A museum to commemorate the 60th anniversary of victory over the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, believed to be the country's largest non-governmental museum, is scheduled to be unveiled on August 15 in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province.  

The museum, covering 33 hectares of land with a floor space of 15,000 square meters, was built with funds provided by Fan Jianchuan, an entrepreneur of a local privately owned company.

 

Designed by three domestic and foreign architects, the museum will be divided into eight parts, displaying exhibits portraying the victory achieved by the army led by the Communist Party of China, and by the army led by Kuomintang (KMT).

 

"Chinese Warriors 1931-1945," a group sculpture composed of 200 anti-Japanese heroes, will be staged on the square outside the museum. The V-shaped square is 81.5 meters long with the narrowest section of 31 meters and the maximum width of 45 meters. It signifies that the invading Japanese troops surrendered on August 15, China was invaded by the Japanese in 1931 and that China won the war in 1945. 

 

(Xinhua News Agency June 29, 2005)