In pics: survivors of Nanjing Massacre

Combo photo taken on Nov. 26, 2019 shows Xu Jiaqing, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, taking a walk in a residential area (L, top); Xu Jiaqing viewing recreational video clips at home (L, central); Xu Jiaqing telling his experience (L, bottom); the portrait of Xu Jiaqing (C, top); Xu Jiaqing posing for a photo with his daughter Xu Xiaoxia and son-in-law Zhang Gaoming (C, bottom); Xu Jiaqing having lunch with his family (R, top); Xu Jiaqing sitting in his bedroom (R, central); Xu Jiaqing showing his certificate as survivor of the Nanjing Massacre. Xu Jiaqing was born on Feb. 8, 1925. After the Japanese invaders occupied Nanjing, Xu Jiaqing and his family hided in a shelter on Shigu Road. After they moved to another residential point, a few Japanese invaders found them. Xu Jiaqing and three adults went for the card, but two never came back. Xu Jiaqing also witnessed his family members being undressed, tied and forced to kneel by the Japanese invaders. Now Xu Jiaqing has five sons and three daughters and lives with his youngest daughter. This year marks the 82nd anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre, in which more than 300,000 Chinese were killed by the Japanese invaders who occupied Nanjing on Dec. 13, 1937, marking the start of six weeks of destruction, pillage, rape and slaughter in the city. By Dec. 12, 2019, the number of registered survivors of the massacre has decreased to 78. Reporters from Xinhua spent many years to look for the survivors of Nanjing Massacre and record their current lives. (Xinhua/Han Yuqing, Ji Chunpeng)