With the upcoming 80th Memorial Day of the Nanjing Massacre, students at Nanjing Normal University gathered at the square of Xianlin campus to hold a candlelight memorial for the victims on Monday evening. /Chinanews Photo

Numerous candles were displayed on the ground, showing words including “300000, Nanjing, 12.13, 80 years” to mourn the victims and commemorate the Nanjing Massacre, in which more than 300,000 Chinese were brutally murdered by the Japanese army in Nanjing six weeks after the city's fall on December 13, 1937. The Massacre features destruction, pillage, rape and slaughter. /Chinanews Photo

One student who participated in the ceremony said, “Hatred can be forgotten, but history should be remembered forever. As the new generation of Chinese youth, we should value the present peace, turn against wars, never forget the national humiliation, and strive for the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.” /Chinanews Photo