The precious poetry notes of Qiu Fengjia, a patriot who fought against Japan and defended Taiwan, were collected in the Chinese People’s Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall

China News Service, Beijing, October 19 (Reporter Du Yan) On the 19th, Qiu Song, the great-nephew of Qiu Fengjia, the anti-Japanese patriot who defended Taiwan, donated precious cultural relics and historical materials "Ling Yun Hai Ri Lou Poetry Notes" (all four volumes) to the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall. This set of poetry notes was finalized in 1936 and printed and published by National Sun Yat-sen University in 1937. It contains more than 1,700 poems written by Qiu Fengjia from 1895 to 1911, making it a precious edition for ancient book collections.

Qiu Fengjia was born in Taiwan in 1864 and his ancestral home is Jiaoling, Guangdong. After the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895, Taiwan was ceded to Japan. Qiu Fengjia was filled with grief and indignation, so he decided to join the army and form a rebel army to fight against the Japanese army. After the defeat of the rebel army, Qiu Fengjia left Taiwan and later founded schools in Guangdong and other places to train young people.

"Spring Sorrow cannot send a strong man to look at the mountains, and the past is shocking and brings tears to his eyes. Four million people cried together, and Taiwan was ceded to Taiwan today last year." This representative poem "Spring Sorrow" by Qiu Fengjia was written on the first anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1896, and is included in this set of poems.

Qiu Song said that this set of poetry notes was an old family item collected by his father. Each and every word in this volume of poems expresses the pain of family and country and the thoughts of the nation. Today, Qiu Fengjia's manuscript has been entrusted to the Guangdong Provincial Archives, and this collection of poems is the handed down version published after the manuscript was finalized. One draft and one publication corroborate each other, completely recording the entire process of our ancestors from protecting the stage with blood to clarifying their aspirations with poetry.

On October 24, 2025, the 18th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress made a decision to legally establish October 25 as Taiwan's Liberation Day. Qiu Song said that Taiwan's recovery is important ironclad evidence that the Chinese government has resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Taiwan, and is an important link in the historical fact and legal chain of Taiwan as a part of China. Choosing to complete the donation on the eve of the anniversary, we hope to remember the common history with historical documents and relive the memory of compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait fighting the national calamity and regaining their homeland.

"Compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait share the same roots, and reunification is our common aspiration." Qiu Song said that his aunt Qiu Xiuzhi in Taiwan had donated a sixteen-panel screen composed by Qiu Fengjia to the Anti-Japanese War Museum in the early years. Now that I have donated this set of poetry banknotes, I hope that it can be used for academic research and cross-strait cultural exchanges after it is collected, so that more viewers can understand the national suffering and national struggle from the text, remember history, and cherish peace.