常州的现代化事业于清朝中后期开始起步,至抗日战争爆发前已取得诸多成就。但日军入侵给常州人民带来了巨大的灾难,所取得的现代化建设成就毁于一旦。本文作一梳理,以一面镜子折射出日军侵略给中国人民带来的灾难以及对中国经济的破坏,并以此纪念抗日战争的伟大胜利。 Changzhou’s modernization began in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, and many achievements have been made before the war of resistance against Japan broke out. However, the invasion of Japan brought tremendous catastrophe to the people of Changzhou and the achievements made in the modernization have been destroyed. This article gives a brief review of the great victories of the anti-Japanese war by mirroring the disasters that the Japanese aggression brought to the Chinese people and the destruction of China’s economy.