Abstract:The establishment of National Memorial Day makes a series of monuments to Nanjing Massacre return to public view. But as an important part of urban historical and cultural landscape, they have been weak in the transmission of culture. Based on the theory of Semiotics, this paper deconstructs the memorial landscapes to Nanjing Massacre, studies their actual problems and analyzes the contributing factors. Combining the Semiotics methods with the landscape design principles, the paper discusses specific renewal methods of the memorial landscapes to Nanjing Massacre from the aspects of sign selection, theme enhancement and information transmission in the construction of memorial landscape, and conducts an empirical study with the memorial landscape at Pude Temple to Nanjing Massacre as an example.
