Image source: 20,000 yuan from Japan.
Wang has been collecting information and cultural relics of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression for more than ten years. Three months ago, his friend in Japan heard the news that "two photo albums of Japanese soldiers invading China were found in the collection market". Wang immediately asked a friend to buy it for a total price of 20 thousand yuan.
When this photo album was sent from Japan, Wang found many photos of Beijing and even Tsinghua University campuses during the Japanese occupation. The reporter saw that despite more than 70 years of ups and downs, the album as a whole is still well preserved. Each album with dozens of pages has nearly a hundred old photos. One of them has pictures of Japanese soldiers and the words "jihad" on the cover.
The reporter saw that the words "Cang Qiao Mao" were written with a brush on the back cover of both albums, and the time was marked as the 15th year of Showa (1940). Wang judged that these were the owners of two photo albums. There is a Certificate of Replenishment in the photo album, which records that Cang Qiao Mao is a native of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and joined the army in the seventh year of Showa (1932), and is stamped with the seal of the commander of Japan's Jiafu Joint District.
Wang believes that the date of taking photos cannot be determined only by the time marked on the back cover (1940). There is also a slogan "Celebrating the Fall of Singapore" in the old photos, which should have happened around 1942. "The formation of the photo album should have spanned a long time".
Image content: West playground is a rehabilitation place for suspected wounded soldiers
In some old photos, Japanese soldiers suspected of wearing white coats lined up in the open space. After appraisal, Mr. Liu from Tsinghua School History Museum said that it was basically certain that the open space in the photo was a playground on the campus of Tsinghua. Another person familiar with the Tsinghua campus said after seeing the photos that the houses in the background are very similar to the famous "Bazhai" in Tsinghua, so the shooting location may be the west playground.
As Tsinghua was once turned into a field hospital by the Japanese army, Wang concluded that it might be a wounded soldier of the Japanese army wearing a white coat, who was undergoing rehabilitation training on the playground.
The meteorological observatory was used by the Japanese army to raise military horses and dogs.
In the background of many old photos in the album, a building similar to a "water tower" appeared. It was appraised as Tsinghua University Meteorological Observatory by Teacher Liu. According to Tsinghua archives, the Meteorological Observatory was used by the Japanese army as a place to raise military horses and dogs during the Japanese occupation period, which was seriously damaged. In the photo album, you can also see the "Meteorological Observatory" brand in the background of a Japanese photo.
Later, the damaged meteorological observatory was designed and restored by Academician Guan of the Department of Architecture, and a white octagonal building was added. Teacher Liu said that the Meteorological Observatory has been renamed "Observatory", but its function has always been to observe the weather.
There was a military dog injury competition in front of the auditorium that year.
The first thing recognized by Wang is the iconic auditorium in Tsinghua University. An old photo in the photo album clearly records the whole picture of the auditorium during the Japanese occupation period. This photo has also been confirmed by Teacher Liu.
In addition to this panoramic photo, many old photos were taken in front of the auditorium.
Compared with then, the main entrance of the auditorium remains the same. /kloc-in the summer of 0/940, the Japanese army held a "military dog competition meeting" in front of the Tsinghua Auditorium, so that military dogs bit China people, and dozens of China people were all killed in the square in front of the auditorium.
Yang Ruohe, an expert in the history of the Anti-Japanese War at Renmin University of China, told this reporter that these two albums reflected some situations when the Japanese invaders occupied Beijing (then called Beiping). As a Japanese garrison, Tsinghua University also confirmed this historical fact in the photos.
Yang Ruohe said that the reason why the Japanese army occupied Tsinghua did not choose neighboring yenching university (where Peking University is now located). "There is a saying in the history circle that the Japanese army made this choice because of its relationship with the great powers." She explained that in the face of the interests of other powers in China, the Japanese army seemed to lack confidence. At that time, there was no war between Japan and America. In order to avoid disputes with the United States, the Japanese army avoided yenching university with American management background.
Yang Ruohe believes that these two albums objectively reflect some situations during the Japanese occupation of Beijing, including Tsinghua University, so they have certain research significance, and the comparison between history and today can better reflect the importance of some historical remains.
The article "Tsinghua Campus under Japanese Occupation" written by Zhu of Tsinghua Archives mentioned that on July 29th, 1937, the Japanese army began to invade the Tsinghua campus. 65438+1October 65438+March, the Japanese Mudaguchi troops who launched the Lugouqiao Incident entered in large numbers, and the Tsinghua campus was completely occupied.
1939 Spring, Japanese Field Hospital 152 was stationed in Tsinghua. The Japanese army turned all departments and libraries into homes for the sick and wounded, and the items in the museum were occupied, sold and destroyed. The library was transformed into a hospital treatment room and an operating room, the gymnasium was transformed into a stable, and the new South Hospital became a Japanese military prostitute hall.
The Japanese army designated the north of Jiaohe River as the activity area for left-behind personnel in Tsinghua, while the south of Jiaohe River was controlled by the Japanese army. The Japanese army once dug a big hole in the ground of Tsinghua Library, which was used to pour excrement and dispose of medical waste.