Some places are shattered by war, while others hold up civilisation within war. Lizhuang in the Flames of War tells of the latter kind of place. Lizhuang was not a vast city, but an ancient town beside the Yangtze River. Yet at a moment of national peril, this land of less than two square kilometres received cultural and educational insti.

Lizhuang in the Anti-Japanese War
抗日烽火中的李庄
Some places are shattered by war, while others hold up civilisation within war. Lizhuang in the Flames of War tells of the latter kind of place. Lizhuang was not a vast city, but an ancient town beside the Yangtze River. Yet at a moment of national peril, this land of less than two square kilometres received cultural and educational insti.
Watching Lizhuang in the Flames of War today is not only about looking back at wartime memories. More importantly, it helps us understand again the weight of cultural preservation. The continuation of a nation depends not only on land and cities, but also on language, books, education, scholarship, relics, and generati.






《抗日烽火中的李庄》:一座小镇,如何托起战时中国的文脉
有些地方因战火而破碎,有些地方却在战火中托起文明。《抗日烽火中的李庄》讲的,正是后一种地方。李庄并不是一座辽阔的大城,它只是长江边一座古镇。可在民族危亡之际,这片不足两平方公里的土地,却接纳了辗转奔波的文化教育机构,成为战时中国文脉得以延续的重要栖身之所。这部纪录片最动人的地方,不只是它讲述了一个小镇的抗战往事,而是让我们看见,真正的抗战并不只发生在正面战场。
Some places are shattered by war, while others hold up civilisation within war. Lizhuang in the Flames of War tells of the latter kind of place. Lizhuang was not a vast city, but an ancient town beside the Yangtze River. Yet at a moment of national peril, this land of less than two square kilometres received cultural and educational insti.
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