Children's Peace Monument ( ?????? , Genbaku no Ko no Z ? , lit. "The Statue of the Atomic Bomb Boy") is a monument to peace to commemorate Sadako Sasaki and thousands of children victims of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. This monument is located in Hiroshima, Japan. Sadako Sasaki, a young girl, died of leukemia due to atomic bomb radiation dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
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This monument is located at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan. Designed by original artists Kazuo Kikuchi and Kiyoshi Ikebe, the monument was built using money derived from fundraising campaigns by Japanese schoolchildren, including classmate Sadako Sasaki, with the main statue titled " Atomic Bomb Boy ". The statue was inaugurated on May 5, 1958, the Japanese Children's Day holiday. Sadako Sasaki, who died of radiation poisoning at atomic bomb diseases perpetuated at the top of the statue, where he held a wire crane over his head. Just before he graduated, he had a vision to make a thousand storks. Japanese tradition says that if a person creates a thousand cranes, they are given a desire. Sadako's desire is to have a world without nuclear weapons. Thousands of origami cranes from around the world are offered around the monument. They serve as a sign that the children making them and those who visit the statue want a world without nuclear war, after being tied to the statue by the story that Sadako died of radiation-leukemia after folding just under a thousand cranes, hoping for world peace. However, an exhibition that appeared at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum stated that at the end of August 1955, Sadako had achieved his goal and continued to fold more herons. Unfortunately, his wish was not granted and he died of leukemia on October 25, 1955. The main reason for his death was from radiation poisoning from the Little Boy atomic bomb.
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Under the main structure there is a bronze derrick that functions as a wind blown when pushed into a traditional reconcilied bell. Both pieces were donated by Nobel Prize winner, Hideki Yukawa.
At the base of the monument is a black marble slab written in Japanese:
The figures that surround the monument are angels, who claim that Sadako is in heaven among the fallen angels who died during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
Today, people around the world have the opportunity to donate their folded cranes in honor of Sadako and others. Paper cranes are a symbol of peace, which is his last wish.
See also
- Hiroshima Witness
References
- Ministries, Global. "Global Ministries". Global Ministries - Fold Paper Cranes in Honor of Sadako . Retrieved April 13 2015 .
- http://www.city.hiroshima.lg.jp/www/contents/1110438305305/index.html
External links
- Children's Peace Monument
- Paper Cranes and Children's Peace Monument
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