# Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression

Staging National Memory: Why Beijing is Reviving the 1938 Student War Diaries

A new documentary play based on 1930s student diaries has debuted at China’s primary anti-Japanese war museum, signaling a shift toward immersive patriotic education. The production tracks the ideological journey of Beijing students toward the revolutionary base of Yan’an, linking historical sacrifice to the modern state.