2001年6月17日《北京晚报》第4版《赶快立法保护历史文化名城》一文,第二段说:“浙江定海本是纪念鸦片战争的历史名城,这里作为抗英战场,出现过‘定海三总兵’等英雄人物……”“纪念鸦片战争”的说法不妥。鸦片战争是19世纪中叶英国殖民主义者挑起的侵华战争,怎么能“纪念”这场给中国人民带来深重灾难的罪恶战争呢?应该说“浙江定海是在鸦片战争中抗击英军的历史名城”,或“浙江定海是纪念在鸦片战 On June 17, 2001, the fourth edition of the “Beijing Evening News” published the article “Hurry to Legislate to Protect Historical and Cultural Cities.” The second paragraph said: “Dinghai, Zhejiang is a famous historic city to commemorate the Opium War. Here as the anti-British battlefield, Dinghai Three Chief soldiers’ and other heroes ... ... ”“ Memorial Opium War ”is not appropriate. How can “commemorate” the sinful war that brought devastating calamities to the Chinese people during the Opium War, which was provoked by British colonialists in the mid-19th century? It should be said that “Dinghai, Zhejiang Province, was fighting the British in the Opium War Historic city ”, or" Dinghai of Zhejiang is commemorating the opium war