FOCUS | 87th Anniversary of Lugou Bridge Incident Marked in Beijing

　July 8, 2024
FOCUS | 87th Anniversary of Lugou Bridge Incident Marked in Beijing
Student representatives attend a ceremony marking the 87th anniversary of the beginning of China's whole-nation resistance war against Japanese aggression at the Museum of the War of the Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing, capital of China, July 7, 2024. [Xinhua/Li Xiang]

 

BEIJING, July 7 (Xinhua) — Sunday marks the 87th anniversary of the beginning of China's whole-nation resistance war against Japanese aggression.

The historic Lugou Bridge Incident took place 87 years ago at the Lugou Bridge outside Wanping Town on July 7, 1937.

The incident is recognized as the start of Japan's full-scale invasion of China, and China's whole-nation resistance against the Japanese invaders.

FOCUS | 87th Anniversary of Lugou Bridge Incident Marked in Beijing
Representatives attend a ceremony marking the 87th anniversary of the beginning of China's whole-nation resistance war against Japanese aggression at the Museum of the War of the Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing, capital of China, July 7, 2024. [Xinhua/Li Xiang]

 

FOCUS | 87th Anniversary of Lugou Bridge Incident Marked in Beijing
Attendees offer floral tributes to martyrs at the Museum of the War of the Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing, capital of China, July 7, 2024. [Xinhua/Li Xiang]

 

FOCUS | 87th Anniversary of Lugou Bridge Incident Marked in Beijing
This photo taken on July 5, 2024 shows a gate of Wanping Town in Beijing, capital of China. [Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin]

 

FOCUS | 87th Anniversary of Lugou Bridge Incident Marked in Beijing
Tourists visit the Lugou Bridge in Beijing, capital of China, July 4, 2024.[Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin]

 

FOCUS | 87th Anniversary of Lugou Bridge Incident Marked in Beijing
This photo taken on July 4, 2024 shows shell craters on the wall of Wanping Town in Beijing, capital of China. [Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin]

 

FOCUS | 87th Anniversary of Lugou Bridge Incident Marked in Beijing
This photo taken on July 4, 2024 shows the Lugou Bridge and Wanping Town in Beijing, capital of China.[Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin]

 

FOCUS | 87th Anniversary of Lugou Bridge Incident Marked in Beijing
This photo taken on July 4, 2024 shows a view of the Lugou Bridge in Beijing, capital of China. [Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin]

 

FOCUS | 87th Anniversary of Lugou Bridge Incident Marked in Beijing
This photo taken on July 5, 2024 shows the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing, capital of China. [Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin]

 

FOCUS | 87th Anniversary of Lugou Bridge Incident Marked in Beijing
People visit an exhibition at the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing, capital of China, July 7, 2024. [Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin]

 

(Source: Xinhua)

Editor: Wang Shasha

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