Melaka Warrior Monument Explained

Melaka Warrior Monument
Native Name:Tugu Pahlawan-pahlawan Melaka
马六甲华人抗日义士纪念碑
Location:Bukit Cina in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia
Type:Monument
Complete:1948
Restore:1972
Map Name:Malaysia Malacca
Map Width:220px

Melaka Warrior Monument, officially the Melaka Warrior Monument for the Chinese victims of Anti-Japanese occupation (Chinese: c=马六甲华人抗日义士纪念碑|p=Mǎliùjiǎ huárén kàngrì yìshì jìniànbēi|l=Malacca Chinese Anti-Japanese Volunteers Monument, Malay: Tugu Pahlawan-pahlawan Melaka untuk Mangsa-mangsa Cina akibat menentang penjajahan Jepun|lit=Malacca Warrior Monument for the Chinese victims as a result of opposing Japanese colonisation) is a monument at Bukit Cina in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia. It was built to commemorate the Chinese victims of the Japanese occupation of Malacca as part of the British Straits Settlements during World War II and was unveiled officially by the then high commissioner, Sir Edward Gent in 1948. The first known major renovation for the monument was in 1972.[1] The monument is inscribed with four Chinese characters, "忠貞足式" (pinyin: Zhōng Zhēn Zú Shì) in Chiang Kai-shek's handwriting, which means "their (those who have fought against the Japanese) loyalty can be taken as an exemplar".

Epitaph

The epitaph is written in Classical Chinese and is translated as below:

Commemorative tablet

A tablet commemorating the unveiling of the monument reads:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Melaka Warrior Monument for the Chinese Victims of Anti-Japanese Occupation. reislett.no. 10 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150210192537/http://reislett.no/guider/malaysia/melaka/melaka-warrior-monument-for-the-chinese-victims-of-anti-japanese-occupation. 10 February 2015. dead.