Abstract: The commemoration of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression remains an important political ritual with unique historical functions. Since 1932, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has held a series of commemorative activities around the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. In the new era, the commemoration of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression has made new breakthroughs in terms of form innovation and connotation expansion. The CPC uses the commemoration of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to expose the crimes of Japanese aggression and to criticize historical nihilism in order to maintain historical clarity, to interpret the CPCs correct view of history and the great spirit of the War of Resistance to strengthen historical confidence, and to clarify the laws of history and highlight our mission and responsibility to take historical initiative. The commemoration of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in the new era has played a significant role in maintaining historical clarity, strengthening historical confidence, and taking historical initiative, and has demonstrated its historical functions from the epistemological, axiological, and practical perspectives.

Key words: commemoration of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, historical clarity, historical confidence, historical initiative

摘要： 抗日战争纪念是一种重要的政治仪式，具有独特的历史功能。自1932年起，中国共产党便围绕抗日战争举行了一系列纪念活动。进入新时代，抗日战争纪念在形式创新与内涵深化方面有了新的突破。中国共产党借助抗日战争纪念揭露日本侵华罪行并批判历史虚无主义，以保持历史清醒；借助抗日战争纪念诠释中国共产党的正确历史观与伟大抗战精神，以坚定历史自信；借助抗日战争纪念把握历史规律与凸显使命责任，以掌握历史主动。新时代抗日战争纪念在保持历史清醒、坚定历史自信、把握历史主动方面发挥了重要作用，从认识论、价值论、实践论层面彰显了其历史功能。

关键词: 抗日战争纪念, 历史清醒, 历史自信, 历史主动