Combo photo taken on Nov. 7, 2019 shows Jing Zhizhen, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, taking care of flowers at home (L, top); Jing Zhizhen practicing calligraphy at home (L, central); Jing Zhizhen's daughter He Minxia brushing her hair (L, bottom); the portrait of Jing Zhizhen (C, top); Jing Zhizhen posing for a photo with her daughter He Minxia and her son He Minkun (C, bottom); Jing Zhizhen sitting in her bedroom (R, top); Jing Zhizhen chatting with her family at home (R, central); Jing Zhizhen standing in front of her home. Jing Zhizhen was born on Sept. 29, 1928. When Japanese invaders occupied Nanjing, Zhizhen and her family firstly hided in the countryside and later in a refugee camp in Shanghai. Jing Zhizhen's uncle was murdered by invaders and her grandmother went stark mad. Jing Zhizhen got married in 1947, and has a daughter and three sons. 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)
