Research On The Construction Of Collective Memory Of Nanjing Massacre

As a "trauma" in the history of China and even the progress of human civilization,the Nanjing Massacre is the collective memory that has the deepest impact on all Chinese people in World War II and a historical event that can not be ignored in the process of Chinese history.Due to the deliberate misinterpretation of history by Japanese right wingers and the influence of complex international factors,the memory of the Nanjing massacre has a complex process from silence to reconstruction,and finally to the solidification of historical events of the whole nation.This paper studies the reconstruction process of the collective memory of the Nanjing massacre from the individual level to the local level and finally to the national level.In the process of discussion,taking the evolution and dissemination of the collective memory of the Nanjing massacre as the starting point,this paper discusses its theoretical and practical significance.The first part briefly introduces the research background and significance of this paper,and extends its own research ideas and research innovations on the basis of studying the relevant narrative texts of Nanjing Massacre and collective memory at home and abroad.The second part mainly studies the transformation process from individual memory to collective memory under the grand narrative,focusing on how externalized memory carriers such as wartime diaries,news reports and trial process provide a framework for collective sharing of individual memory and share individual history about the "side" of the Nanjing Massacre,In this way,different individuals can construct a relatively complete historical writing,and realize the transformation from individual memory to collective memory in this process.The third part mainly studies the memorial hall of compatriots killed in the Nanjing Massacre of the Japanese invaders.As a special memorial space of the Nanjing Massacre,it is "passive" due to political factors in the silence of history,and carries out "active" space production through the design of memory space,objects and sculptures,so as to create an atmosphere of space sadness and anger and arouse the public’s patriotism,Carry the history of Nanjing Massacre and describe it,so as to solidify the collective memory of Nanjing massacre at the local level.The fourth part,under the leadership of the official regime,the establishment of the national public sacrifice day as a political ceremony has completed the ritual and institutionalized construction,raised the local public sacrifice to the national public sacrifice,reshaped the collective memory of the Nanjing Massacre through ritual discourse and ritual activities,formed the renewal and solidification of history,enhanced the public’s sense of national identity and condensed social consensus,It will play a positive role in the process of China’s social development.