怀着满腔愤恨,选择以爱面对—以舞蹈来纪念南京大屠杀

英文作者    李凯妮 中文翻译    厉俐 1937年12月13日中华民国在南京保卫战中失利,首都南京沦陷。侵华日军于南京及附近地区进行了长达6周的血腥暴行,遇难人数超过30万。在南京大屠杀中,大量平民及战俘,尤其是手无寸铁的妇女儿童和老人被日军以及其残忍的手段杀害。许多人都知道张纯如写的《被遗忘的大屠杀》一书。此书曾据纽约时代畅销书单榜首。然而,最近当我向我周围的同事朋友和舞蹈班中美国华裔高中生问及此事时,发现这个中国历史上如此惨绝人寰的大屠杀居然在美国不为大多数人所知。

Choosing Love in the Face of Hate: Remembering the Nanjing Massacre through Dance

On December 13, 1937, Japanese troops captured the Chinese city of Nanjing and subsequently took 300,000 lives over a six-week period.  Not only were soldiers executed on mass, but large scores of the city’s most vulnerable civilians — women, children, the elderly — were raped and mutilated to death in the most unspeakable terms.  Many Read More