They held ' denunciation rallies' against revisionists regularly, and grabbed power from local governments and CCP branches, eventually establishing the revolutionary committees in 1967. A selection of Mao's sayings were compiled into the Little Red Book, which became a sacred text for Mao's personality cult. The youth responded by forming various Red Guards around the country. Mao called on young people to ' bombard the headquarters', and proclaimed that 'to rebel is justified'. Launching the movement in May 1966 with the help of the Cultural Revolution Group, Mao charged that bourgeois elements had infiltrated the government and society with the aim of restoring capitalism. The Revolution failed to achieve its main goals. The Revolution marked the effective commanding return of Mao-who was still the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-to the centre of power, after a period of self-abstention and ceding to less radical leadership in the aftermath of the Mao-led Great Leap Forward debacle and the Great Chinese Famine (1959–1961). Its stated goal was to preserve Chinese communism by purging remnants of capitalist and traditional elements from Chinese society. The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Mou 4-caan 2 gaai 1-kap 1 man 4-faa 3 daai 6 gaak 3-ming 6 Vu 平tshae 上cia 平cih 入 ven 平ho 去 du 去 keh 入min 去 Jiang Qing, Zhang Chunqiao, Yao Wenyuan, and Wang Hongwen Hundreds of thousands to millions of civilians, Red Guard and military deaths (exact number not known)Ĭemetery of Confucius, Temple of Heaven, Ming Tombs ( Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party)Įconomic activity halted, historical and cultural material destroyed. Preservation of communism by purging capitalist and traditional elements, and power struggle between Maoists and pragmatists. The caption reads, 'The Chinese People's Liberation Army is the great school of Mao Zedong Thought'.

Propaganda poster depicting Mao Zedong, above a group of soldiers from the People's Liberation Army.

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