(151210) -- NANJING, Dec. 10, 2015 (Xinhua) -- Pu Yeliang, 93, survivor of the atrocious Nanjing Massacre, tells his refugee life during the occupation, in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, on Dec. 4, 2015. Pu Yeliang survived in the Nanjing Massacre when he was 15 years old. He witnessed that his cousin Shen Qiquan was forced away and never came back. Some survivors of the Nanjing Massacre held family memorial rites for their lost relatives at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders on Thursday, ahead of the national memorial day for the atrocity. At least 40 survivors of the Nanjing Massacre passed away since the January of 2014, leaving about 100 still alive. (Xinhua/Li Xiang) (jlp)