered humiliation and unequal treaty, our country was weak and our people was poor. With the Imperialist aggression’s deepening, the inherent "humiliation sense" in the heart of our Chinese people were aroused. Influenced by the modern state philosophy and national consciousness, and accompanied by the transformation of understanding of the court and the country,"humiliation sense" developed gradually from vague humiliation consciousness to clearly and massively memorial "National Humiliation Day". The formation of National Humiliation Day is the performance of Chinese people break the traditional concept’s shackles, and as the collective burst forth of the new ages citizens’patriotic emotion. So, the course of National Humiliation Day gradually developed until it has been established to be the official standardization "National Memorial Day" witnesses the track of Chinese people against foreign aggression, save the nation from extinction, look forward to national independence and national prosperity.Throughout the hundred years history of Modern China, Sino-Japanese relations affect the track of Chinese history. Since the First Sino-Japanese War in1894, Japanese careerism of aggress against China had increased with the enhancement of their own strength. From Treaty of Shimonoseki, to Twenty-one Demands, then they sent troops to Qingdao, made Jinan Tragedy, encroached on Chinese northeast after Mukden Incident, and then made comprehensive aggression against China after Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Japanese made the military aggression progress of full forcibly occupied China step by step, which causing a grave disaster to Chinese people. However, looking at so many modern Chinese National Humiliation Day, since the first National Humiliation Day,"May9th "National Humiliation Day established after Yuan Shikai government to accept Twenty-one Demands, the following National Humiliation Day that causing the most deep pain and the most deep-seated memories to Chinese people, such as "May3rd " National Humiliation Day, were caused, directly or indirectly, by the Japanese invaders. Therefore, it is very necessary to make close connection between the National Humiliation Day and the Sino-Japanese relations.This thesis intends to start from the angle of modern Chinese people’s concept change from the court to the state, to the perspective of the modernization in ideological sphere,dates from the track of modern Chinese National Humiliation Day, and makes clues to the aggressive activities and the war of Japan against China in the modern times, focused on the modern Chinese National Humiliation Day caused by Japanese invasion-"May9th "National Humiliation Day,"May30th "National Humiliation Day,"May3rd " National Humiliation Day, Mukden Incident, Marco Polo Bridge Incident, all of their background and memorial cases. Based on the most painful and most resentful National Humiliation Day, exposes Japanese invaders’ ambitions of invasion and wipe out our Chinese nation, shows our Chinese people formed the nation-state consciousness gradually, and the process of struggle to avenge an insult as well. It makes a final conclusion that Japanese invaders are the crime culprit of the modern Chinese National Humiliation. This article indicates the culprit impose the national humiliation on Chinese people in the modern times is Japan.We should learn from it.
Keywords/Search Tags:National humiliation, Memory, Wipe out the humiliation, Patriotism
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